Please help!! Harvest soon?!?

[Tanker123]

First succesful grow and need to know an estimate of when I should harvest. I don't have a look or anything to look at the trichomes.

Leaves are starting to die and curl, is this because of it being flushed and the fact that it's near the end of it life or something else?

So if anyone could give me there rough guess of when I can harvest it, it would be great thanks.

 

[Zero_OS]

how many weeks since flip are those? 4?

 

[Tanker123]

how many weeks since flip are those? 4?

Just over that I think

 

[Zero_OS]

U have a ways to go. Do a search for jorge cervantes nutrient deficiency chart and see if you can diagnose the issue on those 2 fans, taking into account what and how often you've been feeding. R you waiting until your pots are light before watering?

 

[bezalom]

you need at least a 40X loop or magnifier to see trichs. I like mine at about 25% amber. More amber more couch-lock.....more cloudy/clear....then more cerebral and up high

I see definite signs of overwatering. Both leaf cupping and twisting. Those tips may be sign of root rot. I would quit watering until it droops (normally I never would wait that long until drooping) but no cure for root rot damage....can only try and stop it advancing for now.

 

[Tanker123]

U have a ways to go. Do a search for jorge cervantes nutrient deficiency chart and see if you can diagnose the issue on those 2 fans, taking into account what and how often you've been feeding. R you waiting until your pots are light before watering?

Don't think it's a deficiency I think it probably could be root rot, thanks for the resource though will refer to that in future. I thought I was letting the pot completely dry but apparently not as that seem to be the problem. I stopped feeding it about a week ago as the tips had turned yellow and I assumed was from going over the top and burning it.

 

[Tanker123]

you need at least a 40X loop or magnifier to see trichs. I like mine at about 25% amber. More amber more couch-lock.....more cloudy/clear....then more cerebral and up high

I see definite signs of overwatering. Both leaf cupping and twisting. Those tips may be sign of root rot. I would quit watering until it droops (normally I never would wait that long until drooping) but no cure for root rot damage....can only try and stop it advancing for now.

Almost certain it is root rot now I did leave the pot to dry fully as far as I could tell between watering. However the soil I used has terrible drainage. When watered water sits on top of soil before taking ages to soak in. On my next grow I'll make sure to get or make my own with better drainage.
But what would be your best advice going forward should I keep it going or should I chop it early?

As you can see it has gotten worse, I've left it without watering as you suggested. Almost certain your right about root rot looking at the brown patches on first pic and is also on a few other leaves.

Should I keep her growing until it's basically fucked and cut her then or would it be best to cut before it gets too bad? Thanks

 

[Zero_OS]

I would continue with it to see if you can turn it around, unless you are up against a legal count limit and need to free a slot for the next one. If you do take it down, it would be cool if you washed the soil away, inspect the roots, and post your findings here.

 

[Tanker123]

I would continue with it to see if you can turn it around, unless you are up against a legal count limit and need to free a slot for the next one. If you do take it down, it would be cool if you washed the soil away, inspect the roots, and post your findings here.

Already over the legal limit with just one aha but I'm gonna see how it goes and try to water the least I can, if it continues dying I will cut before the buds are effected. Is my first indoor grow and even though I have been researching for a few years I don't think I quite anticipated the importance of drainage, controlling ph and other such things I'm thinking it could also be a ph problem not to sure though as I don't have anything to test ph. I am aware there are tools quite cheaply available but not sure if it's worth getting so close to harvest and whether it'll even arrive on time. Thanks for the interest and will update this thread as to what happens.

 

[Zero_OS]

cool, hopefully she turns and gifts you with some decent smoke. You could always transplant it to a larger pot with a better soil for that second half of the flowering period...that might help turn her around. I mix in a bunch of perlite so that the perlite represents 1/3 of the total media by vol, and put a layer of perlite at the bottom of the pot for better drainage. I once had serious root rot in some outdoor baccy plants, and the mass of earwigs just loved the whole rotting mess. I could have had a decent yield of good old fashion Virginia Baccy to pipe on and saved myself the bug trouble if I only added some friggin perlite to the soil...