Used the loupe this week to check trichomes! BB #2 is quite mature in flower. Her trichomes are hitting amber pretty hard, I’d guess up to 20% at this point. She also has some leaf shrivel with some discoloration. Pheno #1 has more appealing bud structure, better frost, and is only now mostly cloudy with some amber starting to appear. My guess now is chop will likely occur about one week-ish from today. They’ll get just water with no additives maybe one or two more times. Very excited as the stickiness when I even lightly brush these plants is wild and the smells are ridiculous. Still kinda giving a cheesy vibe but with strong fruity notes 😍
@Hempface86, Thank you! This is the worst I've had them yet as a newbie, hitting the leaves and soil with diluted hydrogen peroxide daily and will have sticky traps arriving today sometime. That should hopefully help me get a handle of it 😬
Another trichome check for BB #1. She seems very close, but I feel that another week will do some good in allowing any more bud-swell to occur while also letting the trichomes to further ripen. Lower branches thankfully seem to have at least become mostly cloudy but with very little amber. The tops are pretty amber-heavy, a helpful indicator that we are very close. I'm going to raise the light another approximate inch in order to give the tops a break, I'm hoping to avoid a 40-50% amber ratio. I'd guess we are at 15-20% now so that should be easy to avoid. Expect a harvest update next week with more photos and comments added as I sample throughout cure!