As a newcoming grower from Germany, since it became legal on the 1. April - this video helped me endlessly, u know, i searched google and youtube, and literally everyone is telling something different, always leaving a question or guess behind, but since I watched this one 5 minute video (which is also awesome, other people do 20 minute videos, trashtalking around the actual topic, which I hate), i dont have any questions left, now that type of knowledge feels "complete". Thank you very much!
@@DeBaccoUniversity thanks. Hope you don't mind if I ask a question. I want to make cbd oils from my plants. Do I need to cure the buds? I know I need to dry them, just not sure if curing is necessary
Excellent video as always! When I harvest a new strain and do a pheno hunt, I always harvest in 5 stages to see what is the best effect for me. Again, just for my specific needs. Different strains for different brains! First stage, I harvest when all clear, then 50/50, clear milky, all milky, 70/30 milky amber and 70/30 amber milky. Then I dry them the same at 65F and 55RH and let cure. I test at 1 month cure point, 2 months and three months. That gives me the sweet spot of each pheno and I keep the ones that fulfill my needs. I keep the keepers! I do the same process when I breed too. Just my 2 cents of 42 years growing. Keep educating us Mr. professor! Cheers
@@8Scorpions Good question. It's all strains related and your specific effect that you are looking for. I had a sativa dominant that gave it's best at 30% amber with cerebral and body wellness, relaxing and a big smile (the whole package) and at 3+ months of curing. I also had an indica that was 50/50 clear and milky, that had a zombie, meditative, almost spiritual effect and cured 2 months. It's all in what you specificly want. I grow oldschool strains and landraces. Some very popular trendy strains don't even give me any effect at all. Since I don't grow for bag apeal, aromas, taste or THC levels, I cannot rush the process of strain hunting, then pheno hunting, then breeding, etc... Short answer, Trial and error is my best answer! Cheers
@@telnek thank you sir, I surely miss the good old days. I'm not into all the new mixes and cloned stuff, it's just not for me. I'm from Ohio and back in the late 80s it was the best. I will try my cure mine awhile longer. Trial and error friend👍👍Thanks!!
Sounds like a very thorough approach! Just curious though, have you ever found a cultivar that you actually chose to harvest at the All Clear Trichome stage? Seems like the equivalent of eating a green/unripe apple.
I just wanted to say thank you for the informative, straightforward, no nonsense approach to your videos that are at the same time relaxing and easy to follow all backed by science and fact and not nonsensical personal rhetoric.
Science got jack shit to do with it it's just using your brains this ain't no big bang theory it's me raised in the HA family given beating and taking beating we grow the most premium weed in the world we are HA
Always determine ripeness by the bracts of the bud structure and never determine by all the amber you may see on the sugar leaves. If the lower buds look very clear when your top colas look about ready, don't worry. Keep waiting it out until it's all ready, or some may take the tops first but beware of doing that if nanners could jeopardize other plants in earlier flowering stages.
Not all strains develop brown pistils, like autoflowers or White Widow, so keeping track of how many weeks in you are is vital to know when to check trikes.
I agree bruce and I always check trichomes on branches in the middle as touching the flowers can make the trichomes turn Amber faster and the middle branches have been touched less lol
I agree with the tricombs indicator, but people with ptsd should def wait till a 60 40 to 50 50 split,,.. me personally im 30 70,,. Yes i flip the configuration,,. I want way more amber...
I find Frenchy Cannoli's view of ripeness more compelling than the amber/white glandhead ratio theory. As the flower itself pertains to primary metabolic activity it would be more accurate to look at mature flower development rather than trichomes, which are secondary, for confirmation of optimal ripeness. Also glandhead color is affected by light intensity, which causes problems with predictive consistency of overall ripeness .
I've noticed that the trichomes on the leaves, often mature faster than the trichomes on the flower. I dont smoke leaves, so I pay attention to the maturity of the flower trichomes. I've had much better bud since approaching this way. Something to look into, maybe?
Excellent!!!! The visuals combined with the audio and the words so i can read as well made this by far the easiest to understand! DeBacco U is thee best!!
*Hmmm, a lot of folks trying to debunk this method of evaluating ripeness.* Let me give you the perspective of California cannabis co-ops and weed stores. They want the most potent cannabinoid content buds. Cali shops will not buy buds with more than about 10% clear trichomes. Buyers want exactly what this video depicts as "mature" I.E. around 80% milky and 20% amber. They won't buy buds with more than a few clear trichomes nor will they buy buds with predominantly amber trichomes because they know from experience which stage is "peak" for a given strain from sending hundreds or thousands of samples out for lab analysis. This business about energetic high vs bodyhigh vs couchlock is entirely subjective. The lab dosen't lie. That said, some buds will reach their peak before others. Don't be afraid to do selective harvesting but be smart and seal the cut stalk to prevent funk getting inside the plant.
When you say seal the cut stalk do you mean when you're selecting certain branches to take of the plant to seal up the cut end on the plant when it's still in the ground or when you cut the entire plant down entirely example one branch looks done so I snip it off the plant when it's still planted in ground then seal the cut end on the actual plant and if so what's the preferred way to do it ?
@@mustang268 Yup, when selectively harvesting you should use a sealant like Tree Seal (that's the name of the product, ask for it at garden shops or nurseries.) Also use it for broken stalks or branches. Coat the break with sealer and splint and wrap the break. The plant should recover and come back stronger than before. Does that help?
@@crucifyrobinhood yes thank you I'll try to look at more of my buds some looks almost ready now just have seen any amber tricombs yet but it's started to get all the crystals a few weeks ago but they're still clear from all the ones I checked so far so I'm look at early mid October for them to be ready with some buds having more brown hairs then others also
@@mustang268 That's about where my plants are at too. I'm gonna let a few colas get very mature (all amber, no white trichomes) and the rest is gonna get selectively harvested at about 80/20 amber to white. It's gonna be a Happy Halloween! best of luck to you Buckstalker.
i recently grew some amnesia haze autos, ( posted a video on my channel ) where even after day 98 still had little to no amber and the plant was coming to the end of its life showing all the signs of harvesting, wondering what i could do different to ensure atleast a 30% amber development on my amnesia hazes and other strains, wondering if the autoflower aspect has something to do with the little to no amber development on the trichomes.
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Thanks for this very supportive comment it is appreciated! You are correct no product promotion, all that is asked is to share the channel with others! (and encourage them to subscribe;-)
Yes Amber is sedative Clear is energetic Clear is the purest form of THC, milky is degrading, amber is degraded THC breaks down and turns into other compounds Alot of misinformation out there
@@DeBaccoUniversity I've had an issue with leaf septoria and it ended up running rampant on some of my plants. Many of the leaves are now affected, especially the larger leaves. Most of my plans are in week 3 to 4 of flower and I'm wondering if it is better to defoliate them as I was doing before or will defoliating this far into flower shock my plants and affect my yield more than the septoria itself will?
