Harvest & Curing Amber tricomes vs. Mostly white pistils (medical grow)

[Mossy]

I have two ladies just starting to go into flower in the same DWC. I believe I will harvest one clear/cloudy, and the other with just a bit of amber to judge the difference for myself.

greenjeans..did you...?...

 

[pop22]

The amber color, by my understanding, is THC degrading to CBN. CBN increases the "couchlock" affect and increases the pain relief. For me, at least with Indica dominant strains, I avoid amber trichs. My Blue Dragon would knock me cold for a week with amber trichs!

I wonder how much truth there is to the whole clear/amber thing. I have seen, of course, tons of people saying when to harvest for different effects, but I have also read some stuff saying that the whole thing is a myth. So is it true, or not? Some material says that strain alone determines whether or not you will get an "up" high, and that clear/cloudy/amber is really just an indicator of ripeness and only affects the potency, with the caveat that amber produces a sort of sickly feeling rather than a high. These materials say that you should always harvest as close to all milky as possible.

What is the truth of this?

 

[pop22]

its my understanding that, CBD does not degrade into CBN. I'm sure there is a sub compound it degrades to, I'm just not sure if anyone has bothered to check that scientifically yet or not.

Since I grow 1:1 ratio CBD and THC, does CBD also degrade to CBN when the tricomes go amber, resulting in less CBD?

 

[greenjeans]

greenjeans..did you...?...

I did not. I thought I had a couple more weeks left, woke up one morning and saw a little amber.. So they both got chopped. Very very little amber on either. It's good solid smoke, too.