Brown enough yet?

[Cantgrow]

It's that time of year again where I post a pic of my tiny little buds, on my tiny little plant, and ask if they are ready to harvest.

This year I thought I may as well post a pic every few days until the majority say yes.

Thank you

[forgetiwashere]

no. post again in a month or so

[Matanuska Thunder]

agree, 

not even close to ready yet

[Stiritup420]

Get yourself a 30 times jewellers loop for a couple of dollars

 

When you see the Trichomes start to turn from a clear white to amber it means the degradation has started and it time to harvest

[growbabygrow]

Agree with everyone no way ready i got a 60x loupe from ebay last year for 6 dollars posted. I harvested mine when trichs were cloudy maybe 5% were amber but its up to your taste. More amber means more couch lock.

[merl1n]

I agree. Bit of a way to go yet.

Without a loupe or magnifier of some sort it is very difficult to near impossible to actually see the trichomes.

The hair colours can give you some indication, but is very much an old school method of telling maturity.

For a more refine indication you need to view the trichomes and for that you need a lens.

Here's an example.

This pic shows the brown hairs clearly, but the fine white trichomes are a little harder to define

Here you can see the mass of white hairs, but you cannot define the colour of the little droplet on top of the hair

Here you can see a slight change in the colour of the droplets from clear to yellowish tone. In my opinion they need a bit more time so that droplet turns a nice amber brown, then flush to harvest.

 

Hope it helps

Merl1n

P.S. if you flush prior to full maturity, the maturing process will stop. So wait until you have the desired colour before you complete your final flush.

Here's a pic of some crystal clear trichomes. The hairs were all brown but the triches are nowhere near mature.

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[Cantgrow]

Thanks for the info.

I have a loupe but don't think its strong enough

[Cantgrow]

Yet?

[Morduskull]

no

its tempting i know but you got a while yet