Here is a question for you doc. I appreciate the explanation but as you said they don’t all turn at the same time. The confusing part for me is that usually the top colas will mature faster. So would you base that 70/30 mix in the top colas? Or would you base it somewhere in middle or lower of plant. I usually find that while I might see 70/30 on top colas I will check the lowers and they might have 0 amber. Some cloudy and some clear. And if I were to wait for lowers to reach 70/30 then by then the tops would probably be all amber. Hopefully that made sense. So can you tell me how to deal with this?
THANK YOU ! a great explanation about color and harvest time . great pictures of the trichome . well said and shown . thank for a great job ..i prefer to wait for the tea color . it has a lot more resin ooze out of the joint while smoking .. enjoy and thank you
This is often repeated nonsense that any seasoned grower ought to know is misleading and untrue. Anyone who has grown a single crop will know that buds don't all mature at the same rate, and don't all ripen together. You can have ripe buds on top with unripe buds underneath, or ripe buds on one side with unripe buds on the other. Following this poorly thought through advice to the letter will either mean harvesting the whole plant when you've seen a few amber trichomes on the top buds, or waiting until the bottom buds have amber trichomes before harvesting anything. This is even further compounded when using low intensity lighting methods. Those who repeat this "advice" never mention the huge differences in growing methods, and are either presuming you will harvest the whole plant when you see the first amber trichomes, or they are presuming that you will harvest each bud separately as it ripens, and that you'll perform this microscopic exam on every individual bud before harvesting it. The truth is, you'll never catch all the buds in their prime, but there are FAR worse problems you need to be aware of, like how to spot mold and what to do about it. Stand around with your microscope waiting for every bud to have amber trichomes, and you'll know all about mold soon enough. So which is it? Harvest when you first see amber trichomes, or when the plant has 70% amber trichomes? NEITHER!!! This is a foolish and arbitrary rule. It depends on other factors, like how intensively you've grown your crop, how far apart they are in their development and how the final feeding and watering has been timed. Light levels are key, and it makes far more sense to judge each bud on its own merits, especially in natural light or low intensity set-ups. If you have time, you can allow each branch to naturally ripen before you harvest it, watching out for any mold of course, but If you have a schedule, and that entire crop must come out at the same time, then obviously you'll have unripe, and possibly over ripe buds in that crop. For optimum quality, harvest over the course of a month, starting with the most mature buds, and allowing the lower buds to ripen at their own pace. Someone growing enough for themselves shouldn't have any problem with harvesting like this. It's only the larger, more commercial operations that can't get a consistently mature crop, because of the greedy way they are growing it. If you are just trying to grow some for yourself, under natural, or low intensity light, then just stagger your harvest over a month or so, allowing the less developed buds to catch up.
While you may never catch all the buds at their prime, the goal is to catch the time that most are near the ideal time as this will help improve operational efficiency.
Thank you for responding @@DeBaccoUniversity to a post on a video from two years ago. I appreciate the comment, and for most growers, it IS about operational efficiency, so they probably have a powerful HD lit hydroponic setup, for operational efficiency. This isn't great advice for your average home grower using LED or CF lights. Practicality means you have to judge each bud on its own merits. If the plant has done well, you can watch them ripen from top to bottom, but some areas of a plant can lag behind. Plants that may have had too much stress can start to shed leaves in the buds and accelerate their ripening process. Leaving them risks mold, so sometimes it's better to harvest a bud or two before it is too far gone, and this can help the plant focus on other buds which haven't kept up.
Another very useful video, thanks! Odd question; so if I wanted to get both a head-high from Harvesting a little earlier at clear/cloudy and a couch-lock from waiting a bit longer for cloudy/amber on the SAME PLANT, can that be done? Meaning, can you cut off a bunch of colas and let the rest keep growing a little while longer or will it kill the plant? Like, when I cut off a bunch of my cherry tomatoes, the plant doesn't die, it just keeps putting out more tomatoes... you get my meaning? Is weed like that or not? Don't know that I've ever heard of anyone doing this, but it's something I'm very interested in if possible just to be able to see the difference on the EXACT SAME plant for experimental purposes...
Keeping your plants in the dark for 48 hours before a harvest helps to increase the production in the trichomes and thus increases the overall potency of your marijuana crop. Following this info that every grower recommends, cutting the plants in cycles or over time actually leads to less potent crop. Once cut the plant, and specially the branch goes into shock, putting the cut branch in the dark is not the same as putting a planted plant in the dark. 48 hrs of dark wont do anything to a cut up plant.
@@schven0112 @Dalton Robbins @Todd Kump I still lean towards Todd & Dalton, but I definitely see what you're saying about the 48 hrs of darkness part, although that would still occur on the majority of the plant that didn't get cut earlier. As far as stress; lobbing off a big ol' two-fisted cola that is way too close to lights, in danger of breaking off from weight or blocking other good ones that are just a little behind it may be less stressful than leaving it sometimes I would think (hope, hah).
Fake Name 1 second ago I wondered the same thing, so I tried it. I tried harvesting some colas with mostly clear to cloudy. I then waited for the rest to turn mostly cloudy to amber. I tried this over three grows. I told nobody what I was doing. Then I shared my two varieties. People said the early harvest provided less of a couch lock, while the latter harvested gave more of the couch lock. Straight up, it worked for me. Enjoy!
I am a older smoker, and equate thc levels with alcohol content, I just want to take a puff or two, and be able to have a “ marg” or beer and lay on the couch and listen to some “Tuna” w/o having the room spinning around. I tend to let my plants go a little longer to intentionally lower the thc. , when I go to a bar I very rarely order shots anymore, so why would I want the most potent thc. Bring on the “okay boomer” replies ! ✌️ Very informative video , thanks !
An explanation from an enthusiast of cannabis on UTube Milky white = uplifting, energetic, happy feeling trichomes Amber = drowsy, sleepy, inda-couch feeling Not sure if this is fact, but more than once I’ve heard this info.
@@DeBaccoUniversity it is beyond appreciated, it has helped me on my first grow an immense amount, to the point where I’ve been able to manage and maintain a healthy 6 ft female, all simply because of the amount of information and detail that is provided between each video, whether it’s tempuratures, humidity, understanding the plants biology and anatomy head to toe, and everything in between. It’s not my place to say, and there may already be a video made on this subject, but debacco should for sure make an informational video on how to save hermies before it’s too late! I love growing and I find there is SOOOOO much misinformation leading around it and debacco does a wonderful job clearing up the myths, rumours, and problems within the growing communities. :) much ✊ respect and look forward to always learning more. Thank you for all you do it’s beyond appreciated at least from me if anything 🙇♂️ 🌎 ☮️ 🙏 ✊ 🚀 🛳 💥 🔥 ⛽️ 💨 👽 🦨 👾 🤴 👑
Interesting because thca flower is harvested early to be under the d9 legal threshold. 😮 That's why those buds usually look different than what you're used to.
