Quote Originally Posted by Rusty Trichome
Looking pretty good. The bug problem might well have delayed harvest date. (you should likely add on the healing time to final harvest date)
What nutrients and additives are you using? Any bulking agents, CalMag, or molasses...? Have you used anything to re-green the leaves?

Pistils are never an indication of plant maturity. Trichomes and prior strain experience are the best (only) guide. A 5x magnifying glass is the weakest I can use to check trichome progress. Once I figured-out what I was looking for, I haven't used my 100x Radio Shack pocket microscope.

The pot not drying-out is a problem. More perlite next time and perhaps some holes in the sides of the pot. If not allowed to dry between waterings, root rot is a definate possibility, and the extra humidity isn't welcome in flower, either. (potential for bud mold)
Thanks RT. I'm using Humboldt Nutrients Organic Line: Grow Natural, Bloom Natural, and Deuce Deuce. Unfortunately, plants missed feeding for 2-3 weeks while I was busy treating with root aphids. So, they definitely could've taken more food. I did use some Grow Natural to try to re-green the leaves, but it didn't seem to work... it maybe slowed down the yellowing a bit. These root aphids are fierce!!

I'm also using Hygrozyme to help plants recover from root aphids... and a little superthrive here and there. Pretty proud to say that I've remained entirely organic even through spider mite, root aphid, and fungus gnat battles. And yield wasn't totally squashed. This Mr Nice plant seems almost invincible!! It was one of the most heavily infested with root aphids and was the only one to make a strong recovery. I think it had an extremely extensive root system (since it was so big and fast-growing) that it was able to make due with a small amount of damaged roots.