Very early preflower... Need help...

[Mr. Clandestine]

Glad I could help & best of luck with your harvest! :jointsmile:

[FireTheft]

while I look at trichs in all areas, I tend not to rely on the ones on the leaves as you've showed.

the best places to look are the spots you'll be smoking

[canacanna]

Update...

50th day of flowering...

How many weeks to go? And what kind of changes should I be expecting in following weeks? Any experts opinions?

[stinkyattic]

They look wonderful. I see some tip scorch but nothing to be concerned about at this time. I think 2-3 weeks to go. You are starting to see some browning of the pistils. In another week and a half you will probably be ready to flush, and then start checking the trichs more closely to determine chop time. You will see a lot of additional 'bulk' between now and harvest, on top of what already is a respectable bud mass you have now.

[canacanna]

I appreciate your help @stinkyattic. I got all the answers thanks to you. But I have another question

For some reasons, tomorrow I'll have to give them 20 hours of darkness. As I mentioned before, they are in the 7th week of flowering and there's not much to go. Might this 20 hours of uninterrupted darkness affect the process in a bad way that I can't undo?

P.S. They are doing just fine, and now I can see some false seed pods on the buds... :thumbsup:

[stinkyattic]

Don't give them 20 hours of darkness. Give 12 or 36. Simply wait until the lights go out, unplug the light from the timer while still leaving the timer plugged in (turning), and do not plug back in until you are completely ready to go back on your original schedule. Basically, just SKIP an entire lights-on period and don't shift the schedule unless that was your intent.

[canacanna]

I don't have an automatic timer. I was thinking that giving them 4 hours of light is better than nothing. So, I'm giving them 36 hours of darkness and then go on with 12-12 schedule. As I know, some people use that 36 hours darkness just before harvest. I have about 2 weeks more, since you said that I guess that won't matter.

[canacanna]

I've got one more request from you @stinkyattic... :jointsmile:

Why not giving them four hours of light and instead keeping them in 36 hours of darkness? Poor things won't get any light tomorrow...

I'd appreciate if you explain that...

I'm a kind of guy who likes to learn... nothing more...


Thanks again...

[hotchi]

i havnt grown since last season, but if i remember right, the dark is the time they use for maturing and "growing". were the light is the time when they get all there energy.

so if that is correct, the 4 hours might shock them.

were the 36 hours of darkness will just let them mature a littlemore.

((also, dont forget to flush a week or 2 before. you look very close to harvest )) :hippy:

[stinkyattic]

The only reason I suggested the longer dark period is for convenience, assuming that you need some time to do whatever you need to do. But given the choice between a less than 12 'day' and a long 'night, I'd pick the long night. It's just instinct; I can't really explain it, but I feel that the shock would be less EXTENDING a day or night than CURTAILING it.