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Starting something new for learning with plants especially automatics. Maybe solo cup, lst, fim or top we will see. Btw. it's the first time all seeds turned out good. I haven't even space for 5 haha.
I have no space so I put one in a solo cup. I've never done that but maybe I should try it. Or repot it and give it to a friend outsdoors? What duo you think want you to see a solo cup grow? Anyway I started LST and next week I will top obe of these.
This week I started LST and topped the biggest plant. It's the first time I topped a plant also it's an autoflower. It worked very well! But I discovered a fungus. Can it happen with a bio grow? Should I remove it or is it good for the soil's life?
I'm happy so far. I saw a slight nute burn on the tips so I just gave CalMag this time. One plant has curled and twisted leaves at the top. I don't know what it is... Looks like heat stress but the onther ones don't show that symtoms.
The ladys are very thristy. I have to water a lot but maybe thats a good sign. Bottom leaves getting yellow but that's normal. I have just problems with one plant where the leaves are curled down and I don't know why...
It's interesting to see how one is faster than the other even if they are all the same breed and treatment. Every plant is unique. No food this week I still spot slight nute burn on some plants.
Harvest's coming closer. I'm so excited! They're looking so good and the smell is so sweet. There are still white pistils that means they need some time right!?
I think we're slowly coming to the end. The most leaves aren't green anymore. There are colors from pale white/yellow to yellow to red to purple. Snowy everywhere some plants less some more. I wish I would own and "digital" microscope. Anyway.. no nutrience anymore but smoe white pistils. Harvest maybe one or two weeks?
I rarely can find cloudy trichomes. It seems like they're mostly clear with some amber between. This makes me very unsure about harvesting. The pistils are brown and almost all leaves are yellow and twisted. I know it's hard without pictures but I haven't a macro lense.
Hey!
If there's amber, there cloudy..
sometimes trichomes mature very fast, SOME much faster than other.. so it might look like you it's going from zero thc to full cbn..
Don't worry, be patient.
Harvest window opens when you start getting amber pistils.
The best way to check when to harvest is looking at the trichomes on buds.
Clear trichomes haven't reached their full potency, cloudy ones are full of THC and amber are losing THC while gaining CBN.
So depending on your preference whether you want more of a head high or body high.
I normally start to look at trichomes when there are about 50/50% white and amber pistils.
I harvest when after examining and finding 70% cloudy trichomes and 30% amber trichomes.
For me that's a prefect combination, depending on the strain as well.
With some strains I go with lower amount of amber trichomes but always atleast 10%.
As for what they look like, clear trichomes look like glass, cloudy like plastic and amber like resin.
It's easy to get the clear and cloudy mistaken sometimes.
To look at the trichomes you need at least a 60X jewelers loupe, you can find it for 5-7€ anywhere..
Good luck and happy Growing!
Hi there HMNI, different genetics mature at different rates, some turn gradually, other will turn all milky overnight. Sometimes the trichomes even dont turn dark amber they turn like light beige instead . In your case your genetics mature some going amber few going milky, then in like 10 days or more will have mostly milky, some amber no clear. The big idea is be patient to panic and chop before there are no more clears left. When the last clears fill out that's your max potency. One last thing : dont stress out trying to get impossible pictures, it will drive you crazy and it's hardly worth it lol keep checking those trichomes ! Hope this helps ! 🚀
I'm patience and waiting to harvest. I check the trichomes daily. I managed to take some pictures of the trichomes more bad than good but maybe it helps? Are those leaves wired or normal at the end?
Still not enough cloudy trichomes but I think I will harvest soon. Plants looking very pale. I've never seen such colours before. All kinda look different even with the same treatment. At least the smell is awsome so sweet.
I'm happy with this grow even if I wish more yield but I learned a lot and it was the first time topping and autoflower + growing a solo cup. Trichomes were a bit weird this time but Nice experience overall.
@hellomynameis, Looks like 50/50 clear and cloudy.
You've got some cloudy, some clear but by what I can see mostly are half cloudy themselves. So no worries, in no time they should all be milky cloudy.
@CRiSPrGrow, thank you for your reply. I will check the trichomes more often. I'm patient but thoses leaves doing weird thing at the moment. Maybe I manage to take pictures tomorrow for an update.
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