You’re absolutely right, I was pretty intrigued with the loophole as THCA typically smells very comparable to regular Cannabis, but not quite 100%. Also something else I took note of, visually the buds seemed a little smaller than their cured counterparts. Another thing I noticed, the smoke isn’t nearly as smooth- it seems the curing process improves the overall end quality in so many ways! Not attributing the size issue to lack of curing, I get that for it to be regulated as THCA, it’s probably gotta be cut before it naturally starts converting THCA into THC. Regardless, I think it’s cool that people have that as an option now! It feels so much better than D8 sprayed hemp flower😂 Regardless growing your own has to be the best option, just like any other thing you could consume, it’s always best if you can grow it yourself :)
Clear tricomes give you a verry high effect, cloudy gives high and stoned effect, and amber gives most stoned effect. So dont totally agree with him, when you harvest depends also an the effect of the thc, harvest early will give you a very hich effect, harvest late will give you a stoned effect. So harvest when you want and how you want it to hit you ;) personaly i go for a 80/20 white/red ratio. I more of a high dude type ;) Recomended is try all stages and decide what you like best :)
I don't agree because my plants are covered in clear trichomes quite early in flower and thc content still really low from my experience cloudy is higher thc upper high then amber is a Couch lock high but that what I have figured out my self
@@ragheadand420roll I just got my wife some CBD to help her relax during the day and sleep at night. It's working great and she's thanking me. I found her some gummies for night that have 3mg CBD, 2mg CBN, 1mg THC.
If the trichomes are done but the leaves aren't faded using organic dry amendments is it ok to harvest still? has not had nutrients since wk 4 and plain water since.
One of your powerpoints stated that clear tricnomes produce more of an energetic and stimulating kind of high. I've been reading about THCV and how it produces a stimulating type high and energetic. I would like to know what is the difference?
@@drakeweddner thank you, I've actually read more about it since I posted this comment and I've been realizing the difference and I really hope THCV becomes the new diet trend
@@drakeweddner so well know howTHC has the effects of relaxation and hunger and sleepy. Well THCV has the opposite effect of blocking the CB1 receptor and has a stimulating effect and takes hunger away. In type 2 diabetic mice it's been balancing out their sugar and glucose levels by somehow making the insulin hormone stronger like it was on steroids
@@memyselfinsanity9242 its not that simple , think of it as an orchestra , there is a conductor , so changing the condoctor between delta 9 thc , delta 8 thc , 11 hydroxy thc , thc v , thc , cbd , cbg youll get a diffrent concert but it depends heavily on the the rest of compounds present and in what levels , all the terpenes and other canabanoids in there respective levels , there are over 114 active chemicals constituents to marijuana,
I found out that buds harvested early (just for scientific testing) while having still only clear trichomes, the high is rather unpleasant, kinda nervy one. Weird.
Thanks for this, I’ve always poo pooed this step as being fanciful and not really true, but your presentation cleared up the claims and now I have the ammo to pursue further experimentation with harvest timing and the gauging of the result I may or may not get. Thank you!!
Great video as usual, I have a question: the trichomes stalks on my plant (Grape Skunk) became all very dark, blackish, but the heads of the trichomes are all cloudy color. Is the blackish color because of the dark grape color strain or can it be frost damage? They are all cloudy since almost 2 weeks now, and don't seems to evolve to amber.
Will leaves start to die when it's almost time to harvest? I feel like my tris are getting cloudy but my buds aren't fully developed and 70% of my leaves are still green
Perfect 👌 slide, u r a real professor 😍💯❤️👆.. Even for a French beginner... Maybe I missed an information, I didn't see any estimation of part time it could be taking to pass through clear - - >milky ( way 😂 ) - - > amber..
Thank you, hopefully the other students also agree with you. The transition time can depend on the type of cannabis being grown so the key is to continually check to ensure you do not miss the ideal harvest time for your plant.
I agree with the genral info. Very helpful when your a beginner grower. But like the comments below I too harvest sort to "taste" and personal prefance. Just thur trial and error I found the best time for me to harvest. Hope everybody has a great grow!
Thanks, do you have any input on where to look at these trichomes, to determine ripeness for harvest? I usually stick to checking a bud calyx from the middle of the plant rather than checking outer foliage for example.
Central portion of the flower area, you can look at the edges of the leaves and see trichomes, but when it comes to determining ripeness look toward the more center portions.
Except for the annoying introduction "music", I give you an A for clear, concise information, void of the incessant, irritating, obnoxious dubbed in crappy-ass "music" that most UA-cam posters poison their videos with. And a lot has changed since I started growing herb back in 1976. Wish I had your info back then!
I've always heard that the amber give you that couch locked, stoned effect, and the cloudy are more energetic high, while the clear give you that extreme buzz. Never correlated the amber with the energetic high
It's like eating a tomato, clear is green, cloudy is mostly red with some green still, amber is ripe. The whole argument of when to pic is, do you like ripe or not?
@@andrewdziekan8803 Could be, but I'm not so sure about that. In my years of growing, I've never gotten an energetic high, regardless of strain, when I let my buds stay in flower long enough to turn a majority of the trichimes amber. Those are always my "sit your ass down and chill" buds. From all the reading, and watching of videos that I've done, I've never heard that amber trichomes will give you an energetic high. They've always been associated with the couch lock. Not arguing, just speaking through experience, and from what I've read and heard when watching videos about cultivation. Thanks for the info, tho
What always throws me off is the background light. Typical LED light with a loupe tends to give trichomes a clearer appearance, change to a different light and they may appear cloudy or even amber. Any suggestions on a color temperature of the light or CRI, hauling a plant outside to view is not often practical?
@@DeBaccoUniversity Will give that a try, did purchase a high CRI exam light that physician use, but it has a color temp of around 4200K, which I think biases the color to the red even though it may give a true representation if that makes sense. But the black background may make all the difference.
I tend to harvest at 20-25% amber tops. I myself prefer 10-15% amber, finding the most potent high to be in that range, but it doesn't last long. 20-25% gives great potency, and a good balance of other cannabinoids to help carry the buzz. THC degrades into CBD, so the more amber the more CBD vs THC the bud will have.
