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Watermelon
Stranger

Registered: 01/02/16
Posts: 51
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What stage are these buds at?
#827827 - 08/09/17 11:20 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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First time grower. So not sure what to expect as far as these buds go. But these are about 4.5 months old with about a month of flowering 12/12.
How much longer until these buds are fully mature? They dont even look like buds right now just white hairs. Strain is mataro blue.

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Boogieman
SUPERTRAMP



Registered: 07/30/17
Posts: 13
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Re: What stage are these buds at? [Re: Watermelon]
#827829 - 08/09/17 05:52 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I'm not a real experienced grower but I've got a few indoor grows under my belt. Hard to say for sure but id say you have at least another 4 weeks before they're mature enough for harvest. Could even be another 8 weeks or more if its a sativa dominant strain.
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Data
That Guy



Registered: 08/12/08
Posts: 4,055
Loc: Southwestern US
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Re: What stage are these buds at? [Re: Boogieman]
#827838 - 08/10/17 08:42 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yep, 8 to 12+ weeks total flower time depending on genetics. You can pick up a cheap Jeweller's loupe or microscope and keep track of the trichomes once you get closer to 8 weeks flower time. 
With Indica strains, a combination of 50% clear/milky heads and 50% amber heads is about the optimal time to harvest. With sativas, I've heard that you want something more like 70% clear/cloudy and 30% amber, but I've never grown any long-flowering sativas so I can't really attest to that.
Since mataro blue is an indica with a rated flower period of 8.5 weeks, you should probably wait another 4 weeks, then start checking your trichomes for that 50/50 color ratio.
Hope this helps
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