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HazeyPurpleHippy · #21 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by McBong

Not messing at all was my plan but a few things went wrong along the way and i had to intervene, i think ill try the tucking under method and see how that goes, out of four plants i have 2 covered in Trichs and two without so far just hope the other two catch up soon, mind you i could harvest them Noah style, do two and leave the other two another week if need be to ripen fully.

Been checking daily with an achromatic lens to see if the trichs change colours but not %100 sure what colour they should be when they are ready

at present they are clear to milky.

cheers

McBong

From my experience. most strains are at peak harvest when three quarters of the trichs are tinded a true ambery yellow color. However it is up to you. If you chop them when the trichs are milky or almost white the high will be kinda uppetty and speedy. If you wait till they are all amber. it will be a very narcotic like couchlock stone. This holds true with all strains. If its supposed to be a downy indica and u pick it early it will get rid of some of the sleepyness. With a uppetty sativa. if you let it go till they are all amber, it will take away some of the speedyness, and make it more, narcotic. But perfect for all is if you wait for just about three quarters of the trichs to turn a nice amber.

Peace, Love, and No Worries
Zachariah

McBong · #22 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 03:04 PM

Cheers for that, ill wait until they are half amber and then harvest.

McBong

HazeyPurpleHippy · #23 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by McBong

Cheers for that, ill wait until they are half amber and then harvest.

McBong

Ever have anyquestions. Just add me a friend and ask away. I'm always down to teach whatever I can about growth. I've been doing it for years. hydro, aero, soil, indoor, outdoor. right now i want this real strong led light to try out.]

Peace, Love, and No Worries
Zacheriah

LadyMarmalade · #24 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by HazeyPurpleHippy

From my experience. most strains are at peak harvest when three quarters of the trichs are tinded a true ambery yellow color. However it is up to you. If you chop them when the trichs are milky or almost white the high will be kinda uppetty and speedy. If you wait till they are all amber. it will be a very narcotic like couchlock stone. This holds true with all strains. If its supposed to be a downy indica and u pick it early it will get rid of some of the sleepyness. With a uppetty sativa. if you let it go till they are all amber, it will take away some of the speedyness, and make it more, narcotic. But perfect for all is if you wait for just about three quarters of the trichs to turn a nice amber.

Peace, Love, and No Worries
Zachariah

Yeah, I've heard that, too... unfortunately, I didn't have a scope to see mine this year, so I had to guess. Also, it poured rain here and I had to pull before mold or rot took hold.
Already dreaming about next crop... and I bought a little 'microscope' for $12.99 at Radio Shack. It's good enough to see the trichs.

McBong · #25 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 05:28 PM

Yeah i have already been looking at the trichs on mine with an achromatic lens, little thing geologists use to look at rock formation. I have noticed that my plants have trichs with huge globs at the ends, they are like mini lolli-pops.

peace and light

McBong

traceydm · #26 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 05:45 PM

hows the ladies tonight mcbong.......gettin any stinkier???

McBong · #27 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 06:31 PM

Well, after giving them a little feed today about 12ish i noticed the smell did pick up a little, light is off now and no smell at all but i expect they will be smelling a lot better in the morning after a nights rest and some more feed. Would i be right in saying that it's best to give them a little frequently rather than a huge drink and missing a day or two?.

McBong

traceydm · #28 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 06:36 PM

mmmm.....my understanding is a thorough watering,just til it starts to run out the bottomof the pots then leave them till they're quite dry again.....they don't like to have wet feet and they like a dry period....i'd soak them thoroughly and leave them for a day or two......and stay eaasy on the nutes...

McBong · #29 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 06:49 PM

Would it be best to feed them leave it for a day then give them water only, then back to feed a day later again?

SomeDude · #30 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 06:52 PM

some strains just dont stink as much as others do..

i had one this spring that completely overwhelmed my carbon filter... :O

traceydm · #31 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by McBong

Would it be best to feed them leave it for a day then give them water only, then back to feed a day later again?

you could do that no probs......they don't look in any trouble anyway so if thats what you feel comfy with go for it!!!

traceydm · #32 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by SomeDude

some strains just dont stink as much as others do..

i had one this spring that completely overwhelmed my carbon filter... :O

man....i'd love an overwhelmed carbon filter!!!

McBong · #33 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 08:50 PM

Ta muchly tracey. As this is my first grow i panic as soon as i see something that doesn't look right, some of the lower fan leaves on my girls started going yellow and i was convinced they were going to croak it, since found out its just the plant using up the leaves as food, hopefully now that i am feeding them they will recover.

Would i be correct in saying that when most of the trichs are cloudy i should start my flushing, when just under half are amber i harvest it?? I don't want to get this bit wrong as i have been stressing like mad and getting all anxious about when and how to harvest, as this is my first grow i would soooo like it to end on a positive note so i am confident enough to do it again.

Peace and light

McBong

PS sorry for all the silly questions but if i don't ask i'll never know.

...also my Psee is in the same room as my grow closet and i'm sitting here enjoying the lovely smell, i spoke to her indoors about the smell and she said she remembers them being honkin' when they first went into flowering, obviously had enough nuts then.

Sprocket · #34 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by McBong

Hi everyone thanks for all the answers to my last questions, i have another regarding the same plants and was wondering if you could help me out with some information.

