When to harvest

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Trichomes

Trichomes are small appendages that look like hairs. They are produced by marijuana, and other plants. Female marijuana plants produce certain trichomes that are a rich source of THC. These trichomes start out clear, turn a milky color, then turn amber (light brown).

The trichomes in picture 1 are clear. After the plant has flowered, the trichomes start to turn a milky color (picture 2). In the later stages of flowering, trichomes will turn to a light brown color (picture 3). The amount of time required to get to this point depends on the marijuana strain and the growing conditions.

In picture 2 you can see the stems have started to turn from a clear color to a milky translucent color. For maximum THC content and a more cerebral high, harvest your plants when a majority of the trichomes on the plants in your garden are a fully milky translucent color.

You can wait until most of the trichomes have started to turn amber, but the resulting marijuana will produce more of a body stone than it would if plants were harvested earlier. The trichome in picture 3 is about 90% amber, with just a trace of the milky translucent color it previously possessed.

After the trichome is fully amber in color, the THC starts to degrade. This makes it very important to harvest marijuana at the time before the trichomes have attained a total amber color. If not, the marijuana will not be as potent as it could have been.

On your first harvest, if you are having a hard time judging when to cut the plants down, a good rough guide as to when to harvest is to wait until you see the first sign of amber trichomes on each plant.

Note that trichomes are too small to be seen properly with the human eye. To see them properly, you can use a 10x magnifying glass or a 20x to 70x pocket microscope. Radio shack sells a pocket microscope 60x for $10.00
The greatest concentration of trichomes can be found on the growing buds.

The pictures below, in order are, clear, milky and amber.

Attached Images

	Clear.jpg (11.8 KB, 88 views)
	Milky.jpg (7.8 KB, 90 views)
	Amber.jpg (8.8 KB, 70 views)

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green_nobody

cool one video, off to be a stick i would say ....milky trichome!

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Baked Jesus

Thanks Video, that's pretty sweet. I'ma harvest my babies when the trichomes are all milky. Yum!

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AzGrOw-N-sMoKe

i have poor eyes an a shaky hand..so when looking at tri's its hard ..can anyone sugest a magnifier that helps with shaking an poor eyes..

SHAMAN

AzGrow... Check out this magnifier, It is used to fix/build MicroChip/CompBoards. I to have a shaky hand, But I simply cut a sample clip and veiw..
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SHAMAN

A few more pic's,
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hempie

looks like a transformer.

SHAMAN

Well it did fall from the sky..

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hempie

no kidding?

green_nobody

take a tiny piece of the buds of interest and put that under a normal microscope, that how i deal with the problem and it works fine

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