no big leaves...tricomes haven't changed in 3 weeks

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kevinM

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Hello to all, Thanks in advance for any and all help...advice...guidance

I have two plants that I have outside, unknown strain. They have been well taken care of, proper soil, good nutes, rain/well water. The issues is....There are no big fan leaves left on the plant, on a few sugar leaves on the buds. The hairs are mostly brown, the tricomes are plentiful but they are all still clear. I have not noticed any change in the tricome color in the past three weeks. Temps have been in the mid 80s, day long sun with clouds. I flushed them with regular rain water starting about 10 days ago. From just a head-on look they appear to be ready to harvest.

My concern...the tricomes haven't changed at all in at least 3 weeks. The hairs are mostly brown on 3/4 of the buds. The plants do not appear to be growing anymore. I want the amber color due to fibro, migranes, and MS, so I was wanting them to go longer. I will be unable to attend to them at all over the next 10-14 days due to surgery that will keep me confined. The weather is also changing to cooler temps...highs in the mid 60s low 70s. Should I pull them now, or just cross my fingers and hope all turns out well?
 
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2014LML

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Some better info (not to sound like an ass) & a picture or 2 would help us to better help you.
How long have they been flowering? I usually strip my fan leaves mostly all the way off on my ladies, in flower of course.
 
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dirtpower

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Next time use a larger pot, did you remove all those leaves or did they just fall off? if you removed them, then next time keep them on.
 
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kevinM

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dirtpower said:
Next time use a larger pot, did you remove all those leaves or did they just fall off? if you removed them, then next time keep them on.
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I'm using 4 gallon pots but will upgrade next season as they were all quite rootbound. I didn't do any trimming except pinching off the center stalks to make it branch out.
 
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Skryptor

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They seem root bound. As I believe I already read, a larger pot can prevent this. If you didn't want to get a bigger pot then starting a bit later in the season could help by reducing the veg period.

ETA. Why don't you just plant them in the ground?
 
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kevinM

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Skryptor said:
They seem root bound. As I believe I already read, a larger pot can prevent this. If you didn't want to get a bigger pot then starting a bit later in the season could help by reducing the veg period.

ETA. Why don't you just plant them in the ground?
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They were a lot more rootbound than I had expected. I'm doubling the size for next year. I prefer pots vs ground so I can better control the soil, nutrients, and water. Plus where I grow is pasture so the ground is like clay with little nute value.
 
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Skryptor

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I've seen many people dig a hole and fill it with whatever substrate they planned on using in a pot. This could save you a buck or two and would prevent any chance at getting root bound.

In addition, because the ground in your area is mostly red clay you can still control your nutrients quite well.

Just an idea I wanted to throw out there.
 
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backyardwarrior

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Skryptor said:
I've seen many people dig a hole and fill it with whatever substrate they planned on using in a pot. This could save you a buck or two and would prevent any chance at getting root bound.

In addition, because the ground in your area is mostly red clay you can still control your nutrients quite well.

Just an idea I wanted to throw out there.
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If i had plants in holes dug in clay would it still be able to be flushed?
 
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kevinM

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Skryptor said:
I've seen many people dig a hole and fill it with whatever substrate they planned on using in a pot. This could save you a buck or two and would prevent any chance at getting root bound.

In addition, because the ground in your area is mostly red clay you can still control your nutrients quite well.

Just an idea I wanted to throw out there.
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Thanks dude! Next year I'm going to put three in pots and three in the ground. Can get really good soil for $11 a bag at local nursery...exactly like fox farms. Also getting speciality seeds next year so several things will be changing. Thank you for the suggestion and I'll deffinatly take it to mind.
 
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Skryptor

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Essentially flushing is just watering without nutrients so if you thought it necessary, yes you could still flush. If you use a slow dry with a long cure there is really no need to flush.
 
whitebb2727

whitebb2727

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Skryptor said:
Essentially flushing is just watering without nutrients so if you thought it necessary, yes you could still flush. If you use a slow dry with a long cure there is really no need to flush.
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You can't flush the nutrients from a plant. All flushing does is starve your plant when it needs it the most.
 
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whitebb2727

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kevinM said:
Thanks dude! Next year I'm going to put three in pots and three in the ground. Can get really good soil for $11 a bag at local nursery...exactly like fox farms. Also getting speciality seeds next year so several things will be changing. Thank you for the suggestion and I'll deffinatly take it to mind.
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I do that. There is a lot of clay here. Just dig a hole the size of a five gallon bucket. The only problem is to be careful of over watering as clay tends to hold water and cause root rot. If you can dig it on a slope and dig a trench from the bottom of the hole and fill with gravel it will work better.
 
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