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9 weeks today ?.. is she ready to harvest?

 

[bad dragon bzzz]

harvest is a window...1 maybe 2 weeks long,so anytime within that is fine.i like a head high so cut early,some like a balanced body/head high,some like all body so let it amber up.
best bet is leave it a week
good luck n keep er lit

 

[AutoWonders]

Looks like a lot of white pistils remain, so as per archie gemmill at least a week or two. You should really check trichomes for readiness.

 

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Been checking Tricomes twice a day,this afternoon i noticed about 30 % milky,zero amber tri's....i probably check to often but, dont want 9 weeks going to waste. Will keep checking twice a day,and once i see about 25 % amber then i will be ready. Thanks for the help!

 

[Wdoug58]

Where on a plant do you check the trichomes? I have a couple of loupes but can not focus with my eyes on the actual bud sites. If I cut a small sugar leave from a bud I can focus a small microscope and see the trichomes on sugar leaves but can not hold the scope still enough to focus on a plant that has not been harvested.

I'm old and my vision is shot for extreme close up. If I cut a bud off you can't really adjust the microscope on a bud that doesn't lay flat. I've tried it and saw trichomes that look amber but aren't really just something in the focus makes them appear amber but they then appear clear when the scope goes into focus.

If I have a sugar leaf sitting on something stable and can adjust the focus I can see everything perfectly. Any pointers?

 

[Wdoug58]

Looks like a lot of white pistils remain, so as per archie gemmill at least a week or two. You should really check trichomes for readiness.

i've had some autos that the pistils never even turn from white until the plant is cut and drying. It may be a month past the date it should have been done and the pistils were still lilly white and they plant is dying off. Others you could easily tell harvest time is near.

I planted two Fastbuds Pineapple Express seeds and each plant had identical soil, pot and conditions growing outside. One was ready for harvest at just over two months, one the day I harvested it the other one had just started flowering. I had no idea why the two plants grew so differently.

 

[iampepe]

Where on a plant do you check the trichomes? I have a couple of loupes but can not focus with my eyes on the actual bud sites. If I cut a small sugar leave from a bud I can focus a small microscope and see the trichomes on sugar leaves but can not hold the scope still enough to focus on a plant that has not been harvested.

I'm old and my vision is shot for extreme close up. If I cut a bud off you can't really adjust the microscope on a bud that doesn't lay flat. I've tried it and saw trichomes that look amber but aren't really just something in the focus makes them appear amber but they then appear clear when the scope goes into focus.

If I have a sugar leaf sitting on something stable and can adjust the focus I can see everything perfectly. Any pointers?

I just cut a small leaf blade sticking out of the bud and look at it under a scope on a piece of paper with good lighting.

 

[Wdoug58]

I just cut a small leaf blade sticking out of the bud and look at it under a scope on a piece of paper with good lighting.

That's what I have been doing also. When people have posted here that you check the bud and not the leaves and that they do it on the plant I could never manage to see anything.

 

[DevilDog_0651]

That's what I have been doing also. When people have posted here that you check the bud and not the leaves and that they do it on the plant I could never manage to see anything.

I use a scope that hooks up to my phone camera. I can zoom in on my phone. Makes it easier than doing it with my hand and eyes

 

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I have to put the Loupe as close as possible to see clearly.takes a bit getting used to.TH See magnifier