Harvest Question ?????

[rustafa]

Do you think using a booster would be a bad thing knowing that i dont know really when this strain is going to be ready to harvest. I obviously would like to get the most yield i possibly can but dont want to ruin them at the same time know what i mean lol. So do you think i should go with the booster and tutore the plant in order to get more yield or just stick with my plant and just use the botanicare stuff. I use "pro bloom, karma, sweet" im guestimating another 4 weeks wait till a harvest maybe but im not really sure. Basically whats your advice on the booster and do you think in my situtation i should use it? OR just take it easy and do what im doing?

[stinkyattic]

I am a little afraid of some boosters because of the problems you could get if you overdo it.
I DESTROYED my plants with Gravity because I had temperature problems whil I was using it. It is a pretty amazing product if you have TOTAL control over your environment. It is said to add around another 20% to your weight, but you have to use it carefully.
Bud organic bud boosters like bone meal are nice- bone meal mixed in with the soil at the last transplant.
I have heard VERY good things about the 'PK' bud booster. It isn;'t something I have experience with.
If you are using Sweet, you can still add molasses to add more carbon- the Sweet has carb synthesizers and if you give it another sugar source, it will helps the plant use it better. Bonus, you can feed molasses right to the end. My friend says he has been able to actually TASTE the molasses in the finished product, but not in a bad way.
Just some thoughts anyway!

[rustafa]

Your the best with answering questions. Idk know i see other peoples things at like 4 weeks and they seem like more then mine. Maybe im doing somehting wrong or maybe its the strain in itself who knows. Dont know where you are from but have you ever heard of a New York Haze strain just curious to know? But i think im just going to continue to do what im doing they look great had a PH problem eralier this week got is flushed and taken care of caught the problwm a little later then what i had hoped but owell shit happens lol.

[stinkyattic]

I don't know, we had some unidentified Haze strain going around western MA. It was a BEAUTIFUL plant with big, pale green buds- not giant colas, but the kind of big nugs that look SO good in a baggie. She took a while to finish- your probably will too; hazes are notoriously slowpokey- I think I ran her 10 weeks but it was the same deal, I got the seeds labeled only 'Haze' from a grower friend and no other info.
The reason you think yours is small for 4 weeks probably has a lot to do with the type of plant. It might just be getting off to a slow start. IF it takes 9 or 10 weeks to finish, expect it to pack on some sERIOUS weight within the last 3 weeks.
At this point, you are going for HEALTHY. The hardest part about growing a long-flower strain is keeping the damn thing happy for 2 1/2 months, lol!

[rustafa]

Well thats good to hear that the strain you talk about doesnt take 12 - 14 weeks lol. Yeah around the New York area all they call it is haze so im assuming your proabably talking about the same strain as i am. It has a very distinct smell to itdont even really know how to explain it other then almost like a leather smell lol but its not skunky at all. Dont know what the plant looks like itself. But usually the buds break apart fairly easy and they usually arent all that compact. But they are the most expensive type around that area. IDK let me know if this helped you out to finding what kinda strain this really is. And btw thanks for all your info your very helpfull.

[stinkyattic]

Hey no prob.
There are a lot of different Haze derivatives- I'd hesitate to say it's the same strain even if you lived in the next county, but they DO have a lot in common, like structure, flower time, and yeah I think that a rich complex smell is a very haze-y trait too. The one I had was more sweet but not a simple fruity sweet, a interesting sweetness that was just shy of perfumy. Definitely no trace of skunkiness. Pleasant.
Just watch that if it came from bud, take what the dealer called it with a grain of salt- I've seen some absolute CRAP being sold as 'haze' or worse, 'purple haze', lol... don't EVEN get me started on that one HAHAHAHAHA!!!
happy growing

[rustafa]

No i dont trust anything any dealer tells me about strains the last thing i listen to them is what they call it. Although whatever this strain is it seems to be haze as this same strain has been going throughout the NYC for at least a good 7-8 years aournd that area with the same name. You can tell it is it as sooon as you smell it no doubt. Whether or not this is actually what it is who knows. Everyone that tries it loves it athough it is very pricey sa most good strains are lol unfortunetly. Maybe this helps you some more uncovering this case of the unknown haze strain if it is even haze lol. All i know this type of strain that i talk about it one of my favoroite along with kush although they taste nothing like each other.