Any help would be much appreciated I am doing my first grow with an aeroponic/NFT set up. My question is about the harvest. I am looking for the trichomes to be Milky - Head highs, cerebral high (my sativas) Amber - body high, couch lock (my indicas) 50/50 - (my hybrids) For all the growers out their, what is the typical time frame for the trichomes to turn from clear to milky....then milky to 50/50.....then 50/50 to full amber? I know it will probably come down to genetics, im just looking for a general idea of how long to expect the trichome color changes. I am growing just bag seed for my first grow and doing some tinkering with the system to get it down pat before i drop some loot on genetics. The reason I am asking about the trichome colors is, Im thinking about doing some shock ripening to see the outcome. I'm looking at 50/50 and I dont want to go into shock ripening if they all come out to amber. If this is a stupid question, I apologize. And thanks to everyone who is able to help me out.
I watch the individual plants and their trichome development under a scope. Thats the best way I would say. Celestron Microscope
first grow mine were clear for the longest time then started to change pretty quick. start checkin em when ya think ya should, then check em more and more often.
Genetics and environment can result in varying harvest windows, it's really hard to say, honestly. I honestly like an earlier harvest (around 15-25% amber). The best thing I can say is monitor your trichs and note how they change over time and apply that to your harvest window. Shock ripening, in my opinion, isn't all THAT effective, and I think any changes are fairly negligible.