Harvesting early

[Bigl199]

Hi all, I'm growing 3 autoflowers under 900W led, first grow, I stop using my nutes 2 weeks ago and now every single leaf has turned yellow on the plant, and I'm worried incase it dies before it's ready. There is still slot of white hairs on the smaller buds, will it be okay?

 

[macsnax]

Next time skip the flush, it is physically impossible to flush nutrients out of buds. Plants don't work like that, it's a myth. And I can't give you suggestions on what to do without pics.

 

[redeyedfrog]

I love the whole flushing myth, plants take up the nutrients and metabolize them converting them to sugars and acids to feed the buds and store in the leaves cell walls, there are no nutrients to flush out its bro science not real science. Second your leaves are supposed to yellow and die off, it's the plant in its death throes and yes its dying slowly but dont panick it's the way it works. As the plant starts to die it puts all its resources and storages from the leaves into the buds and they fatten up and get stickier hoping to catch some Male pollen before it does so it can produce seeds that's why the leaves go yellow. Id suggest you do more reading or watch videos and learn about the plants lifecycle so that you dont have these moments of confusion. The more you know the more you grow! And dont harvest if that didnt come through.

 

[Bigl199]

Thanks slot, hopefu

I love the whole flushing myth, plants take up the nutrients and metabolize them converting them to sugars and acids to feed the buds and store in the leaves cell walls, there are no nutrients to flush out its bro science not real science. Second your leaves are supposed to yellow and die off, it's the plant in its death throes and yes its dying slowly but dont panick it's the way it works. As the plant starts to die it puts all its resources and storages from the leaves into the buds and they fatten up and get stickier hoping to catch some Male pollen before it does so it can produce seeds that's why the leaves go yellow. Id suggest you do more reading or watch videos and learn about the plants lifecycle so that you dont have these moments of confusion. The more you know the more you grow! And dont harvest if that didnt come through.

That's gave me hope, like I say this is my first attempt, I will get some photos for you all to see

 

[Logan Burke]

Flushing is generally over-emphasized...at this point I'm not sure what else you can do but continue forward with harvest. Invest in a 30x-60x handheld microscope to observe the trichome and their colors. It'll help avoid guesswork and allow the plant to show you when it's ready, although this is still possible just by observing the hair colors. Hard to say until we see pics though on if it's ready or not.

 

[Bigl199]

Would there be any harm in cutting it when the hairs are still develop? Last thing I want is to leave it too long and everything to die

 

[Logan Burke]

Pictures would really help...I'm kind of guessing at your situation. Generally, you want to wait for the bright white hairs that stick out all over the bud mass has curled back inwards and no longer stick out like a spiked hair-doo. From that point, most people try to wait for at least 50% of those white hairs begin to darken and turn brown/orange. This is really based on preference, though, and is an indication of the trichome (resin gland) color. Are your buds hairs still spiked out from the buds, or have they already begun to curl inwards?

 

[Palmerrdgrower]

Hi all, I'm growing 3 autoflowers under 900W led, first grow, I stop using my nutes 2 weeks ago and now every single leaf has turned yellow on the plant, and I'm worried incase it dies before it's ready. There is still slot of white hairs on the smaller buds, will it be okay?

Ugh oh

 

[R Burns]

If you still have a lot of white pistils, then u are likely still 3 wk away from harvest. I would reintroduce nutes at half strength, for the next 10-14 days. Gonna lose out in some weight, if you leave em starving or harvest early. You already have lost some most likely. For next time, I like to wait until most pistils have turned before flush or stopping nutes.

 

[Bigl199]

This is what I have so far

 

[Palmerrdgrower]

This is what I have so far

Not bad looking almost ready I’d say. Don’t think the leaves will come back. But like rburns said jus a little nutrients until you chop

 

[Bigl199]

Not bad looking almost ready I’d say. Don’t think the leaves will come back. But like rburns said jus a little nutrients until you chop

Think I'll do one more week with nutes then chop?

 

[curious2garden]

Get loupes or a hand held scope and look at your trichomes. Depending on the high you prefer mostly cloudy with a few amber is a little less racy and 50/50 clear/cloudy can be a more energizing high. But going by trichomes will tell you more accurately when it's time to harvest.

Congratulations on making it to the end (or almost the end).