late flowering question?

[sublime27]

the plant is 9 weeks 2 days into flowering right now and as you can see the leaves are drying and falling off, i know its normal for the yellowing of leaves late in flower but I am wanting to take these another 5 or 6 days yet if possible. I guess what I am getting at is will these crispy old leaves cause any problems if I am to let them go a bit longer? She is a dp blueberry fem seed flowered under 2 125 watt cfl's. Thanks for your input!:smokin:

sublime27 Reviewed by sublime27 on 02-20-2008. late flowering question? the plant is 9 weeks 2 days into flowering right now and as you can see the leaves are drying and falling off, i know its normal for the yellowing of leaves late in flower but I am wanting to take these another 5 or 6 days yet if possible. I guess what I am getting at is will these crispy old leaves cause any problems if I am to let them go a bit longer? She is a dp blueberry fem seed flowered under 2 125 watt cfl's. Thanks for your input!:smokin: Rating: 5

[Weedhound]

Well worst case scenario......the plant could DIE! Just kidding.

I'm not sure you could hurt the plant much at this stage.

[sublime27]

Well worst case scenario......the plant could DIE! Just kidding.

I'm not sure you could hurt the plant much at this stage.

OH NO!!! lol thanks for the input weedhound, seems like i have been waiting forever for it to die, now I am getting sad that she'll be gone. Oh well, I will get on with somethin new and the blueberry will forever be on file. Thanks again!:smokin:

[stinkyattic]

The only thing I personally would worry about at this stage is the browning of the bud leaves, and for a couple reasons:
1) This could indicate over-fert, and if you haven't flushed yet, you should do so immediately, as you intend to harvest this week.
2) When the browning of the sugar leaves progresses into the bud itself, it may be more difficult to manicure the buds to the desired neatness- if you want them to look good, you should really try to get any dead, browned, crispy stuff off the plant before drying the buds.

But that looks good. Nice work. I think the yellowing is at an appropriate level for this stage in flower. And the crystals are oh so sweet.

[sublime27]

The only thing I personally would worry about at this stage is the browning of the bud leaves, and for a couple reasons:
1) This could indicate over-fert, and if you haven't flushed yet, you should do so immediately, as you intend to harvest this week.
2) When the browning of the sugar leaves progresses into the bud itself, it may be more difficult to manicure the buds to the desired neatness- if you want them to look good, you should really try to get any dead, browned, crispy stuff off the plant before drying the buds.

But that looks good. Nice work. I think the yellowing is at an appropriate level for this stage in flower. And the crystals are oh so sweet.

Thanks stinkyattic!
I am not sure the real reason for the crispy leaves, it started around week 7 and I think I did overfertilize around that time, right after I noticed it happening I flushed and ran a gallon of dilluted fert mix through it. After that I fed them the same light mix two more times and at 8 weeks i started on straight water. I am thinking the plant is probably rootbound or there is a ph problem. But I am past the point of worrying about the problems it has and am looking to harvest. How good they look all trimmed up isn't really an issue to me but i will try and get as much of the crispy leaves off as possible. It is my first full length grow and I couldnt be happier! I would like to say thank you to you for all the information you have taught me, even though i dont have many posts I have done more research than typing and there is alot of great information on here if you look for it, and alot of the better information I have taken in has come from you. So it is nice to finally get to say thank you! :thumbsup::thumbsup: :jointsmile:

[stinkyattic]

You're very welcome.
Sounds like you did scorch them a bit but it's not to worry. Rootbound, pH problem; at this point you are past screwing them up. They look burly.