Thank you! First time grower. I’m in the cloudy stage and anxious about my girls turning amber. One thing is your last photo shows no amber but at peak harvest and amber was past peak harvest. Confused! I wish I could send a pic but scared I’d harvest to late. Help! I’m almost to harvest!!!!!!!
Look for a few amber trichomes and you know you are right at peak harvest in most cases. The goal is the milky coloration but if there are a few amber colored ones you know to harvest "now".
Thank you. I appreciate the magnified pictures and the condensed length of this video. For a first year grower (novice - outside), and you show a clear picture of where exactly the trichomes are located? Is it the fuzzy part of the bud? I see them clearly on the sugar leaves, but not sure if the bud is the squiggly longer things, or the fluffy part of the bud??? Sorry; thank you.
Just because they're milky or cloudy on the outside under the microscope doesn't mean they're done. What do you think the inside ones look like, in the center mass of the cola where no light really even gets to? They're clear as glass, if you harvest that plant at that point you'll have flower that wasn't pushed to it's full potential and it's not going to get you medicated for longer than 15-20mins but that's actually how some people like it.
This on a high anthocyanin producing plant/flower as this provides the dark purple coloration. Some varieties produce this and in this case it provides a good contrast for the image to show the different trichome stages of development.
Can one go by the smell after 6-8 weeks.it seems to me the Amber colours will come a bit later than the smell.its all dependent on ones drying process.
This matters big time. I harvested some on time and let a few go to mostly amber. The first smoke was perfect balance body head high. The latter was couch lock high. I was curious to see the difference it would make and stunned at the effects.
2021, smartphones, internet, 3D, VR etc ... but powerpoint presentations are still the most efficient to explain clearly XD
Do you comment this on every video he does? I’ve read this comment before
@@swishersifuq not at all. Maybe you saw this video for the second time ?
Efficiency is key to a memorable explanation, glad it was presented in a helpful way.
Every vet in the world disagrees with that statement
Ahh you need the internet to view this... And I'm on my phone so kinda wrong
As a newcoming grower from Germany, since it became legal on the 1. April - this video helped me endlessly, u know, i searched google and youtube, and literally everyone is telling something different, always leaving a question or guess behind, but since I watched this one 5 minute video (which is also awesome, other people do 20 minute videos, trashtalking around the actual topic, which I hate), i dont have any questions left, now that type of knowledge feels "complete".
Thank you very much!
Thanks for the detailed comment, hope you find the same quality information that respects your time on other videos as part of this channel.
I grow outdoors. The paranoia factor is as much a driver as ripeness.
It can be a difficult balance;-)
Same
Lol agree, between weather and keeping your spot from prying eyes
Also stay positive you stress your kids stress!
This is the best video on when to harvest because it shows you how the tricomes look.
Glad to help you select the peak harvest in hopes you get top a quality harvest.
@@DeBaccoUniversity thanks. Hope you don't mind if I ask a question. I want to make cbd oils from my plants. Do I need to cure the buds? I know I need to dry them, just not sure if curing is necessary
Excellent video as always! When I harvest a new strain and do a pheno hunt, I always harvest in 5 stages to see what is the best effect for me. Again, just for my specific needs. Different strains for different brains! First stage, I harvest when all clear, then 50/50, clear milky, all milky, 70/30 milky amber and 70/30 amber milky. Then I dry them the same at 65F and 55RH and let cure. I test at 1 month cure point, 2 months and three months. That gives me the sweet spot of each pheno and I keep the ones that fulfill my needs. I keep the keepers! I do the same process when I breed too. Just my 2 cents of 42 years growing. Keep educating us Mr. professor! Cheers
Thanks for sharing!
So with what you have mentioned about harvesting during different tri..what has seemed to be better for yourself, just curious.
@@8Scorpions Good question. It's all strains related and your specific effect that you are looking for. I had a sativa dominant that gave it's best at 30% amber with cerebral and body wellness, relaxing and a big smile (the whole package) and at 3+ months of curing. I also had an indica that was 50/50 clear and milky, that had a zombie, meditative, almost spiritual effect and cured 2 months. It's all in what you specificly want. I grow oldschool strains and landraces. Some very popular trendy strains don't even give me any effect at all. Since I don't grow for bag apeal, aromas, taste or THC levels, I cannot rush the process of strain hunting, then pheno hunting, then breeding, etc... Short answer, Trial and error is my best answer! Cheers
@@telnek thank you sir, I surely miss the good old days. I'm not into all the new mixes and cloned stuff, it's just not for me. I'm from Ohio and back in the late 80s it was the best. I will try my cure mine awhile longer. Trial and error friend👍👍Thanks!!
Sounds like a very thorough approach!
Just curious though, have you ever found a cultivar that you actually chose to harvest at the All Clear Trichome stage? Seems like the equivalent of eating a green/unripe apple.
I just wanted to say thank you for the informative, straightforward, no nonsense approach to your videos that are at the same time relaxing and easy to follow all backed by science and fact and not nonsensical personal rhetoric.
Thanks for this positive comment, thank you very much for sharing and hope others feel the same way you do!
Science got jack shit to do with it it's just using your brains this ain't no big bang theory it's me raised in the HA family given beating and taking beating we grow the most premium weed in the world we are HA
precise and to the point many thanks
@@DeBaccoUniversity
Always determine ripeness by the bracts of the bud structure and never determine by all the amber you may see on the sugar leaves. If the lower buds look very clear when your top colas look about ready, don't worry. Keep waiting it out until it's all ready, or some may take the tops first but beware of doing that if nanners could jeopardize other plants in earlier flowering stages.
What if you chop the top part and leave the bottom part? Would the plant get damaged?
@@gamingofthelegend3907 it will be fine.
@@masonstevenson1334 ahhh alright thank you very much
You may find this video helpful... ua-cam.com/video/AE32agvT34s/v-deo.html
@@DeBaccoUniversity thanks
I don't even look at my trichromes till my pistils have browned off 80% and the plant stops taking as much water !
More good suggestions!
Not all strains develop brown pistils, like autoflowers or White Widow, so keeping track of how many weeks in you are is vital to know when to check trikes.
Why u yellin?
I agree bruce and I always check trichomes on branches in the middle as touching the flowers can make the trichomes turn Amber faster and the middle branches have been touched less lol
Depends on strain. Works for some and some it won’t. Some pistols never leave white.
I agree with the tricombs indicator, but people with ptsd should def wait till a 60 40 to 50 50 split,,.. me personally im 30 70,,. Yes i flip the configuration,,. I want way more amber...
When growing your own you can decide the "best" harvest time.
@@DeBaccoUniversity awesome,,.. see why i subscribe?? You dont bullshit,,.. love the channel keep it up,..
I find Frenchy Cannoli's view of ripeness more compelling than the amber/white glandhead ratio theory.
