Thank you for suggestion @highminwin!Yes bro we met on reddit and you suggested to join this comunity.I have ordered something like this on e bay but is still in transit.
Do you think is ok this cheap one?
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oh awesome! iâm so glad youâre ready to step into the light and be active on here. i swear, i was like you early on, not really ready to post and just wanting to lurk. but with a nudge from LemonadeJoe, i posted in the Introduce Yourself thread and since then itâs been a super positive experience with everyone on overgrow. i hope youâll feel the same way! this is a community of people who looooovvvveeee this plant, so if you also love this plant, you will find support.
i imagine that microscope will get you a better view. one thing that comes to mind is that youâll probably have to look through the microscope with your eye (since it doesnât attach to a phone) and it may be hard to take photos with your phone to share with us. so if you have questions on things the microscope is showing you, it may be hard to communicate or share that with us so we can help.
youâll probably have to take a photo of what youâre seeing through the microscope eye-piece, versus using a macro lens/phone combo where you have your phone screen to see what the lens is showing and youâre able to click to easily take a picture.
but at least itâs not a big expense and i am curious how well it functions. please let us know once you get it in hand. information like that helps the community as a whole.
obviously, iâll gently encourage you add a post on the introduce yourself thread. itâs not so bad really. youâll start to meet some of the other awesome overgrowers and theyâll become aware of you. iâve noticed that new-comers who dive into overgrow feet first, sharing their grows (even if itâs their first one) and their passion seem to get more out of overgrow.
for example, @Heather420 (who also came over from reddit recently) has been able to dial her grow in a lot better with recent help from overgrowers. itâs been goddamn heart-warming seeing the support sheâs been getting.
hereâs the introduce yourself thread. you donât have to share anything you donât want to, but a few words can help us guide you to resources you might not even be aware of. iâm excited for your time here @JuliOG! i know itâs been super rewarding for me.
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I guess if all the pistils have receded, they are sprouting nanners, and it is like day 75 since 12/12 I should probably chop? Been trying to wait till I see some amber trichomes though.
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@Garden-Buddy you are right man she started in 3 parts showing bananas(nanners).I cutet immediatelly and for 5 days didnât show new signs.Long story short for this plant.I putet 2 bag seeds in pot on 13 february and they germinated on 17 feb.I wanted to experiment if they will survive on my window with just natural light during the hard winter.Was fun seeing them growing on my window while snowing and temperature out was -14°.The spring came late this year at the begining of may, and i putet them out in a discrette place with max of 5 hours direct sunlight.One of them did not survived because of overwatered.Now is 133 days for her from seed.The longest autoflower i did ever.Now i know why hermied at late flower not because of genetics but from the stress of many factors.I have a question @highminwin , @Garden-Buddy if i let her pollinate herself the seeds from her will be hermie?Thank you for your answers!
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@JuliOG it is pretty common to see male parts on otherwise female plants late in flower, they some times make pollen, and any resulting seeds are mostly female if you grow them out. This is how the first âfeminizedâ seeds were produced, through rodelization. I wouldnât call a plant a Hermie if it starts popping out bananas in late flower, I just look at it as another sign that the run is getting close to finished. This time Iâm trying to hold out until all the trichomes are cloudy and I see a few ambers also.
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@JuliOG such an interesting journey your plant has been through. i have to ask though, if your auto plant went 133 days, is it really an auto? i thought autos were relatively quick flowering and they are on their own timeline regardless of what their lighting conditions are. there is a possibility that your auto was actually a photo. i think iâve read about that. when youâre crossing whatever genetics you have to an auto ruderalis plant, not all of the offspring will exhibit that auto trait.
i donât have personal practical experience with it, but from what iâve read yes, if your plant pollinates itself, its offspring will be more likely to be herms. but donât take that for gospel, i might be mis-remembering or half-remembering.
do you have plans ready for your next run or will you take it easy for a little bit?
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Thanks @Garden-Buddy for the info!I found a microscope to see the trichomes and they were 20%amber and the rest milky and clear.I think it finished her long jorney.
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Anyone care to chime in? Just starting to get a handle on trichomes just need some reinforcement.
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Looking quite good man, you could give them another week or 2 if you like, to get a bit more amber, depends how you like your puff, racy or laid back.
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Awesome thank you. I think ill run 1 more week and let them use up their final nutes and maybe stress them out a little with some pruning.
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Sounds good, water and light deprivation for 4 days before chop, is supposed to increase the trichs production, I have only done it once on my last lot of plants as I am usually running a staggered harvest every 5 weeks.
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Awesome Iâll read up on that too. Thank you for your knowledge .
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Iâm seeing a good few amber trichomes and not many clear. Depends what your expecting from the plant. If you wanna get âhighâ you can take them now but if you wanna get âstonedâ give them a week or two longer. 
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Awesome I think ill go for the middle. I wasnât expecting them to be done so fast haha. Thank you for your input 
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8 weeks from flip to 12/12???
Iâve seen some plants finish in 6 weeks.
Just because a breeder states a strain is 8 week flower doesnât make it your goal. Some take longer some finish faster. Keep checking with your scope as trichomes is the only true way to see if a plant is ready.
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Ya but I figured usually they would understate the time haha. At least thatâs what I read mostly.
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Not always. Itâs usually the middle ground of the few plants they grow out to test a strain. They may grow 2 plants. One finishes at 6 weeks and the other at 10 so they advertise it as a 8 week strain. Keep checking the trichomes like your doing
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Canât see any sparkle from the trichs so they are probably milky and the way the leaves are dying off I would say thatâs done.
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