Harvest Question!

[Tomthehippie]

Would an over fert problem extend the harvest date? Im beginning to wonder if it does?

[twoguysupnorth]

do you mean that you have been overfertilizing and they arent maturing on time? or that you applied fertilizer and now have to wait for it to get used up before harvest? in either case i dont really know the answer, but being more specific might help someone else to answer you.

[Tomthehippie]

I mean say i have over fed a plant, would that plant then take longer to mature if the over fert was severe. I think iv read this somewhere but I cant remember, its more a case of Iâ??m just interested and would like to know. :)

[Tomthehippie]

Stinkystinkystinky!?! You there? :D

[Divestoned]

alotta plant problems can extend the grow time of your plants...for example I know a guy who uses not enuff light,on a lite mover,it takes him 3-4 months to produce his nasty azz hermies.he thinks he knows it all thas y I havent set him straight BTW :)

Dive:stoned:

[locomark]

Well Tom,

No I'm not Stinky but I'll add my two cents. Will over fertilization extend the harvest date you ask? I think that depends on the situation. It could kill the plant if you don't try flushing to save the plant. Or reduce the harvest weight due to the week it would take for the plant to recover.

Now you as the grower could extend the flowering time to compensate for this recovery time. You determine should the plant go the extra week or two to gain more weight or take what you get at 8/10 weeks. But what do I know?

Loco

[Tomthehippie]

Ok then lets say its an nute burn thatâ??s not enough to kill the plant but enough to induce leaf tip curl and dark leaves. Will the plant take longer to ripen? So instead of an 8 week finish were looking at a 10 week.

I ask this because iv just done an experiment with some Lowryder 2 in Nute enriched compost adding know extras bar its own medium.

The Plants did indeed receive to much nitrogen and it seems as a result the harvest date was put back by 2 to 3 weeks. :)