As the flower itself pertains to primary metabolic activity it would be more accurate to look at mature flower development rather than trichomes, which are secondary, for confirmation of optimal ripeness.
Also glandhead color is affected by light intensity, which causes problems with predictive consistency of overall ripeness .
Well said!
where can I find that?
@@odiousmelodious2410 ua-cam.com/video/j5ahoYDBaWU/v-deo.html 🤙🤙
Seen plenty of pink tichome heads
I’d buy from you
I've noticed that the trichomes on the leaves, often mature faster than the trichomes on the flower. I dont smoke leaves, so I pay attention to the maturity of the flower trichomes. I've had much better bud since approaching this way. Something to look into, maybe?
Buds are the place to focus your time inspecting to determine harvest.
No you have a good grasp
Excellent!!!! The visuals combined with the audio and the words so i can read as well made this by far the easiest to understand! DeBacco U is thee best!!
Thanks for pinpointing exactly what you liked about the video, hopefully you find others on the channel you like and share them with others!
*Hmmm, a lot of folks trying to debunk this method of evaluating ripeness.* Let me give you the perspective of California cannabis co-ops and weed stores. They want the most potent cannabinoid content buds. Cali shops will not buy buds with more than about 10% clear trichomes. Buyers want exactly what this video depicts as "mature" I.E. around 80% milky and 20% amber. They won't buy buds with more than a few clear trichomes nor will they buy buds with predominantly amber trichomes because they know from experience which stage is "peak" for a given strain from sending hundreds or thousands of samples out for lab analysis.
This business about energetic high vs bodyhigh vs couchlock is entirely subjective. The lab dosen't lie.
That said, some buds will reach their peak before others. Don't be afraid to do selective harvesting but be smart and seal the cut stalk to prevent funk getting inside the plant.
Thanks for providing the specific information you did form the California perspective. Also, the suggestion to do selective harvest is a great tip.
When you say seal the cut stalk do you mean when you're selecting certain branches to take of the plant to seal up the cut end on the plant when it's still in the ground or when you cut the entire plant down entirely example one branch looks done so I snip it off the plant when it's still planted in ground then seal the cut end on the actual plant and if so what's the preferred way to do it ?
@@mustang268 Yup, when selectively harvesting you should use a sealant like Tree Seal (that's the name of the product, ask for it at garden shops or nurseries.) Also use it for broken stalks or branches. Coat the break with sealer and splint and wrap the break. The plant should recover and come back stronger than before. Does that help?
@@crucifyrobinhood yes thank you I'll try to look at more of my buds some looks almost ready now just have seen any amber tricombs yet but it's started to get all the crystals a few weeks ago but they're still clear from all the ones I checked so far so I'm look at early mid October for them to be ready with some buds having more brown hairs then others also
@@mustang268 That's about where my plants are at too. I'm gonna let a few colas get very mature (all amber, no white trichomes) and the rest is gonna get selectively harvested at about 80/20 amber to white. It's gonna be a Happy Halloween! best of luck to you Buckstalker.
Thank you your videos are very helpful
Always glad to help!
i recently grew some amnesia haze autos, ( posted a video on my channel ) where even after day 98 still had little to no amber and the plant was coming to the end of its life showing all the signs of harvesting, wondering what i could do different to ensure atleast a 30% amber development on my amnesia hazes and other strains, wondering if the autoflower aspect has something to do with the little to no amber development on the trichomes.
Some strains have different characteristics so best to make notes and use these the next time you grow that strain.
Cold you got too hot
Auto.s suck
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Doesn't amber trichomes give a more sleepy high? You said energetic.. That doesnt correlate to my understanding..
hey......whatitdo
Color does not correlate with effects, chemical profiles correlate with effects so this is why it is important to know your plants genetics.
Yes
Amber is sedative
Clear is energetic
Clear is the purest form of THC, milky is degrading, amber is degraded
THC breaks down and turns into other compounds
Alot of misinformation out there
Every time when Harvest comes around I come back and check this video just for fun
Glad to know the content is a consistent resource for you!
Excellent slides, excellent presentation. Best description of determining ripeness I've seen yet.!!
Always great to know viewers appreciate the content quality produced.
Do the top colas typically ripen before the lower buds on the plant? Is it a good idea to sequentially Harvest from top to bottom?
Yes
Typically the harvest will follow the light intensity, the more intense the light the larger and sooner the buds will be ready for harvest.
@@DeBaccoUniversity I've had an issue with leaf septoria and it ended up running rampant on some of my plants. Many of the leaves are now affected, especially the larger leaves. Most of my plans are in week 3 to 4 of flower and I'm wondering if it is better to defoliate them as I was doing before or will defoliating this far into flower shock my plants and affect my yield more than the septoria itself will?
Your videos are beyond underrated love you're delivery, you're a born teacher
Thanks for the positive comment and we should all put our skills to good use.
Great video,between your pictures and the text or explanation of them is excellent and is very helpful. Thanks The Girls Are Getting Close.
Best of luck with your harvest!
Great explaination, also don't use the trichomes on the "sugar leaves" as a guide look at the trichomes on the bud
Good point, there are trichomes on the sugar leaves for for ripeness determination use the main bud as the indicator.
Here is a question for you doc. I appreciate the explanation but as you said they don’t all turn at the same time. The confusing part for me is that usually the top colas will mature faster. So would you base that 70/30 mix in the top colas? Or would you base it somewhere in middle or lower of plant. I usually find that while I might see 70/30 on top colas I will check the lowers and they might have 0 amber. Some cloudy and some clear. And if I were to wait for lowers to reach 70/30 then by then the tops would probably be all amber. Hopefully that made sense. So can you tell me how to deal with this?
Ideally, you would do a staggered harvest, top first and then lower in the canopy as those flowers mature.
Thanks for reply. Thats the obvious answer I wasn’t looking forward too… lol but I guess no way around it
THANK YOU ! a great explanation about color and harvest time . great pictures of the trichome . well said and shown . thank for a great job ..i prefer to wait for the tea color . it has a lot more resin ooze out of the joint while smoking .. enjoy and thank you
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This is often repeated nonsense that any seasoned grower ought to know is misleading and untrue. Anyone who has grown a single crop will know that buds don't all mature at the same rate, and don't all ripen together. You can have ripe buds on top with unripe buds underneath, or ripe buds on one side with unripe buds on the other. Following this poorly thought through advice to the letter will either mean harvesting the whole plant when you've seen a few amber trichomes on the top buds, or waiting until the bottom buds have amber trichomes before harvesting anything. This is even further compounded when using low intensity lighting methods. Those who repeat this "advice" never mention the huge differences in growing methods, and are either presuming you will harvest the whole plant when you see the first amber trichomes, or they are presuming that you will harvest each bud separately as it ripens, and that you'll perform this microscopic exam on every individual bud before harvesting it.
