when to harvest by tricome color?

Discussion in 'First Time Marijuana Growers' started by 239grower, Oct 25, 2014.

  1. #1 239grower, Oct 25, 2014
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    So I started growing roughly around the middle of September. I used a bagseed of mids so I have no idea what Im even growing. I know I started way to late in the season to get a decent size plant but I said fuck it and tried anyways now Im sitting here with a beautiful little one foot female that I believe to be a sativa (or sativa dominant) because of the leaves and I have no idea when to harvest her since im outta whack with the outdoor light scheduling. ive been told you could go by the trichomes turning color such as clear to cloudy/milky, cloudy to amber. I don't have a handheld microscope or jewelers loupe and wont be able to get one for a while  the best I could come up with are these pictures:
     
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    Any thoughts as to how close I am to harvest? Thanks in advance
     

     
  2. #2 Kush cookies, Oct 25, 2014
    80% cloudy 20% amber.
     
  3. #3 239grower, Oct 25, 2014
    would that still give you that energetic high vs the couch lock high?
     
  4. #4 rain dancer, Oct 25, 2014
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  5. #5 GrowBot, Oct 25, 2014
    if you have a radio shack close, try them. for around 12-$15, the have a nice dope scope. they call it a pocket microscope, and it works pretty good. i cut when i have mostly milky trichs, with some clear and amber peppered here and there.
     
  6. #6 239grower, Oct 25, 2014
    do those microscopes need to be hooked up to a computer to work or do you just look through like a lens or something? because the ones I was looking at kept saying USB
     
  7. #7 GrowBot, Oct 25, 2014
    unless they've changed, no. just a double a battery and that's all you need...
     
  8. #8 239grower, Oct 25, 2014
    ok thanks. so you couldn't tell anything with my pics? I thought half were cloudy and the rest were clear not to sure how right I am tho.
     
  9. #9 rain dancer, Oct 26, 2014
    Get one of these [​IMG]
     
  10. #10 MayorMcStoned, Oct 26, 2014
    That's a helluva thing right there. ^^^

    With all the glorious charm of one of them calculator wristwatches...
     
  11. #11 toastybiz, Oct 26, 2014
    That photo is the Radio Shack scope, or very similar to it. You can also use a jeweler's loupe easily bought off eBay for a few bucks.
     
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  14. #14 ProGMO-2, Oct 27, 2014
    If the strain is mostly indica u can get away with cloudy trichomes and get a couchy buzz. It will be more of a couch magnet than a couch lock.


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  15. #15 rain dancer, Oct 27, 2014
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    A tool is only as good as the person using it, fwiw. Ymmv.

    May be a cheap pos :lol: but mines worked semi well for years.

    If youre prone to rage might not be a good purchase :smoke:
     
  16. #16 IkeInMass, Jul 30, 2015
    Would these tricomes be considered clear or cloudy?
     

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  17. #17 KouchLoch, Jul 30, 2015
    This is from October last year. It will help get your question answered if you start a new thread.
     

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