Geez! Really? Over 6 months since seedling, help!

[bowloffun]

What is the deal? Seedlings sprung 2nd week of April. Went to 18/6 light and about 5 or 6 weeks later went to 24/24 light. Started flowering 1st week of July and went to 12/12. STILL at 12/12. Trichomes about half clear and half milky with the odd amber thrown in here or there but not much to mention. Been that way for a month! Pistils or hairs are pretty much all brown. Don't want to miss my window of harvest. Any input?

bowloffun Reviewed by bowloffun on 10-21-2008. Geez! Really? Over 6 months since seedling, help! What is the deal? Seedlings sprung 2nd week of April. Went to 18/6 light and about 5 or 6 weeks later went to 24/24 light. Started flowering 1st week of July and went to 12/12. STILL at 12/12. Trichomes about half clear and half milky with the odd amber thrown in here or there but not much to mention. Been that way for a month! Pistils or hairs are pretty much all brown. Don't want to miss my window of harvest. Any input? Rating: 5

[stinkyattic]

What's the strain? If bagseed, what was the origin and type of high? Are the leaf fingers long and thin, or short and fat? Pics?

[bowloffun]

Bagseed. Unknown origin. Leaves long and narrow. Will grab some pics.

[stinkyattic]

Quite likely to be a classic long-flowering sativa. In which case taking FOREVER to finish is perfectly normal. Congratulations on keeping a sat happy indoors for that long! It is a challenge!

[bowloffun]

Here are some pics. The last picture shows a problem one of the 3 plants has. It's buds look like they may be growing some mold and have some spider-webby stuff on them and are grayish. Also the leaves have a little of this mold on them (if it is mold). But the other 2 plants which are right next to it don't have any. Should I spray an anti-fungal on all of them? Lastly, any opinion as to when harvest will be near?

[stinkyattic]

The good news is that you are close to harvest.
The bad news is that you look to have a mold problem.
You can use Serenade up to harvest; apply lightly and keep your humidity WAY down. Your leaf shape indicates that the plants are rootbound as well, and the rust brown speckles indicate potassium lockout from low soil pH.
Your strain does not look like a sativa and the fact it is taking so long says that you might have a light leak. Check to see if that is the case, and fix any you find.

Me personally, if I found mold on the leaves of plants that close to harvest, I would consider taking them down early. If you can fix your light leak and drop your humidity to prevent the spread of the mold, even by adding some heat in there during the dark time, and treat with serenade, that would be an option- another week or so and you will be close enough to the harvest window not to lose out too much on yield or effect.

[bowloffun]

I would say they probably are root bound as you say because they are only in 2.5 gallon buckets. Well, 2 of them are and the 3rd is in a pot of about 2 gallons.

There is no light leak though, I can be positive of that because where they are located gets zero light during the day and the only light is what i provide.

I would guess the humidity is kind of high. I will take steps to reduce and will get on the anti-fungal.

Thank you very much for your help!

[bowloffun]

It's been a month since my original post on this. Believe it or not there has not been a harvest. Trichomes are not amber. I cannot believe it. In a couple of weeks it will be 8 months since planting. Trichomes are still part clear and part milky. Holy moly. One of the plants' leaves (the one with the yellowing leaves) are turning crunchy. Should I just harvest?

[stoned88911]

i would,

lets see some new pics.

[the image reaper]

smoking moldy pot can cause serious health damage ... don't do it :wtf: