stoney-trees

Pistils have absolutly nothing to do with plant maturity.

kawliga

Forget about gauging readiness for harvest by pistil color...waste of time.

Forget also about breeders flower time....maybe accurate within 2 weeks, maybe...but only a guideline, and by no means definitive, your growing conditions can have a big impact on when to harvest.

Do you know anyone who has a microscope or as suggested by TH binoculars...how about a magnifying glass? Telescope?

The only real way IMO to check when shes done is by scoping the trichs somehow...

think what you can get your hands on that will magnify....

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Rhurac

Yeah I thought I had heard that gauging by pistil color was a bad idea, that was mainly what i needed clarification on. Didn't want to do something hasty like cut her down too early. I ransacked my place and dug up a dusty magnifier that will suffice until mine comes in the mail. Nah, Stoney I couldn't locate any binoculars.

Thanks again everyone couldn't be possible w/o yall!

Allglad

Yea I agree not to focus on pistil's. Yea the are an indicator & can be quite helpfull, but I think that applies more to when a grower has already has experience with a specific strain.

I see this pistil issues this way because each strain can have different pistil colors.

I also think that even the same strain can have different pistils.

Each plant is an individual, production from one strain can be similar in many ways, but there can also be many differences Yea I agree not to focus on pistil's. Yea they are an indicator & can be quite helpfull, but I think that applies more to when a grower has already has experience with a specific strain.

I see this pistil issues this way because each strain can have different pistil colors.

I also think that even the same strain can have different pistils.

To put it more basicly each plant is an individual, production from one strain can be similar in many ways, but there can also be many differences in the same plants.

Along with strains being a factor in pistil deveopment there is also pheno, watering, nutes, lighting...etc

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DarkVapor

Thats an absolutly ridiculous statement! When the pistils on a plant are 70/80% Red/orange/gold than that is a sign that resin production has slowed or stopped. Yes go get a magnifying glass thats the best way. But not the only.

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Allglad

I agree much more with stoney, than DV.

Course pistils are a factor or there would be no flower. :lol

As far as pistil colors go some stay whiteish, some are pink...etc etc.

Even if I become a "master" grower (I am far from it ) ..I still hope I NEVER consider my pistil colors as my main factor to harvest.

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new420grower

Everyone I've asked has said to look at the trichomes. The pistils changing colors are more an indication of the buds starting to ripen. 30x or higher magnification is best.

GanjaGardener

I think a distinction should be made between pistils that change color due to strain genetics and pistils that turn brown because they're shriveling up and dying. Trichs are the gold standard for measuring ripeness if the grower knows how to read them and if s/he has experience w/ the strain. I've had buds go past their prime while waiting on amber. A strain that I'm currently growing is best harvested when only a few amber trichs are showing and the bud has been giving off a powdery white glow for a few days.

When pistils are dying (browning/shriveling) faster than new pistils are forming, the *general* rule is that the % of THC production has peaked. I use this in conjunction w/ trich development and smoke tests (somebody's got to do it ;-) )to help me out w/ strains that I don't have a history with.

I have yet to figure out mj's "smell cycles." Brushing by, watering, taking cuttings will always kick the aroma in, but each day is an adventure. Differences in air circulation, humidity and temp seem to be the biggest factors in day to day aroma shifts. my2c.

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DarkVapor

Agreed,but Ibet if you had acres of plants growing you would'nt be out in your fields going over every plant with a magnifying glass. People have been cultivating cannabis along time, way before magnifying glasses were invented/produced on any kind of scale that would make them available to all/most people. End.

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Print media's crusade against cannabis in the thirtys with the devil,Harry Anslinger. Probably led to its own demise as far as production costs using only woodpulp paper. Even the Boston Globe is going bankrupt. HA HA 4:1 acres Hemp to trees to make the same amount of paper. Hemp grows back every year trees dont, at least not enough.
"Freedom of the press only applies to those who own one".

kawliga

We get frosts here sometimes three, maybe even 4 weeks before harvest.
Cool nites and lite frosts will immediately turn my pistils red/brown or other strange colors.

If I harvested on color i would be a lot early

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I just cannot fathom that Marijuana, with all its history and medicinal properties, is illegal almost everywhere and yet alcohol, which has no redeeming qualities, is sold directly by the Government....shows the reality of our world doesn't it?