Craig

5 hours ago, Bakstein420 said:

Still got a few weeks to go bru..

I agree, leave her be for a few more weeks. 

Beautiful plants.

Well done to the winners. 

Wow, Thanks so much guys!!!!!!! This is great news. Really appreciate it guys. 

Wow man,  those ladies look healthy and amazing. Well done on the grow man. 

• Wow, thanks for the nomination. Closest I have gotten this far lol. 

Well done to the winners. 

Enjoy the prizes guys.

These are some pics of my Chocolope lady from the outdoor competition. Thanks again Totemic for the seeds and info. Had great fun growing her. 

2 hours ago, PsyCLown said:

The leaves turning yellow is not uncommon for a plant reaching the end of its life / maturity.

 

The pistils (hairs) turning brown isn't a sure way to tell whether the plant is ready, you need to take a look at the trichomes (crystals). The trichomes are what contain the THC and other chemicals and outdoor they certainly do form and do so properly, without trichomes you would not get any effects. You need to use a loupe or microscope to take a look at the trichomes, there are 3 stages of trichomes: clear, milky and amber. Milky when the THC is highest, once it goes amber the THC starts to degrade a bit and change to different substances and based on when you harvest (the ratio of clear trichomes, milky trichomes and amber trichomes) will also have an affect on the type of high you get from the plant.

 

A lot of amber often gives you a heavy "couch lock" effect. A lot of clear can lead to paranoia and a racey high. On average most people like to harvest with mostly milky trichomes and then between 10% to 50% amber based on personal preference.

I have attached a picture to help give you a better idea, you cannot see it with the naked eye. You will need something to help you zoom in on the sticky trichomes also when checking to see if a plant is ready it is best to check the trichomes in various buds on the plant and different parts of the bud - so the top of the bud, middle of the bud as well as bud on different parts of the plant. I like to check some bud which are lower on the plant and some in the middle and some in the top on all sides of the plant for a better picture.

One thing I have noticed is that trichomes on the leaves mature at a different rate to the trichomes on the bud, I find trichomes on leaves often turn amber before the trichomes on the bud.

 

The pistils can change colour if the plant gets pollinated or if a substance touches the pistils, such as some sprays can turn the pistils brown / orange as well.

I had a plant where the pistils changed colour around 3 or 4 weeks before the plant was ready for harvest and that was not due to anything being sprayed and the plant was not pollinated either.

Very informative, Thanks man. 

Mr Adam Green, AKA "The Pollinator"

Congratulations guys. Well done to the winners.

Been checking out the prizes and would like to try and get my hands on some of them. So thought I would enter with what I have for now. Don't know the size of the plant, But I measure in at 1.73m. 

She is a papaya strain. 

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