Them

Thanks to you Pesci, I haven't paid much attention to the trichomes in this grow. I usually harvest when about 80% of the pistols have turned red and purple.

Question: which is the best way to tell when the plants are ready, by the pistols or the trichomes???

DrDankman

it would be awesome to visit everyone's room and let them give you a show and tell we all could learn a lot that way..

and i found out that the 31g lid fit my 37g container..

i also used the to use the color of the pistols to tell me when they are ready....

i now watch the trichs wait for them to be cloudy to/and amber.. get that nice body high

Them

Well I finally went to Lowe's and found a 31 gallon rubbermaid roughneck tote. I had forgotten how well the lid seals when it is snapped into place.

I will use the new tote on my next grow!

Them

Tell me what you think.

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Very nice.

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Thanks scrub and Cygon. Here are some pics under normal lighting.

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Them

Well it's plane to see eight weeks was not enough flower time. But not to worry I would like to see more production on the colas before harvest anyway.

I keep adding water and I am keeping the nutes balanced at around 1100 PPM...

The plants have cannibalized a few large fan leaves so I chopped them.

The pistols are turning purple but slowly a best.

I have taken a few lower branches for a test. The taste is not there yet nor is the high. But no complaints considering the circumstances.

Ph is bouncing around 5.8

Water temp is 58f

I am still adding 35% H2o2

bluecheese

Them - the best way to determine if a plant is ready is by the trichomes. Get yourself a Illuminated Microscope - RadioShack.com and be sure to click the link half way down the page "locate it near you" as not all stores carry it.

Snip off a sweet leaf, put it on a white piece of paper on a steady surface like a table and check the trichomes.

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Thanks bluecheese, I don't think my camara will take a close up like that.

I harvested the plants at nine weeks into flowering. The buds are still drying.

What I have tested so far is pretty good.

I have at this time four clones in the aerospring. I found a rubbermade tote and it does not leak! I still had the top from my old aerospring so I'm using that for the lid.

I see what the buds look like when they are dry and maybe get some pics.

Thanks to everyone who has posted on this thread, with a special thanks to my old buddy scrub. I still wish you would teach me how to do those cool diagrams.

Should I start a new thread for this new bunch of clons or continue on with this one??? You tell me!