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Well i harvested this plant today. It should get me by till the others are finished. I could of waited a bit longer but im broke without smoke:stoned: I will never buy it again. I have one light but its not enough, so im looking at lights now for the winter. But this was my harvest. I gotta say the shit really messed me up, the original bag of weed wasnt even close to what i grew:thumbsup::rasta:
My tops of my buds arnt really doing much lately in the growing tray. I was thinking about taking what looks finished and then leave the rest to finish. This way nothing would be shaded and i can take advantage of the weather and get the smaller buds some nice direct sun. The tops are very big and i think it would be to my advantage to let the smaller ones fatten up while i can.
Some advise on this would be great:thumbsup:
Also, as i gave ferts to it a couple of days ago, how long should i wait till i can cut them off after i flush out the tray?:jointsmile:
This will leave 3 that need time to get bigger.
Plus this baby is in the open with a pissed off roommate, which in 07 she thew 2 big ones off the deck. This time i think she'd just take it. My nerves are killin me with this thing. Its fucking sweet and i dont want anything to happen to my prize. Straight water as of now, but i can taste the ferts in the last one i think. And i dont want a repeat with this one. But il tell ya, i grew it a lot better then the person before me, cuz its much better. I guess i took care of it, but why would it get better? Genetics and all i would think a little because i care for it everyday, but its much stronger then when i smoked it:rasta:
As you can see the tops i think are as good as there going to be. That is if i want any more growth under those buds. Then it will be a bit more out of site, so it wont be seen and the sun will be able to concentrate on the smaller buds that arnt getting the sun. So harvesting my bigger buds above will open up the plant so those buds can grow to the size of the buds iv harvested above them:thumbsup:
That will give me 4 1/2 plants. lol The 4 plants in the in the woods need a lot more time. Buds are getting better out there but need all the time i can get. I thought i could put paper bags over them when frost time gets close if i need to. But thats the plan:thumbsup: Iv looked for a thread on how long it takes a flush of my plant to help get rid of the fert taste, any ideas? The trichomes are more dark then the 2 i took from the woods and that shit blows me away!:stoned: Well the first one wasnt as bad as that v plant. But i guess i got the other 4 in the woods. Although 1 is only about 14'' high, its got crazy buds on it.:jointsmile: The magnifying glass sure helped:thumbsup:
Thanks for stopping by:rasta:
Hey, looking good LSY!
I'd like to hear something from the experts too.Quote:
My tops of my buds arnt really doing much lately in the growing tray. I was thinking about taking what looks finished and then leave the rest to finish. This way nothing would be shaded and i can take advantage of the weather and get the smaller buds some nice direct sun. The tops are very big and i think it would be to my advantage to let the smaller ones fatten up while i can.
Some advise on this would be great.
it's hard to say with any certainty, but the plants go through the 40/60 phenomenon. the plants stretch the first 40% of the time and spend the last 60% fattening up. (from what i've noticed this is pretty accurate.)
with that being said, i would think that your buds up top would continue to swell until they are ripe for the picking. i personally wouldn't chop the buds unless the trichs show that they are ready. the plants buds start to swell because the female is trying desperately to catch some male pollen.
so beyond that it's a personal choice. worst comes to worst your can use the lower, smaller buds to make hash or something.
-shake<----------------no "expert"
Let it grow and do it's natural thing. Just because the top buds are getting more light, doesn't mean that the plant isn't distributing the stuff throughout the plant. All you are doing by cutting the tops is decreasing the surface area your plant has to absorb light.Quote:
Originally Posted by theroc
My vote is that you leave it alone. You will be much happier. You've treated her so kind up until now, why cause such stress?
Start flushing it with water 3 weeks prior to harvest.
(not an expert, but growing 3 years)
FLush at leaste 2 weeks prior to harvest, since you used synthetic nutes 3 weeks would be better. I give molasses up until two or three days from harvest.
Is there an echo in here?
Also, you should give molasses up until two or three days from harvest.
:D
Not an echo just agree with you on 3 weeks, 2 minimum. In reality you cannot properly flush the salts that build up from heavy synthetic ferts.
use a drop of non-antibacterial soap in your water about once a month. this will help flush the salts out. if you couldn't flush salts out then you would have non-stop pH issues amongst other things.
-shake