I actually never heard of amber tricomes sneaking up on anyone. LoL
You are probably right, Preston.
How's that old saying go?
Ha!How's that old saying go?
"A watched trichome never ambers" ...or something like that..
FF looks almost ripe to me...
And the phase II girls just look happy!
Thanks GWH. I like having fun!At this many days in, it will be fun watching the bud fill in between those nodes on the tall stalks.
Thanks Bode.
I've learned to watch the leaves pretty close. When they're all about yellow your getting somewhere pretty close.
There's definitely multiple signs of a plant being close to the finish line. Tricomes and pistil development, leaf fade, and how much they are drinking are generally my guidelines.
I agree 100% on that. Many times one is basically forced to cut, but many other times one could stand to let it go for weeks even. I didn't realize that myself until I finally tried it.There's definitely multiple signs of a plant being close to the finish line. Tricomes and pistil development, leaf fade, and how much they are drinking are generally my guidelines.
I think the biggest problem in judging this is the "breeder timeline" for flower that is advertised on these websites. Most breeders will advertise an 8 week strain; from my experience, this is 8 weeks from actual flower, not 8 weeks from flip... Most everything I grow for an 8 week strain, will run 10-11 weeks from flip.
The fear of "couch lock" is strong around these journals, for sure. While there may be a fine line, I think most people will miss out on fully developed terpenes and harvest underdeveloped buds out out of fear from what someone told them opposed to trying it and finding out a few extra amber trics is not instant narcolepsy. LoL
My personal opinion, the couch lock story became an excuse for impatient growers to harvest early.
Everyone has their preferences, I just think growers have gotten into a big ol rush about things and would probably be much happier with the quality of their buds if they waited em out to actually finish.
Just my humble opinion based on trends I see on 420 regularly.... I'm not firing shots.
Your general guidelines and mine are the same Preston.There's definitely multiple signs of a plant being close to the finish line. Tricomes and pistil development, leaf fade, and how much they are drinking are generally my guidelines.
I think the biggest problem in judging this is the "breeder timeline" for flower that is advertised on these websites. Most breeders will advertise an 8 week strain; from my experience, this is 8 weeks from actual flower, not 8 weeks from flip... Most everything I grow for an 8 week strain, will run 10-11 weeks from flip.
The fear of "couch lock" is strong around these journals, for sure. While there may be a fine line, I think most people will miss out on fully developed terpenes and harvest underdeveloped buds out out of fear from what someone told them opposed to trying it and finding out a few extra amber trics is not instant narcolepsy. LoL
My personal opinion, the couch lock story became an excuse for impatient growers to harvest early.
Everyone has their preferences, I just think growers have gotten into a big ol rush about things and would probably be much happier with the quality of their buds if they waited em out to actually finish.
Just my humble opinion based on trends I see on 420 regularly.... I'm not firing shots.
Your fucking crazy
This is where I find myself too.There's definitely multiple signs of a plant being close to the finish line. Tricomes and pistil development, leaf fade, and how much they are drinking are generally my guidelines.
I think the biggest problem in judging this is the "breeder timeline" for flower that is advertised on these websites. Most breeders will advertise an 8 week strain; from my experience, this is 8 weeks from actual flower, not 8 weeks from flip... Most everything I grow for an 8 week strain, will run 10-11 weeks from flip.
The fear of "couch lock" is strong around these journals, for sure. While there may be a fine line, I think most people will miss out on fully developed terpenes and harvest underdeveloped buds out out of fear from what someone told them opposed to trying it and finding out a few extra amber trics is not instant narcolepsy. LoL
My personal opinion, the couch lock story became an excuse for impatient growers to harvest early.
Everyone has their preferences, I just think growers have gotten into a big ol rush about things and would probably be much happier with the quality of their buds if they waited em out to actually finish.
Just my humble opinion based on trends I see on 420 regularly.... I'm not firing shots.
It helps to have lots a weed already in the jar. I've got some friends that will pull leaves to smoke and the plant ends up looking like the deer have been feeding on it. 
They had no weed in the jar.
I'm bad for that. I'm a sucker for green bud this time of year. At this point it's pretty much tradition for me to rob my own crop.This is where I find myself too.
Thank you brother. Excellent job of all your plants the Sour G is going to be thick as hell with buds.Hello growers.
It's Flip + 33 for the Phase II group.
Thankfully, there's nothing to report. The girls are just plugging along at the moment, slurping up water with no issues.
It's fun observing them grow because the Sour G (front left) is so different from the 2 Fat Bastards. The Sour G is spindly and sports popcorn-like buds while the FBs are bushy girls with more substantive, heavier buds developing.
Hey @marcus611a, per your request, here's a close-up pic of a branch from the Sour G.
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In the 4x4 tent, the Serenity group is down to a single remaining plant, the Forbidden Fruit. She's on her Flip + 78.
I scoped her last night and she's about ready for takedown.
I'll be scoping her quite often during the week. I don't want a bunch of amber to "sneak up" on me!
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I like that, "cloudy w/a few meatballs!"
Extra sauce please!
Thanks Shed. Yeah, there was no larf on the Slur. And I see what you meant about the Sour G. She requires constant inspection of her lower regions because she puts out a lot of those little sucker buds.
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That's all I've got.
Thanks for your time.
PEACE
Nice and thick!!Hello all.
I'm liking the way the Forbidden Fruit looks on her Flip + 79.
I'm going to take her down soon if only because she presents an opportunity for me to have a halfway decent-looking plant at the end!!
PEACE
Damn, it looks like the one on the picture that they show ya when your buying the seeds!Nice and thick!!
