First Time Grower - overcoming mistakes

[TomDaDon90]

I only have a overhead fan blowing on them in the day time.
At night no circulation of air really. And I don't have a extra plug in my bedroom for a fan. So I try to keep my overhead fan on high most the time. And the air in house our AC is on now. And set at 68F. So my next grow I will definitely have a fan.

[TomDaDon90]

Okay so what exactly am I looking for and what are the trichomes?
This is taken with my 50 mp phone camera. I'm buying a Vivosun 60x magnifier in next couple days. But this is my Cinderella 99 flower at today is 47 day of flower.
But yeah what am I looking for.
Thanks.

[TomDaDon90]

And this is my Hollywood OG flower at 47 day of flower.
But I think I zoom in and I see the trichomes are still clear.
So I have a couple more weeks maybe less I don't know yet.
I guess I'll just start checking in another week or so.

[TomDaDon90]

I can't tell if it's done or not.
This is the Cinderella 99 Sativa.

[Wayzee]

Trichomes are all those mushroom looking things all over the buds when you zoom in. Your looking for a mixture of cloudy and amber trichomes. From what I can see you could push them another week or 2 for best results. If you harvested now the "high" might make you feel "Racey" or like can't get settled yet I'm stoned sort of feeling... I remember you saying you smoke for medical reasons so I'd push them another week or two so you get a better affect from the smoke. But keep checking trichs everyday now coz they could go amber anytime now

[ductwizard]

i think i'm more excited then he is. like when my kid graduated

[Wayzee]

Hahahaha you are a funny bloke DW

[TomDaDon90]

Okay I know exactly what I'm looking for.

[TomDaDon90]

I feel like I graduated growing weed now Lol

[Wayzee]

Haha, start reading up on drying and curing now

[TomDaDon90]

This should be just about done. Today is 57.
I'm just waiting on the trichomes to turn amber now. Slowly but patiently I'm waiting every day.
They look like snow they are so like white crystals all over just like snow. So this should be some good MJ.

[TomDaDon90]

I was just reading this website and I may have another week.
Since they are at 57 days now maybe they need 65.
Who knows I'll keep checking every day until then.

[Wayzee]

Icky sticky

[TomDaDon90]

I'm Happy 😁

[ductwizard]

looks great man, i'd be happy too. the waiting part is the friggin' hardest. let us know the details, like yield, taste, and buzz

[TomDaDon90]

DW . I sure will... And I ordered a dry herb zipper bag from Amazon I'm waiting on for like 10$. I'm going to trim and dry them in. So I'm excited.

[Rootsruler]

Looking good! What do you have planned for the dry/cure portion of the grow? Have you setup a space you can get as close to 60°/60%?

[TomDaDon90]

Yeah I have a dry bag with zipper. I bought on Amazon.
And my AC is set at 68f, and the spot where I grew them at, is where I'm doing the process. And I have a humidifier I will put inside. And all I need is a humidifier thermostat. So I hope this will work.
Today is Day 64 in flower. I'm still waiting for the trichomes turn Amber.
That picture is from today. But yeah so far everything is going better than expected! And I plan on drying them for 7 to 10 days.
And Im still learning the rest of the process. As I go...

[ductwizard]

looks real good man, i'm jealous. still waiting on my shit to start flowering

[Wayzee]

During the 12 hours of lights off are they in constant complete darkness? My eyes might be deceiving me but I think I can see a bit of new growth on that bud.

[Bluey]

Nice & frosty.

If drying in the tent you need to keep airflow to a minimum or you'll dry it too fast. Best use the room the tent is in to control the environment.

[TomDaDon90]

They have been just about in complete darkness. But not fully the past week I been opening a flap at the top and letting it open because I thought it was to warm inside. So I guess I shouldn't do that because.
But yeah what will happen now.?
I'll take another picture.
The one on the left might have had more light on it.
Two different flowers.

[Wayzee]

It's hard to get everything right even for the most experienced growers, don't stress you haven't done any damage it just looks like they going to need a bit longer to fully ripen, especially the one on the left, Keep them fully dark during lights out and they should finish up nicely soon.

[TomDaDon90]

Okay yeah I'm not to worried.
And I'll just keep an eye on them and keep em totally dark.
So I'm not doing to bad of a job. I seen a friend's picture of their outdoor flower and they said mine looks especially Great. So I'll just keep waiting for them to turn Amber.

[TomDaDon90]

Should I just trim them cut them down tomorrow.
But the one on the right may have had more darkness than the flower on the left. So what are your opinions on cutting them down tomorrow and starting the drying process? Or is it completely ruined. And the new growth looks like at the top of the flower too. Because that's where the light was mostly not in the middle of bottom of flower.

[Wayzee]

If you're really in need they are just in the window but I still struggling to see amber trichs. Definitely not ruined by any means.

[TomDaDon90]

I'll just keep them in complete darkness when in 12hr and keep going still.
I guess is what I read.

[TomDaDon90]

Okay well that's good. They are not ruined.
And I'm still waiting to see amber trichomes.
I'll start doing a better job at keeping it completely dark.
And give them both another 7 to 10 days or whenever they start turn amber. I'm looking everyday. And I'm glad they are not ruined.
So I'll let you guys know when they start to turn amber.
Maybe you can help me determine then.