Is my ZZ skittles ready? Need advice

oVirtualRealityo

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Hi there guys it's day 63 now and i was wondering how much longer she would need untill i can harvest her, i bought a microscope recently but i was wondering if it's already time to start using her.
Still kinda new to the whole growing thing
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Kind regards, Devil
 

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WintersBones

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Looking great dude. Nice little plant. But I'd say you have a 2-3 weeks to go at least. Tons of white hairs all over so she's still bulking up. Once the hairs all starting going brown and receding its close and you can get out the microscope.
 

dunphy

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Damn haha i was hoping a few weeks. Will have to move her outside then probably :/
Hopefully the wind doesnt screw her up too much
Hey 2 weeks is practically 3... and 3 weeks is basically a month. But dont forget about dry and cure which can be upto 2 weeks each give or take. Patience is key here, the last stages of growth, harvest, and the drying and curing parts of growing are some of the most important of all... You need to have patience during these times in order to let her finish, The key is usually to go a little long than you think, so if you're anxious you're going to pull her early, dry her quick, and hardly cure.. and itll be garbage... Just buy some smoke, enjoy the time and changes, and that final cured smoke will be 100x better when the time comes naturally. IMO Nothing beats that sense of satisfaction, accomplishment, taste, flavor, whole experience of smoking your own perfect buds.. Its worth the wait believe me, just grab some bud to smoke if you're hurting that bad.
 

Mr. Cheetah

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Hey 2 weeks is practically 3... and 3 weeks is basically a month. But dont forget about dry and cure which can be upto 2 weeks each give or take. Patience is key here, the last stages of growth, harvest, and the drying and curing parts of growing are some of the most important of all... You need to have patience during these times in order to let her finish, The key is usually to go a little long than you think, so if you're anxious you're going to pull her early, dry her quick, and hardly cure.. and itll be garbage... Just buy some smoke, enjoy the time and changes, and that final cured smoke will be 100x better when the time comes naturally. IMO Nothing beats that sense of satisfaction, accomplishment, taste, flavor, whole experience of smoking your own perfect buds.. Its worth the wait believe me, just grab some bud to smoke if you're hurting that bad.
true that :hump: :peace:
 

oVirtualRealityo

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Hey 2 weeks is practically 3... and 3 weeks is basically a month. But dont forget about dry and cure which can be upto 2 weeks each give or take. Patience is key here, the last stages of growth, harvest, and the drying and curing parts of growing are some of the most important of all... You need to have patience during these times in order to let her finish, The key is usually to go a little long than you think, so if you're anxious you're going to pull her early, dry her quick, and hardly cure.. and itll be garbage... Just buy some smoke, enjoy the time and changes, and that final cured smoke will be 100x better when the time comes naturally. IMO Nothing beats that sense of satisfaction, accomplishment, taste, flavor, whole experience of smoking your own perfect buds.. Its worth the wait believe me, just grab some bud to smoke if you're hurting that bad.
Yeah i'm not nervous about the wait but more so about the movement. Need to move her outside to a tent, distance is about 30meters.
Worried about breaking branches etc
Hopefully the wind will spare me
Should i fully stake her up or should she be strong enough?
 

dunphy

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Yeah i'm not nervous about the wait but more so about the movement. Need to move her outside to a tent, distance is about 30meters.
Worried about breaking branches etc
Hopefully the wind will spare me
Should i fully stake her up or should she be strong enough?
Ahh I see.. Well luckily shes small enough where you shouldn't have any issues if you are careful. I would stake her more, it cant hurt. Id also stake it before moving if possible to keep things a little more rigid during transfer. green tape tied to the stakes will help to keep her staked up and not flop over I cant really tell from the pictures but it looks to me that pot is somewhere between 1 and 3 gallons? Or are my eyes deceiving me? If so, you should be okay just take it slow, If it is a smaller sized pot, maybe put the stakes outside the pot so your not jamming them into the roots, Would be quick and easy to make some sort of base for the plant to sit on and act as a support/structure to tie off to. Hope it helps, Looks good, on the home stretch now.


Edit: I see you do have some green tape in there, I didnt see it at first. Another stake or two and little more tape and you should be okay. What would you guess the height is?
 
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oVirtualRealityo

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Ahh I see.. Well luckily shes small enough where you shouldn't have any issues if you are careful. I would stake her more, it cant hurt. Id also stake it before moving if possible to keep things a little more rigid during transfer. green tape tied to the stakes will help to keep her staked up and not flop over I cant really tell from the pictures but it looks to me that pot is somewhere between 1 and 3 gallons? Or are my eyes deceiving me? If so, you should be okay just take it slow, If it is a smaller sized pot, maybe put the stakes outside the pot so your not jamming them into the roots, Would be quick and easy to make some sort of base for the plant to sit on and act as a support/structure to tie off to. Hope it helps, Looks good, on the home stretch now.


Edit: I see you do have some green tape in there, I didnt see it at first. Another stake or two and little more tape and you should be okay. What would you guess the height is?
She's in An 11litre pot so i'd say around 3gallons.
And she's probably 120cm high at the moment. And yeah i really don't want to hurt her branches!
 

oVirtualRealityo

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So we are a few days further now
The moving day should be tomorrow, she has started to yellow her fan leaves from the bottom up. I reckon this is due to her nearing the end of flower so i shouldnt be worried to much right?
Overall i think she's Looking good, time to stake the branches and move her tomorrow.
 

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a mongo frog

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So we are a few days further now
The moving day should be tomorrow, she has started to yellow her fan leaves from the bottom up. I reckon this is due to her nearing the end of flower so i shouldnt be worried to much right?
Overall i think she's Looking good, time to stake the branches and move her tomorrow.
Another 3 weeks?
 

Dizzlemynizzle420

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Only the microscope will tell. I thought my girls were nearly done till my scope came and I found the trichomes were all crystal clear still. Few more weeks for me! Don’t rush it man, the last few weeks (including drying and curing) are the most important.
 

oVirtualRealityo

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Well i actually think she doesnt need to go for 3more weeks since her regular grow time is about 75 days.
I'm about 2 days over so i suppose the yellowing is normal, gave her extra nutes yesterday and she has a little nuteburn now, so i don't think that nutes were the issue
I'll provide pics in a few
She has lost a lot of her fan leaves already now
 

oVirtualRealityo

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I was thinking maybe a week left?
Thinking about pulling out the good old microscope tomorrow
 

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oVirtualRealityo

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I'm just worried since i had to move her to another room that's usually just used to store stuff
Have a lot less light in here
Got the morning sun on her from 7-8 till 15ish and from then on it's just indirect sunlight.
So i'm worried she doesnt get enough light atm. Can't hang extra lights either at the moment.
Or does the less light she's been getting not harm her?
 
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