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[Hippie420]

You're starting to sound like Big. "Two more weeks and calmag."

 

[Sheck14]

For the first few runs wait until your absolutely positive to harvest...........then wait ten more days at least.
I like them very well done though so maybe you like them a bit not so much.
Kinda gotta learn to read the plants and what you like as you go.

I don’t know how I like them lol.
I was just going to inspect trichomes with the jewelers loupe until they’re milky/amber. Still learning every day. Thanks for any input and advice

 

[dogster]

I don’t know how I like them lol.
I was just going to inspect trichomes with the jewelers loupe until they’re milky/amber. Still learning every day. Thanks for any input and advice

Trichomes die and are renewed throughout flower looking at the overall plant is a better indicator.
Still have a bunch of turgid white pistils its not done only have a few or none and your close.
When it quits sparkling when I move it around in the light and all the hairs are flaccid its there for me usually.

 

[Sheck14]

Trichomes die and are renewed throughout flower looking at the overall plant is a better indicator.
Still have a bunch of turgid white pistils its not done only have a few or none and your close.
When it quits sparkling when I move it around in the light and all the hairs are flaccid its there for me usually.

Excellent. I’ll keep everyone posted. Thanks for the input!!

 

[Sheck14]

07/04/2023
She’s not doing any better….
The one in front of her is same age, different strain. Looks healthy as a horse.
The alien antifreeze has still got me worried. The dying leaves in that quantity can’t be a good thing. Is it?!?! Stems feel limp or bendy and supple. They don’t feel rigid like I imagine a stem to be..
Buds look good. Leaves don’t..

 

[oldfogey8]

If I am not mistaken, you are in week 7 of flower. The fade you are seeing is likely the plant using up the nitrogen in the fan leaves to give it to the flowers. That is normal. The Terp Tea looks like it doesn’t have much nitrogen in it(3-7-4 with the 3 being nitrogen). Without a good source of nitrogen, it isn’t going to stop fading but personally, I wouldn’t want it to be ‘greening up’ at 7 weeks. I like colorful buds and that one will be very colorful at harvest.

Strains, even ‘stabilized’ strains, will not always be identical(unless they are clones). It looks to me like you have 2 different phenotypes of the same strain which isn’t a bad thing. You may get a different buzz/aroma/flavor from each plant. I would start checking the trichomes. The fading plant is probably closer to being ready to harvest. It sounds like dogster likes couch lock bud thus his suggestion of 4 weeks to harvest. I lean toward 20-30% amber as an indication of when to harvest so the ‘fader’ may be a week or 2 from being ready(they both may be for that matter).

So in summary, I would not be worried about the fan leaves fading. I would be happy with that amount of fade. As long as the buds aren’t looking like they are dying, I would just continue giving the Terp Tea every other watering and get your hands stretched out and ready to do some trimming of your harvest.

 

[Sheck14]

If I am not mistaken, you are in week 7 of flower. The fade you are seeing is likely the plant using up the nitrogen in the fan leaves to give it to the flowers. That is normal. The Terp Tea looks like it doesn’t have much nitrogen in it(3-7-4 with the 3 being nitrogen). Without a good source of nitrogen, it isn’t going to stop fading but personally, I wouldn’t want it to be ‘greening up’ at 7 weeks. I like colorful buds and that one will be very colorful at harvest.

Strains, even ‘stabilized’ strains, will not always be identical(unless they are clones). It looks to me like you have 2 different phenotypes of the same strain which isn’t a bad thing. You may get a different buzz/aroma/flavor from each plant. I would start checking the trichomes. The fading plant is probably closer to being ready to harvest. It sounds like dogster likes couch lock bud thus his suggestion of 4 weeks to harvest. I lean toward 20-30% amber as an indication of when to harvest so the ‘fader’ may be a week or 2 from being ready(they both may be for that matter).

So in summary, I would not be worried about the fan leaves fading. I would be happy with that amount of fade. As long as the buds aren’t looking like they are dying, I would just continue giving the Terp Tea every other watering and get your hands stretched out and ready to do some trimming of your harvest.

Thanks so much for the info. I really do appreciate all the advice. I’ve spent so much time and effort and money on this set up, and would hate to see it fail in the final stages. I’m probably just worrying too much but would rather be safe than sorry. My jewelers loupe arrives Thursday. I’m really going to start eyeballing them. As for what @dogster said, I do agree with him on the subject of the white pistils. But I think I am indeed in agreement with @oldfogey8 about her being closer to finish. Fingers crossed, I’ll keep updating

 

[oldfogey8]

I’m probably just worrying too much but would rather be safe than sorry.

Worrying is common in new as well as seasoned growers. After a while though, you just let happen what will happen and try to read the plants to give them what they need. For future grows, if you are not making super-soil, I would suggest getting some sort of nutrient line to maximize your plant’s potential. I am actually impressed that you didn’t need to feed them much to this point. Cannabis is notoriously ‘hungry’ and can burn thru the goodies that come in most prepackaged soils pretty quickly.

 

[user 60570]

I am worried now , but I won’t be worried long

 

[oldfogey8]

I am worried now , but I won’t be worried long

Tough to grow in a nuclear winter?

 

[RosterMan]

2 weeks or more

 

[user 60570]

Tough to grow in a nuclear winter?

it is the fooking farmers out here who spray all the wheat and corn fields with glyphosate and dicamba

if the wind blows just right , the drift has wiped me out in the past , burns the hades out of cannabis I tell yas

 

[RosterMan]

I am worried now , but I won’t be worried long

No need to worry China already has all the Nuke hidden away in the Colorado Plains

 

[user 60570]

2 weeks or more

have some coffee with me Bub while we wait for the laundry to get done

 

[user 60570]

No need to worry China already has all the Nuke hidden away in the Colorado Plains

we have one of the biggest fiberoptics hubs in the world right in our town….

why?

 

[Sheck14]

Worrying is common in new as well as seasoned growers. After a while though, you just let happen what will happen and try to read the plants to give them what they need. For future grows, if you are not making super-soil, I would suggest getting some sort of nutrient line to maximize your plant’s potential. I am actually impressed that you didn’t need to feed them much to this point. Cannabis is notoriously ‘hungry’ and can burn thru the goodies that come in most prepackaged soils pretty quickly.

I just used Roots Organics Lush soil. I did do one application of Lotus Grow very early in the vegetative stage, I’ll have to check my logs to see exactly what week it was… I only did one application because my leaves started to burn after the application and I assumed it wasn’t needed due to the nutrients already in the Lush soil.
Also using recharge every 10 days to keep microbes in my soil. I think next round I’ll stay with the Lush soil due to its ease of use. I will note the problem child plant was giving me issues all through veg. It was constantly droopy. During dark times it would droop and after I turned the lights on it would perk up. Probably an unrelated issue, but worth noting.

 

[user 60570]

log books….I remember those days

 

[Sheck14]

Also @oldfogey8 said keep giving Terp tea every other watering. Does that need flushed? Or can I feed with it all the way up to harvest?

 

[user 60570]

Also @oldfogey8 said keep giving Terp tea every other watering. Does that need flushed? Or can I feed with it all the way up to harvest?

feed up to harvest….the plant will only uptake what it needs until it comes to the end of its life….just like people , they get old and quit eating and then they die

 

[WeedHopper]

Hit the nail on the head brother.