New Grower 1st grow DWC bubblelious & pineapple express

[mattinuk3]

Hey judging by the picture you uploaded on the 9th, Id say you have at least two weeks left. If you look closely at the bud leaf in the top-center of the pic, you can see some of the trichomes are turning milky, but those in the middle of the leaf are still clear. The trichomes move from clear (immature) to cloudy (peak THC) and finally oxidize (rust, degrade to) amber/gold/red (more CBN, heavier couch-lock type of buzz)

With most plants, you want to wait until a small percentage of the crystals turn a golden color. It is debatable what is the optimal window but the general consensus is that if there are clear heads that haven't yet turned a milky opaque white, that the plant isn't ready. Some people like to let the trichomes turn 30-50% amber, but I prefer to harvest just as I start seeing about 5%-15% amber and the rest cloudy white. This ambering process usually starts on the outside of the leaves and works it's way inward, then finally the buds begin to amber.

A good rule of thumb is that when you start to see a golden tint to the bud leaves its getting really close.

 

[Halfbloodprince]

Cool thanks for looking. I was just about to cut her down and I thought I'd better check on here first to see if anybody had any input. They are still clear so I'll wait a little while longer. I was just going by the days. I don't have a scope yet, it's on it's way.....from china.

 

[Halfbloodprince]

Got my filter situation fixed at the moment. It was not getting rid of the smell so instead of buying a new filter right now, I bought a 5 pound bag of activated carbon pellets and bought a bucket with a lid. I put the filter in the bucket,and poured the carbon pellets in the bucket and cut a hole in the top of the lid and ran the duct through the top to the filter. Also drilled holes in the bucket so the air could come out. So I guess I made a filter for the filter.

 

[Halfbloodprince]

Day 69. Here is my biggest bubblelious. I can't even begin to guess how many grams she will produce. Will post more pics later. Didn't have time to get more shots.

 

[Halfbloodprince]

Need some help here. Day 70. I don't have my scope yet so I can't tell but the buds are hard, orange hairs, and seems the crystals are not as clear. I tried to take good pics, but here's a few. If you folks could tell me your opinion. Thanks!

 

[Halfbloodprince]

^those pics suck lol. I tried and tried to get a good clear pic. Went out and bought the only magnifying glass I could find. A 4X mag glass. It sucks but its better than nothing... Well I still can't tell. Oh well, waiting for my 60x scope to come in. The buds are stiff and hard. They feel different from the other plants which are around 2 weeks behind this one.

 

[Trifid]

Nice HBP Beautiful plant man, does she have a boron deficiency?

I noticed some leaf necrosis there.. - no big deal though to some growers. I think they look nice mate. Thanks for sharing

 

[Halfbloodprince]

All my bubblelious are doing this. This one is the worst. Don't know what it is. At this point I don't know if there's much I can do. I'll manicure it good when I chop her down. Thanks for the comments.

 

[Trifid]

When i could not be bothered to deal with it, it never bothered me as much as when i could be bothered to deal with it

 

[Halfbloodprince]

Smoked some hash for the first time last night. Made it out of the stuff at the bottom of my grinder. I was in a whole nother world for a while.