NEED help from proâ??s. Iâ??m about to punch babies!

[harris7]

As far as I'm concerned, your plants are on the right track...took a lot of work to see them though...lol...anyhow, usually around the 4th week of flower, sometimes even earlier, the plants start to suck out nitrogen from the leaves to create the buds. My girl's on her 18th day of flower and her leaves are fading fast. Your plants look fine. Peace.

Sounds good to me. Theyâ??ve only got 3 weeks or less left.
What worries me is that the yellowing is getting very close to the buds. I just added two pics that werenâ??t taken under the HPS so you can see the yellowing better.

Sorry I thought I posted them b4

[Splifted]

Yeah man, 5 weeks into flowering yellowing is no problem, its normal. As long as the buds and bud leaves themselves are green and healthy, I wouldn't worry about it. Pull off the leaves as they yellow and die. They should come off without having to pull when they're ready, if they give resistance that means they still have nutes the plant is using.

[faithlessxxx]

Aaarrrgggh!

[harris7]

Yeah man, 5 weeks into flowering yellowing is no problem, its normal. As long as the buds and bud leaves themselves are green and healthy, I wouldn't worry about it. Pull off the leaves as they yellow and die. They should come off without having to pull when they're ready, if they give resistance that means they still have nutes the plant is using.

ya i just leave them on till there crispy then take em off. if the plant can get anything from them, i let em. The only reason i remove them is to prevent bugs.

the picture faithless posted is a good example of what i'm worrying about. The yellowing is progressing to the small leafs around the buds.

[faithlessxxx]

Good example? It's your pic

[harris7]

^^ i know. It's probably the best pic for showing what i'm worried about.

for some reason i cannot post pics on here. So if anyone else wants to d/l them and post it would be greatly appreciated

[faithlessxxx]

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[Weedhound]

I think they look great! Faithless, you talented thing you getting those photos over. Harris, never, never punch your plants. Use a baseball bat.

[dutch.lover]

^^ Haha I don't think he meant punching his/our plants, I think he literally meant punching babies. If anyone listens to the comedian Dan Cooke, you would know how funny punching babies sounds. Wow...that sounds terrible. lol. DISCLAIMER: NO BABIES GOT HURT IN THE MAKING OF THIS THREAD!!

Anyways, I am glad to hear that our plants are in the range of 'normal'. Hopefully they finish strong as well. Thank you all for your help so far, and if anyone has any other pointers to add please please feel free to do so.

When is sorta a good rule of thumb to stop feeding and start flushing? When the trichs are mostly cloudy? What do you all do?

[santacruz_organic]

Youre plants are fine! My plants did the exact same thing and lost almost all their fan leaves. i consider it as a sign that the leaves are actually being used to their fullest amount in producing buds. My plants turned out very good and i saw no defficeincy in bud bud potency or weight.
If you are 6 weeks in flowering i would stop feeding all together and only use water alone. this will increase the taste of your buds and break down cloraphyll (correct me if im wrong) to make it smother.

Here are some pics of my plants