White pistils but trichomes already turning amber: harvest or wait?

[Suck]

Hello fellow growers,

i am aware of different stages of trichomes and the final effects. But with my 2 plants (Auto Crystal Meth) i discovered this strange phenomenon. Most of pistils are still white and straight but when i checked the trichomes most of them are actually turning amber. So would you only go by trichomes and harvest it now or would you wait? Thanks a lot in advance!

 

[PacificNorthWest]

I am interested in reading what some of the experts have to say about this. I am currently growing 3 Auto Cream Cookies by FastBuds. I am not all that familiar with Auto's, but all three are growing differently. Does that mean these are F1 hybrid autos that will show variation?

Anyway...one of my girls looks even more unripe than yours does (white hairs only), and is starting to show amber, with the rest all cloudy trics.

Could it be that these girls are leaning more to their ruderalis roots?

 

[Calvados]

Not an expert. Just a grower. I'd harvest now. Reason is that everything I've read says to focus on the trichomes. Based on that you may have already waited too long.

 

[ChefDGreen]

It would be helpful to know how long she’s been growing and what the breeder’s recommendation is. Have you checked multiple locations and not just the tops? If the mid and bottom buds look like that, she’s probably done

 

[Kanda]

She’s looking good but still seems to have a ways to go.
How long has she been flowering?

 

[013]

Congrats on your plant nearing harvest. I couldn’t tell anything by the trich photo, it was blurry and my eyesight is not as sharp as it once was. The common sage advice here is wait until you think she is ready - then add another week or two.

Typically when the plant is still growing out fresh new pistils you still have time. Many folks chop too early and miss the final bud swell. The pistils should be dark, crinkled up and shrinking. The pistils are a good indicator but obviously the trichs are what’s most important.

Any chance you can get better pics of the trichs?

 

[DakiniKush]

Be careful and pay attention to your plant! Sometimes autos WONT turn amber like their photoperiod sisters. When I run autos I go for milky for that reason! If you let it go you to long the THC will degrade and you'll have more CBDN.

 

[Suck]

It would be helpful to know how long she’s been growing and what the breeder’s recommendation is. Have you checked multiple locations and not just the tops? If the mid and bottom buds look like that, she’s probably done

Shes been growing for 17 weeks now, unfortunatelyi cant tell how long from that she was flowering. The seedbank claims this strain should be flowering for 9 to 10 weeks. I have taken samples from multiple locations and it worse with the top buds. But mid ones look the same as the tops.

 

[Suck]

She’s looking good but still seems to have a ways to go.
How long has she been flowering?

Ye, it looks to me that she needs ome time but the trichomes worry me. Shes been growing for 17 weeks in total out of which i think flowering around 10 weeks.

 

[Suck]

Congrats on your plant nearing harvest. I couldn’t tell anything by the trich photo, it was blurry and my eyesight is not as sharp as it once was. The common sage advice here is wait until you think she is ready - then add another week or two.

Typically when the plant is still growing out fresh new pistils you still have time. Many folks chop too early and miss the final bud swell. The pistils should be dark, crinkled up and shrinking. The pistils are a good indicator but obviously the trichs are what’s most important.

Any chance you can get better pics of the trichs?

Thank you. Unfortunately my tools are pretty limited in order to take nice, sharp pictures. I have shaky hands Anyway i have tried to make some better pics but they are still bit blurred :/

 

[Suck]

Be careful and pay attention to your plant! Sometimes autos WONT turn amber like their photoperiod sisters. When I run autos I go for milky for that reason! If you let it go you to long the THC will degrade and you'll have more CBDN.

Thats exactly why i am asking here because CBDN is something i do not want I have had some autos before and always i could tell just by looking at the buds they are ready but this time they feel not ready but trichomes tell they are so thats that.

 

[PacificNorthWest]

Have you considered chopping half now, and half in a week? I've done that in the past in these situations.

 

[r0am1ng st0ner]

Make sure that when you take a look at the trichomes that you are looking at the actual calyx's that make the bud and not just sugar leafs, the sugar leafs go amber first and may not be a fair representation of the buds maturity, I look at the pictures and they all sorta look like sugar leaves but i'm not sure.

 

[DakiniKush]

Thats exactly why i am asking here because CBDN is something i do not want I have had some autos before and always i could tell just by looking at the buds they are ready but this time they feel not ready but trichomes tell they are so thats that.

If they're "cloudy" I'd harvest. Imo that perfect ripeness. Every plant is different

 

[013]

Much better pics - provided that’s from buds not sugar leaves then you are in the harvest window right now. Agree with Pacific, maybe do partial harvest of top buds and half of the mids then allow the other half of mids & lowers grow another week.

 

[ChefDGreen]

I’d harvest that plant as well

 

[oldsmokey]

I agree that's about the percentage of amber to cloudy I like. I would chop her.

 

[DakiniKush]

Thats exactly why i am asking here because CBDN is something i do not want I have had some autos before and always i could tell just by looking at the buds they are ready but this time they feel not ready but trichomes tell they are so thats that.

If they're "cloudy" I'd harvest. Imo that perfect ripeness. Every plant is different

 

[Suck]

Make sure that when you take a look at the trichomes that you are looking at the actual calyx's that make the bud and not just sugar leafs, the sugar leafs go amber first and may not be a fair representation of the buds maturity, I look at the pictures and they all sorta look like sugar leaves but i'm not sure.

They are calyx, parts of the buds.

 

[Deketx]

Don't use pistils as a tell use the trichomes. Many strains won't Amber up the pistils even though it's done. Sativas and sativa dominant plants can do this.
Also they can start popping fresh pistils because you've waited too long to harvest.