The truth is, you'll never catch all the buds in their prime, but there are FAR worse problems you need to be aware of, like how to spot mold and what to do about it. Stand around with your microscope waiting for every bud to have amber trichomes, and you'll know all about mold soon enough.
So which is it? Harvest when you first see amber trichomes, or when the plant has 70% amber trichomes?
NEITHER!!! This is a foolish and arbitrary rule. It depends on other factors, like how intensively you've grown your crop, how far apart they are in their development and how the final feeding and watering has been timed. Light levels are key, and it makes far more sense to judge each bud on its own merits, especially in natural light or low intensity set-ups. If you have time, you can allow each branch to naturally ripen before you harvest it, watching out for any mold of course, but If you have a schedule, and that entire crop must come out at the same time, then obviously you'll have unripe, and possibly over ripe buds in that crop. For optimum quality, harvest over the course of a month, starting with the most mature buds, and allowing the lower buds to ripen at their own pace. Someone growing enough for themselves shouldn't have any problem with harvesting like this. It's only the larger, more commercial operations that can't get a consistently mature crop, because of the greedy way they are growing it. If you are just trying to grow some for yourself, under natural, or low intensity light, then just stagger your harvest over a month or so, allowing the less developed buds to catch up.
While you may never catch all the buds at their prime, the goal is to catch the time that most are near the ideal time as this will help improve operational efficiency.
Thank you for responding @@DeBaccoUniversity to a post on a video from two years ago. I appreciate the comment, and for most growers, it IS about operational efficiency, so they probably have a powerful HD lit hydroponic setup, for operational efficiency. This isn't great advice for your average home grower using LED or CF lights. Practicality means you have to judge each bud on its own merits. If the plant has done well, you can watch them ripen from top to bottom, but some areas of a plant can lag behind. Plants that may have had too much stress can start to shed leaves in the buds and accelerate their ripening process. Leaving them risks mold, so sometimes it's better to harvest a bud or two before it is too far gone, and this can help the plant focus on other buds which haven't kept up.
Another very useful video, thanks!
Odd question; so if I wanted to get both a head-high from Harvesting a little earlier at clear/cloudy and a couch-lock from waiting a bit longer for cloudy/amber on the SAME PLANT, can that be done? Meaning, can you cut off a bunch of colas and let the rest keep growing a little while longer or will it kill the plant? Like, when I cut off a bunch of my cherry tomatoes, the plant doesn't die, it just keeps putting out more tomatoes... you get my meaning? Is weed like that or not?
Don't know that I've ever heard of anyone doing this, but it's something I'm very interested in if possible just to be able to see the difference on the EXACT SAME plant for experimental purposes...
Yes….you can easily multi-harvest a marijuana plant👍🏽
Yup
Keeping your plants in the dark for 48 hours before a harvest helps to increase the production in the trichomes and thus increases the overall potency of your marijuana crop. Following this info that every grower recommends, cutting the plants in cycles or over time actually leads to less potent crop. Once cut the plant, and specially the branch goes into shock, putting the cut branch in the dark is not the same as putting a planted plant in the dark. 48 hrs of dark wont do anything to a cut up plant.
@@schven0112 @Dalton Robbins @Todd Kump I still lean towards Todd & Dalton, but I definitely see what you're saying about the 48 hrs of darkness part, although that would still occur on the majority of the plant that didn't get cut earlier. As far as stress; lobbing off a big ol' two-fisted cola that is way too close to lights, in danger of breaking off from weight or blocking other good ones that are just a little behind it may be less stressful than leaving it sometimes I would think (hope, hah).
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I wondered the same thing, so I tried it. I tried harvesting some colas with mostly clear to cloudy. I then waited for the rest to turn mostly cloudy to amber. I tried this over three grows. I told nobody what I was doing. Then I shared my two varieties. People said the early harvest provided less of a couch lock, while the latter harvested gave more of the couch lock.
Straight up, it worked for me. Enjoy!
I am a older smoker, and equate thc levels with alcohol content, I just want to take a puff or two, and be able to have a “ marg” or beer and lay on the couch and listen to some “Tuna” w/o having the room spinning around.
I tend to let my plants go a little longer to intentionally lower the thc. , when I go to a bar I very rarely order shots anymore, so why would I want the most potent thc. Bring on the “okay boomer” replies ! ✌️
Very informative video , thanks !
Very good point, so many are only about the greatest concentration possible.
Awesome information and understandable schooling 👍
Glad you liked it!
An explanation from an enthusiast of cannabis on UTube
Milky white = uplifting, energetic, happy feeling trichomes
Amber = drowsy, sleepy, inda-couch feeling
Not sure if this is fact, but more than once I’ve heard this info.
Thanks for sharing!
Nice and simple video ..good photos to compare...thanks man
You are welcome!
But didn't tobacco make marijuana illegal because it was big cottons and big tobaccos only competition in one plant?
The federal government made it federally illegal.
Based on this explanation I have decided to begin my flush and prep to chop. Thank you.
You are welcome, glad the data presented was helpful.
Will It have less THC in my flowers if I harvest my CBD hemp when the trichomes are all amber? Is it a good way to avoid hot hemp?
With the 0.3% THC limit this is a fine line and all amber trichomes would still likely have enough THC to still be "hot".
Will the trichomes continue to ripen in the days following harvest like other fruits such as passionfruit, tomatoes etc?
they will oxidize after harvest ... no more development in ther just oxidization of what has been created
Trichomes will change post harvest, but not necessarily ripen, this is why curing is such an important part of the process.
@@DeBaccoUniversity curing converts the sugars over to alcohol as well ... that ferment
Thanks for the info it will help with my garden 😉
You (and your plants) are welcome!
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It takes a lot of time to put them together but great to know they are appreciated!
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Thanks for this video I was always harvesting to early now I know
Glad to hear the content was helpful and should improve your future final products for years to come.
Another great class, thanks man on the playlist to share!
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Interesting because thca flower is harvested early to be under the d9 legal threshold. 😮 That's why those buds usually look different than what you're used to.
You’re absolutely right, I was pretty intrigued with the loophole as THCA typically smells very comparable to regular Cannabis, but not quite 100%. Also something else I took note of, visually the buds seemed a little smaller than their cured counterparts. Another thing I noticed, the smoke isn’t nearly as smooth- it seems the curing process improves the overall end quality in so many ways!
Not attributing the size issue to lack of curing, I get that for it to be regulated as THCA, it’s probably gotta be cut before it naturally starts converting THCA into THC.
