Hi mate,
plants look ok, not sure whats going on with the trichs on it though, they normally start off clear like ice which means no thc, then they turn cloudy and around 100% cloudy means thc is at its peak, then they start to turn amber after cloudy, this is when thc turns into cbn which gives the stronger couch lock affect,
another way to judge when a plant is nearly ready is when the white pistils have stared to turn orange or brown, then when the plant stops growing pistils (the while hairs) this means the plant is getting near to the end of its life, while its still producing white hairs its still growing, the white hairs are attatched to a calya(seed pod) now in the last 2 weeks of growth these seed pods swell up and look like they got seeds inside, this is when the plant puts on the most weight,
so just keep an eye on it, each pistil is attatched to a seed pod, so the pistils will start to shrivel up and die and turn orange or brown, then the caly(seed pod) will swell up and look like its seeded, this usually happens in the last 2 weeks of growth so its best to wait until the plant has stopped growing pistils, something else might of caused the trichs to change colour early such as stress like heat stress or lack of or to much nutrients, as long as the plant looks healthy and the pistils look healthy then its still got some way to go before harvest,
when i harvest my plants the pistils have shrunk back onto the buds and turned brown and you can then actually see the seed pods swelling up.
any problems just give us a shout back, im subbed to lots of journals so if you need to get hold of me a bit quicker just drop me a pm and ill get back to you the same day, usually within an hour or 2, it just takes me a while to get through all the journals so pm me if you need to get hold of me a bit quicker,
keep checking the tricks and see how they look, clear looks like ice, cloudy looks like milky water, amber looks like the trichome has shrivled up a bit and looks like its falling over and will have an orange look to it, its best to check the trichs under natural daylight as light bulbs can give a false reading,
its best to check the buds all over the plant, check the sugar leaves attatched to the buds at different parts of the plant and that will give you a good idea of when its ready,
its ok to harvest at 100% cloudy, its ok to harvest before then if you dont want to much thc affect but when its cloudy its ready to harvest, but i like to wait until they turn 20 to 40% amber as i know for sure that the plant is finished and starting to go past her best, but while the pistils look ok and its still growing pistils then the plant is still growing and the buds will get bigger,
ive just put up some pics of my plants and you will get a good idea from them as to when the plants nearly really, if you click on the link below in my signature, its the top link the 400watt hps grow, click on that then go to the last 2 or 3 pages and have a look through my pics, find the jack flash plant and its been grown 12-12 from seed so i can sample the buds before deciding if im going to grow a bit plant of this as its a slow growing plant so need to make sure its the correct jack flash strain before i commit to a long grow time, but have a look at that pic and my jack flash is a week or 2 from harvest, its mostly cloudy now with the odd amer but can easily go another week or 2, its only been in the last 2 weeks that the buds have started to get bigger
plants look ok, not sure whats going on with the trichs on it though, they normally start off clear like ice which means no thc, then they turn cloudy and around 100% cloudy means thc is at its peak, then they start to turn amber after cloudy, this is when thc turns into cbn which gives the stronger couch lock affect,
another way to judge when a plant is nearly ready is when the white pistils have stared to turn orange or brown, then when the plant stops growing pistils (the while hairs) this means the plant is getting near to the end of its life, while its still producing white hairs its still growing, the white hairs are attatched to a calya(seed pod) now in the last 2 weeks of growth these seed pods swell up and look like they got seeds inside, this is when the plant puts on the most weight,
so just keep an eye on it, each pistil is attatched to a seed pod, so the pistils will start to shrivel up and die and turn orange or brown, then the caly(seed pod) will swell up and look like its seeded, this usually happens in the last 2 weeks of growth so its best to wait until the plant has stopped growing pistils, something else might of caused the trichs to change colour early such as stress like heat stress or lack of or to much nutrients, as long as the plant looks healthy and the pistils look healthy then its still got some way to go before harvest,
when i harvest my plants the pistils have shrunk back onto the buds and turned brown and you can then actually see the seed pods swelling up.
any problems just give us a shout back, im subbed to lots of journals so if you need to get hold of me a bit quicker just drop me a pm and ill get back to you the same day, usually within an hour or 2, it just takes me a while to get through all the journals so pm me if you need to get hold of me a bit quicker,
keep checking the tricks and see how they look, clear looks like ice, cloudy looks like milky water, amber looks like the trichome has shrivled up a bit and looks like its falling over and will have an orange look to it, its best to check the trichs under natural daylight as light bulbs can give a false reading,
its best to check the buds all over the plant, check the sugar leaves attatched to the buds at different parts of the plant and that will give you a good idea of when its ready,
its ok to harvest at 100% cloudy, its ok to harvest before then if you dont want to much thc affect but when its cloudy its ready to harvest, but i like to wait until they turn 20 to 40% amber as i know for sure that the plant is finished and starting to go past her best, but while the pistils look ok and its still growing pistils then the plant is still growing and the buds will get bigger,
ive just put up some pics of my plants and you will get a good idea from them as to when the plants nearly really, if you click on the link below in my signature, its the top link the 400watt hps grow, click on that then go to the last 2 or 3 pages and have a look through my pics, find the jack flash plant and its been grown 12-12 from seed so i can sample the buds before deciding if im going to grow a bit plant of this as its a slow growing plant so need to make sure its the correct jack flash strain before i commit to a long grow time, but have a look at that pic and my jack flash is a week or 2 from harvest, its mostly cloudy now with the odd amer but can easily go another week or 2, its only been in the last 2 weeks that the buds have started to get bigger
