No Cloudy Trichomes yet - Need advice

[YoungDonja]

New to this and growing White Widow Auto. Indoor. Don’t have a tent, using what I have, so partially open In concealed space. Just about 100 days since sprout. 3 gallon pots, fox farms soil (50/50 ocean forest & happy frog). Used fox farms nuts since beginning. Grow space is not hot, almost constant 65 degrees at 45% humidity. Grew nice, smells great, sticky… lots of trichomes but they are all still clear. Autos taking 100 days - is that normal? Most leaves have turned yellow and dried. I know some things I’m doing are far from perfect but it has gone well it not for trichomes not starting to cloud. Suggestions? Also, almost forgot to mention lighting. Use Barrina LED, 252w (6 x 42w) 4ft T8 full spectrum. Was at 20/4 cycle and last week moved to 16/8 to give some more night time.
thanks for any help!

[YoungDonja]

Fox Farms Nutes…. Not nuts lol. Using the trio.

[Mr.furley]

65f will slow down your plants, 72f is a better number. Can't really see your Trichomes but I see nanners in Pic 1 and 3, the time is not uncommon for a Auto and the plant on the right looks sativa leaning more then the left one, Temps, the burn probably is holding them up.

Give it another week and keep looking, if in two there's still no change probably just cut them. You could take a small sample branch and smoke it in a couple day to see what's up.

[3Berries]

My last grow didn't hardly change. it had a few ambers but never got many more. It had a great smell and it degraded. I should have picked earlier when i first saw the few amber.

So I guess when the smell starts to fade it's time.

[Blowdout2269]

Yeah, you might just have one of those freaks that doesn't cloud or amber. I'd take this previously given advice, and then use your best judgment. Good luck!
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[SoOrbudgal]

I'd follow the advice of waiting just about 7 days honestly and if it was my grow i'd knock out the lights 12/12 give them more darkness. Photos can tolerate cold pretty well at the last stages of ripening, your not growing anymore your ripening. And let those pots dry out between waterings you've done a great job thus far.

[SoOrbudgal]

shoot stoner moment did'nt see it was a auto sorry, still a beautiful auto WW

[OldManGrower]

Give it a couple of days then chop it. The plant will not continue to mature when there are no leaves. I have done continuous serial grows of autos for the last seven months. Quite a few of my plants did not amber up at all but resulted in a fine smoke. Must be something with autos.

[AGH]

Wow! Looks like you've done a great job so you should be proud! It's great seeing what can be done and produced with limited resources!

This might be a dumb question, but have you looked at them under a magnifying glass or a loupe? I only ask because you mentioned that you're new to growing and you can only see the trichome heads well under magnification. You might even take a good photo and zoom in if you don't have/want to get a magnifying glass or loupe.

Also, if you've already looked under magnification and don't see any cloudy/amber, I second what others have said about waiting a week or so and harvesting since the leaves really are at the end of their lives. Or test a sample bud to see how it is.

Either way, awesome looking grow and well done!

[YoungDonja]

Yes I use a jewelers loupe just tough to capture pics through it. I look every day hoping to see a change in the coloring. Today I’ll chop a sample off and check it out in a couple of days, just reluctant to do that based on no cloudy trichomes = no THC from most of what I read. I appreciate all of the advice everyone!!

[dilvish]

I agree that you should wait another week. The plants have already started using up the remaining nutrients because the leaves are all starting to yellow and die. Great looking plants. White widow is actually more tolerant to lower temps so you definitely lucked out.

[SoOrbudgal]

Man i've had clear and cloudy but never just no cloudy. I just don't think it's ready and what your doing would be the right way to go.

[MagicMike66]

Are you checking the trichs inside the tent under the light? Natural light is best for checking I find, artificial light will alter the colours

[YoungDonja]

Yes, grow lights turn off when I inspect. My lights are purple, so when they are on things look way better! I’ll see if I can take a pic through the loupe and post it.

[YoungDonja]

Added a close up but still not sure this is clear enough.

[SoOrbudgal]

I would harvest it if it were mine. Why would i ?, it's got to be ready by the looks of the hairs and leaf by now. If trichs are not cloudy or you can't tell cause i can't tell do to bud shot. I don't think these pics are what it really looks like trich wise. I'm going off the length of grow and looks of the plant.

[Bootsy]

agreed . chop her!

[Puglover1]

Are the hairs mostly brown/rust and curling?