Regardless, I think it’s cool that people have that as an option now! It feels so much better than D8 sprayed hemp flower😂
Regardless growing your own has to be the best option, just like any other thing you could consume, it’s always best if you can grow it yourself :)
Timing your harvest is key;-)
Clear tricomes give you a verry high effect, cloudy gives high and stoned effect, and amber gives most stoned effect. So dont totally agree with him, when you harvest depends also an the effect of the thc, harvest early will give you a very hich effect, harvest late will give you a stoned effect. So harvest when you want and how you want it to hit you ;) personaly i go for a 80/20 white/red ratio. I more of a high dude type ;)
Recomended is try all stages and decide what you like best :)
I agree. I have harvested Indica's early, and the effects were like tripping on psychedelic's.
So what you are saying is you need to know your specific plant time to make the best decision....... Agreed!
Amber = aged Aged = higher cbn
I don't agree because my plants are covered in clear trichomes quite early in flower and thc content still really low from my experience cloudy is higher thc upper high then amber is a Couch lock high but that what I have figured out my self
@@ragheadand420roll I just got my wife some CBD to help her relax during the day and sleep at night. It's working great and she's thanking me. I found her some gummies for night that have 3mg CBD, 2mg CBN, 1mg THC.
When they turn white, and I see some amber, I harvest. I keep it simple. The rest come out in the drying and curing process.
Well put.
If the trichomes are done but the leaves aren't faded using organic dry amendments is it ok to harvest still? has not had nutrients since wk 4 and plain water since.
Yeah, unless u wanna let it go and fade out, but you should be good to harvest.
Trichomes are typically what determines the harvest time.
I just smoke it idk bout the rest 🤣 but God bless you all for being so smart at this stuff 😊
Always good to further your education.
One of your powerpoints stated that clear tricnomes produce more of an energetic and stimulating kind of high. I've been reading about THCV and how it produces a stimulating type high and energetic. I would like to know what is the difference?
Not all plants produce thc v
@@drakeweddner thank you, I've actually read more about it since I posted this comment and I've been realizing the difference and I really hope THCV becomes the new diet trend
@@memyselfinsanity9242 can I ask why
@@drakeweddner so well know howTHC has the effects of relaxation and hunger and sleepy. Well THCV has the opposite effect of blocking the CB1 receptor and has a stimulating effect and takes hunger away. In type 2 diabetic mice it's been balancing out their sugar and glucose levels by somehow making the insulin hormone stronger like it was on steroids
@@memyselfinsanity9242 its not that simple , think of it as an orchestra , there is a conductor , so changing the condoctor between delta 9 thc , delta 8 thc , 11 hydroxy thc , thc v , thc , cbd , cbg youll get a diffrent concert but it depends heavily on the the rest of compounds present and in what levels , all the terpenes and other canabanoids in there respective levels , there are over 114 active chemicals constituents to marijuana,
I found out that buds harvested early (just for scientific testing) while having still only clear trichomes, the high is rather unpleasant, kinda nervy one. Weird.
Thanks for sharing.
Great video as always 👍
Happy to produce consistently great content!
Let em get darker. Amber.
Where at least 70 % are amber colored. Makes it better for couch lock bud.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for this, I’ve always poo pooed this step as being fanciful and not really true, but your presentation cleared up the claims and now I have the ammo to pursue further experimentation with harvest timing and the gauging of the result I may or may not get. Thank you!!
Nice to see someone gaining information and making educated changes. This thought process will help you now and going forward!
Is it known if the cloudiness of the trichomes correlates with the highest terpene content?
This can be used as an indication but in some varieties it is not a direct correlation.
Can't beat a master of his craft!! Great video, thank you!!
Great to now you enjoyed this video, hopefully you feel the same way about many others here on DeBacco University.
Great video as usual, I have a question: the trichomes stalks on my plant (Grape Skunk) became all very dark, blackish, but the heads of the trichomes are all cloudy color. Is the blackish color because of the dark grape color strain or can it be frost damage? They are all cloudy since almost 2 weeks now, and don't seems to evolve to amber.
Sounds like an environmental stress response by the plant.
Love it good job.
Glad you liked the content!
@@DeBaccoUniversity real good video .
Will leaves start to die when it's almost time to harvest? I feel like my tris are getting cloudy but my buds aren't fully developed and 70% of my leaves are still green
Not necessarily assuming the plant is still being taken care of.
Perfect 👌 slide, u r a real professor 😍💯❤️👆.. Even for a French beginner...
Maybe I missed an information, I didn't see any estimation of part time it could be taking to pass through clear - - >milky ( way 😂 ) - - > amber..
Thank you, hopefully the other students also agree with you. The transition time can depend on the type of cannabis being grown so the key is to continually check to ensure you do not miss the ideal harvest time for your plant.
@@DeBaccoUniversity I did the harvest of my only one bb bio!! 😍
They were so milky 🌌 and sticky.. 🤣
Algorithm bump
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I agree with the genral info. Very helpful when your a beginner grower. But like the comments below I too harvest sort to "taste" and personal prefance. Just thur trial and error I found the best time for me to harvest. Hope everybody has a great grow!
The strain grown can also impact this end product.
@@DeBaccoUniversity Agreed genetics play a roll. Very good info in your presentation. I subscribed. :)
i just go by the amber hairs 60% means done, been doing that since 2014
Thanks for sharing this is another consistent indicator that growers can use.
This is some awesome content and very helpful for bettering my understanding of the plant
Glad to help!
Cannot imagine a better level of information and instructions. Thanks
Glad it was helpful and thanks for taking the time to provide the comment!
Thanks, do you have any input on where to look at these trichomes, to determine ripeness for harvest? I usually stick to checking a bud calyx from the middle of the plant rather than checking outer foliage for example.
Central portion of the flower area, you can look at the edges of the leaves and see trichomes, but when it comes to determining ripeness look toward the more center portions.
Except for the annoying introduction "music", I give you an A for clear, concise information, void of the incessant, irritating, obnoxious dubbed in crappy-ass "music" that most UA-cam posters poison their videos with. And a lot has changed since I started growing herb back in 1976. Wish I had your info back then!
Great to know, luckily the music is only 8sec. long;-)
Thank you thank you thank you. Finally someone who was clear and informative. The pictures were perfect. Feeling much more confident.
It is always nice to know the content is appreciated and your confidence is increased!
Thanks for all your videos tney are great. Getting ready to harvest soon
Thanks for the comment and hopefully with this video you can time your harvest well.
wow thank you this was, by far the best video on trichomes thanks
Glad you liked it so much!
I'll wait until my trichomes are 70%/30 cloudy/amber then. Thanks! I'm having three big christmas tree shape Skunk #1 plants outside.
Best of luck with your harvest!
