Hello cannabis.com community!

So, like most other posts here, this is my first grow. Here's some details about the plants and their atmosphere.

This is a closet grow, SOG method (more or less..)
the plants were raised from seed, but not from a seed bank. (i realize that this may be a large source of my problems)
the medium used is MG soil. Full Spectrum CFL bulbs for vegetation.
Two Quad-Band 450 LED panels (mixed red, blue, orange, and white LED's) used for flowering
i've used small doses of MG plant food over their vegetation.
two of the three plants have gone through some stress of bending while flowering.
supplemental c02 has been used in the form of seltzer water and from a tank, however the regulator is not the right type.
there is a small fan in the bottom right and there are ventilation holes in the top and bottom.
a small ceramic heater keeps the temperature between 70-78 degrees.
they have been in flowering for (approximately) 2.5 months.
during this last half month i have been using Snow Storm Ultra per it's instructions.

Now, there's two main issues i'm having. It seems like about 50-70% of the pistils are turning color, and i have not looked through a magnifying glass at the trichromes. According to the pistils, it seems like it's harvest time.

BUT, how can it be harvest time when the buds dont look like they're dense AT ALL! there's so much space inside of the buds that i'm afraid it will just crumble to ashes when it's cured.

So, pretty much my main questions are:
Do these plants look like they're ready to be harvested?
If so, then what might have caused their lack in density?

I would extremely appreciate an educated answer and/or some constructive criticism as to what i could do better in the future, as well as how any future threads should be constructed!!

Thanks a Pot!
-MrBGrower

And here they are! (click any of them to enlarge)


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MrBGrower Reviewed by MrBGrower on . Are these ladies about ready to be harvested; are they too early, or too late?!? Hello cannabis.com community! So, like most other posts here, this is my first grow. Here's some details about the plants and their atmosphere. This is a closet grow, SOG method (more or less..) the plants were raised from seed, but not from a seed bank. (i realize that this may be a large source of my problems) the medium used is MG soil. Full Spectrum CFL bulbs for vegetation. Two Quad-Band 450 LED panels (mixed red, blue, orange, and white LED's) used for flowering i've used small Rating: 5