1st time grow so didn't buy any expensive seeds but did use a reputable seed bank, got a strain called Big Bang (Fem) germinated five and four made it, re-planted them into larger pots to Veg for a few weeks, before flowering them i moved them into five ltr pots everything went well and the end result so far is four good plants with loads of buds on, but, i do have one concern and that is there is practically no smell from the plants at all, i would have thought that more than four weeks into flowering they would be smelling quite a bit. Am i doing something wrong??

recap; good seed's from reputable seed bank
re-potted for veg and flowering
only been giving them water
400 watt light
plants getting enough light ( thanks to advice from my last post )
five weeks into and eight week strain

Any advice welcomed, seasoned smoker but virgin grower.

Thanks in advance

McBong

yeah, i'm gonna file this under "not an issue"

seriously though, they look fine, great actually.
when i am able to afford a portable closet, and start my grow, i hope mine look that good and dont smell half as bad, lol.

love your screen name, btw

McBong · #35 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Sprocket

yeah, i'm gonna file this under "not an issue"

seriously though, they look fine, great actually.
when i am able to afford a portable closet, and start my grow, i hope mine look that good and dont smell half as bad, lol.

love your screen name, btw

Cheers Sprocket (named after dog in Fraggle rock??) as a first time grower i just didn't know what to expect from the girls as they grew up, spent ages reading post after post, getting conflicting information and generally getting totally cafuzzled and pickled in the brain department. Now i'm a little educated thanks to the kind people on GP i feel i am able to face any problems that do arise head on, straight onto psee and post a question on here

As for the portable grow room, mine is made up of 1/2 a set of bunk-beds stood on end ( 6 ft tall x 3 ft wide x 2 ft deep ) with three sides completely boarded up, the front is boarded from the top to about 1/3 way down. The two sides and back are completely covered in mylar as is the ceiling, the front has mylar from top to bottom but acts like a small curtain to allow me access to the girls i also have an old thick blanket hanging down to help with light escape, my light (400watt HID) is on chain so i can adjust the height as i need, i also have a 10" fan on the floor in the grow closet. Nothing special but it's working for me.

As for my name, being scottish and enjoying a bong or five i felt it was appropriate.

Peace and light

McBong

Sprocket · #36 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 09:53 PM

from Scotland, huh laddie? well now when i read your posts, it will be with a thick Scottish brogue. i am Irish myself, well, some parts were made in other countries, but mostly Irish. and Nordic, so, yay! w e l c o m e to GP!

HazeyPurpleHippy · #37 (**permalink**) 10-29-2009, 04:05 AM

If you really want to be precise with your harvest time, if determining by trych color. Check out 420scope.com The thing is only like under thirty bucks, and it is amazing. I love it so much. Don't know what I would do without it. It zooms from 60 all the way to 100x. you can see every last trych like you were a tiny parasite on the buddses. Ever read the cannabibles? They have so much good information. Not to mention all of the sweet microphotogrophy photos of both buddses and trychs. If you havn't heard of them, check out both. Amazing purchases. Their are 3 Cannabibles, get all 3. They come in a tiny 3 book boxed set, or as 3 seperate big books. I recomend the big ones. The little ones are missing so much good information. Anyway let me know if this helps any of you out. Bye for now

peace, love, and no worries
Zachariah

HazeyPurpleHippy · #38 (**permalink**) 10-29-2009, 04:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Sprocket

yeah, i'm gonna file this under "not an issue"

seriously though, they look fine, great actually.
when i am able to afford a portable closet, and start my grow, i hope mine look that good and dont smell half as bad, lol.

love your screen name, btw

I have experience with all kinds of strains and some smell a week into veg. some only smell during flowering. And some do not have a smell at all untill they are cured to perfection. No worries man. They are fine. Just make sure you take the time to dry and cure them properly. Most people don't because they are impatient. Besides smell is a cool attribute, but flavor and potency are much more important. Don't you think.

peace, love, and no worries
zachariah

McBong · #39 (**permalink**) 10-29-2009, 07:04 AM

I'm with you on this one Hazey, i also think that the end product will be better if given enough time to dry and cure properly, also makes for better smoke IMO, just hope i get this bit right myself.

Well just a quick report; the smell has come back to my girls and only after two feeds with decent nutes, it's a kind of meaty smell if that makes any sense, nothing bad just smells meaty.

Now for some reading on harvesting, drying and so on.

Peace and light

McBong

traceydm · #40 (**permalink**) 10-29-2009, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by McBong

Ta muchly tracey. As this is my first grow i panic as soon as i see something that doesn't look right, some of the lower fan leaves on my girls started going yellow and i was convinced they were going to croak it, since found out its just the plant using up the leaves as food, hopefully now that i am feeding them they will recover.

Would i be correct in saying that when most of the trichs are cloudy i should start my flushing, when just under half are amber i harvest it?? I don't want to get this bit wrong as i have been stressing like mad and getting all anxious about when and how to harvest, as this is my first grow i would soooo like it to end on a positive note so i am confident enough to do it again.

Peace and light

McBong

PS sorry for all the silly questions but if i don't ask i'll never know.

...also my Psee is in the same room as my grow closet and i'm sitting here enjoying the lovely smell, i spoke to her indoors about the smell and she said she remembers them being honkin' when they first went into flowering, obviously had enough nuts then.

mr mcbong.......somehow i don't think you are going to have too many issues with this ending on a positive note....LOL!!!

your ladies look amazing for plants that never saw nutes before yesterday!!!
if your worried about harvest why don't you take a small bud when you think it mught be ready,quick dry it and test it......i've come to the conclusion that harvesting is a very personal thing as only you know how you like it....one mans enjoyment is another mans hell and all that!!!