I've always heard that the amber give you that couch locked, stoned effect, and the cloudy are more energetic high, while the clear give you that extreme buzz. Never correlated the amber with the energetic high
Same here I think they have the wrong information
It's like eating a tomato, clear is green, cloudy is mostly red with some green still, amber is ripe. The whole argument of when to pic is, do you like ripe or not?
@@andrewdziekan8803 True, it's all about preference, but him saying that amber trichomes give you an energetic high is just plain wrong.
@@aydouble19 depends on the strain.
@@andrewdziekan8803 Could be, but I'm not so sure about that. In my years of growing, I've never gotten an energetic high, regardless of strain, when I let my buds stay in flower long enough to turn a majority of the trichimes amber. Those are always my "sit your ass down and chill" buds. From all the reading, and watching of videos that I've done, I've never heard that amber trichomes will give you an energetic high. They've always been associated with the couch lock. Not arguing, just speaking through experience, and from what I've read and heard when watching videos about cultivation. Thanks for the info, tho
Very helpful. Thank you sir...👍
You are very welcome!
What always throws me off is the background light. Typical LED light with a loupe tends to give trichomes a clearer appearance, change to a different light and they may appear cloudy or even amber. Any suggestions on a color temperature of the light or CRI, hauling a plant outside to view is not often practical?
CRI closer to 100 would be best with a consistent (typically black) background will help generate the most consistent and repeatable contrast.
@@DeBaccoUniversity Will give that a try, did purchase a high CRI exam light that physician use, but it has a color temp of around 4200K, which I think biases the color to the red even though it may give a true representation if that makes sense. But the black background may make all the difference.
These videos are so great. I wonder if professor partakes.
Glad you like the video content!
Perfect presentation and great info covered everything A+
Same can be said for your comment!
Great content i love it, short, clear and to the point! excellent content thank you very much !!
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This is by far the most informative and detailed explanation on this subject. Thank you for educating the masses for a brighter tomorrow 💚🕉☮
Great to know and thanks for sharing your positive comment!
I still don't understand the term "high" to describe a Marijuana inebriation. It makes me feel low and heavy, all types, all stains
*Individual results may vary;-)
@DeBaccoUniversity i always wondered how it affects others. I literally cannot function in any reasonable capacity if i ingest even low% thc
I tend to harvest at 20-25% amber tops. I myself prefer 10-15% amber, finding the most potent high to be in that range, but it doesn't last long. 20-25% gives great potency, and a good balance of other cannabinoids to help carry the buzz. THC degrades into CBD, so the more amber the more CBD vs THC the bud will have.
Thanks for sharing.
Cbn
Depends on the plant. No all are the same
Thank you! First time grower. I’m in the cloudy stage and anxious about my girls turning amber. One thing is your last photo shows no amber but at peak harvest and amber was past peak harvest. Confused! I wish I could send a pic but scared I’d harvest to late. Help! I’m almost to harvest!!!!!!!
Look for a few amber trichomes and you know you are right at peak harvest in most cases. The goal is the milky coloration but if there are a few amber colored ones you know to harvest "now".
Thank you. I appreciate the magnified pictures and the condensed length of this video. For a first year grower (novice - outside), and you show a clear picture of where exactly the trichomes are located? Is it the fuzzy part of the bud? I see them clearly on the sugar leaves, but not sure if the bud is the squiggly longer things, or the fluffy part of the bud??? Sorry; thank you.
The trichomes are close to the leaf surface search what a stigma looks like as these are the tall "hairs" not to be confused with trichomes.
@@DeBaccoUniversity Thank you! Yes, stigma - now I have the correct name. Okay, now I know these are different than the trichomes.
Just because they're milky or cloudy on the outside under the microscope doesn't mean they're done. What do you think the inside ones look like, in the center mass of the cola where no light really even gets to? They're clear as glass, if you harvest that plant at that point you'll have flower that wasn't pushed to it's full potential and it's not going to get you medicated for longer than 15-20mins but that's actually how some people like it.
What you suggested??
Use color as a general indicator.
The inside ones matured several weeks early, they don't turn amber as quickly because they are not exposed to oxidation and light
How should I wipe out mildew on my leaves, please and thank you M. Debacco?
This DeBacco University video should help you out... ua-cam.com/video/mw6-Lcv6brg/v-deo.html
your channel is amazing, thanks for all of the info
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@debacco The picture at at about 1:50 min in--is that the Bract? Its very dark ( is it the leaf or bract which ever you are showing there?)
This on a high anthocyanin producing plant/flower as this provides the dark purple coloration. Some varieties produce this and in this case it provides a good contrast for the image to show the different trichome stages of development.
Well explained video.
Improper harvests usually late and poor cures destroys way too much potentially good weed😬
The goal of this video is to reduce this potential problem.
Thx for the info . I've noticed that the right time to harvest is when there is a boost in the smell . I still check with a magnifying 🔎
Good to use all of your senses;-)
Hi Professor, just wanted to ask you: can you please tell me what exactly causes the trichome maturation? Thank you.
In short plant maturation.
Thank you very much!
Спасибо все как надо рассказал
Рады, что вам понравилось видео.
Excellent presentation. Very informative for the novice grower.
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Truly the greatest educational YT channel on the topic(s). Thank you!
Wow, thank you for this comment and your subscription is appreciated!
Can one go by the smell after 6-8 weeks.it seems to me the Amber colours will come a bit later than the smell.its all dependent on ones drying process.
You can also scratch and sniff the stem to get an idea of the smell.
This is how I do it, regardless of the strain which plays a major role as to when to harvest.or how many weeks to flower. Good report A+.
Thanks for sharing.
This matters big time. I harvested some on time and let a few go to mostly amber. The first smoke was perfect balance body head high. The latter was couch lock high. I was curious to see the difference it would make and stunned at the effects.
Timing is key;-)
Everyone I know wants to be sedated for some reason. They want to be downgraded not uplifted. Odd. But they like what they like I guess.
Remember, you can choose your friends;-)
Great video for us just starting out !!!! Keep them coming !!!
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What are the negative effects of starting your flush before ALL CLOUDY
Reduced yields.
Very informative. Thank you.
You are welcome!
No mention of looking at the buds not the leaves? Biggest mistake a rookie can make is looking at the leaves and thinking their bud is ready
Buds are the key, but leaves can be used as a guide.
So when you finally harvest is it best to uproot or cut at base then trim
Clean cut at the base is preferred to not only make it easy to handle the plants but to also ensure cleanliness during the harvest process.
Great video, thanks 🙏🏽
You are welcome thanks for the comment!
wait till it's all orange then wait till next month when the bud is all brown grey and smells moldy, then you're good to go!
Thanks for your input.
@steadyawake Yeah, If you want compost on a stick... lol.