Yellow Comet
Member
Hi all --
As a newbie and first time grower, I am realizing that I have miscalculated my grow schedule. I began germinating 3 seeds on Nov 17. I had 3 sprouts on Nov 22. I veged for 3 weeks and flipped to flower on Dec 13. We are now on 33 days flowering (F33) [wow, there are a lot of threes]. I will be going on a long trip Feb 7 (will be F56), and was expecting to be finished harvesting by that point. I am taking care of the plants daily (watering/nutrients/etc.), and was going to leave the drying and curing to my husband while I am away. Now I realize that when I leave for my trip, we will only be on F56. My longest growing plant indicates 9-12 weeks flowering (63-84 days). I am growing in coco under 400W HPS with General Organics nutrients in a very nice Homebox Ambient Q120 highly reflective tent with practically perfect temps and humidity, and have done some defoliation in the early flowering phase. Everything is progressing well at this point. Is it possible the good growing conditions and health of the plants will speed up maturity -- making it acceptable to harvest a week or more early? Or will it be more worthwhile to instruct my husband on the daily care taking (even though his free time is much more limited than mine and would be even more so in my absence)?
The good news is...the other 2 plants (indica) have an expected harvest window to begin before my trip...so most likely only 1 plant (sativa) would require continued care. However, this 1 plant is the most important one in our garden as it is CBD Mango Haze meant for medical use for my husband's mild epilepsy. Therefore, we don't want to sacrifice medicinal properties for convenience.
Your thoughts and advice are much appreciated!
As a newbie and first time grower, I am realizing that I have miscalculated my grow schedule. I began germinating 3 seeds on Nov 17. I had 3 sprouts on Nov 22. I veged for 3 weeks and flipped to flower on Dec 13. We are now on 33 days flowering (F33) [wow, there are a lot of threes]. I will be going on a long trip Feb 7 (will be F56), and was expecting to be finished harvesting by that point. I am taking care of the plants daily (watering/nutrients/etc.), and was going to leave the drying and curing to my husband while I am away. Now I realize that when I leave for my trip, we will only be on F56. My longest growing plant indicates 9-12 weeks flowering (63-84 days). I am growing in coco under 400W HPS with General Organics nutrients in a very nice Homebox Ambient Q120 highly reflective tent with practically perfect temps and humidity, and have done some defoliation in the early flowering phase. Everything is progressing well at this point. Is it possible the good growing conditions and health of the plants will speed up maturity -- making it acceptable to harvest a week or more early? Or will it be more worthwhile to instruct my husband on the daily care taking (even though his free time is much more limited than mine and would be even more so in my absence)?
The good news is...the other 2 plants (indica) have an expected harvest window to begin before my trip...so most likely only 1 plant (sativa) would require continued care. However, this 1 plant is the most important one in our garden as it is CBD Mango Haze meant for medical use for my husband's mild epilepsy. Therefore, we don't want to sacrifice medicinal properties for convenience.
Your thoughts and advice are much appreciated!