2 ?s

First, getting close to harvest? Pistils turning orange. Second, should I cut the fan leaves away or leave them be? Thanks!

Doesn't look anywhere near harvest. How old is she? And no do not cut and fan leaves off.

It looks like you have some time left until harvest. Your fan leaves look perfectly healthy so I would leave them. Fan leaves dying off is another sign of being close to harvest. The hairs should also recede into the buds, yours are lookin kinda shaggy yet. They will also be mostly colored by harvest time. My guess would be 2-3 weeks until harvest. Keep an eye on the trichs, they will let you know when to chop.

Specs of your grow room, strain info, and plant age would help in providing a more accurate diagnosis.

OK. Cool. I was asking about the leaves because they are covering bud sights. Grow room: 4x4 closet, box fan, Afgan Kush Ryder, Pakistan Ryder, critical jack. 47 days old. Ffof, fish emulsions, and phosphate granules. Lighting, two reflectors t.hat hold two t5 lights apiece. 38w bulbs. 4 inches away.

Constant temp of 78 degrees, 42 % humidity.

47 days old or 12/12.

? There is no 12/12. These are autos. 18/6.

Ahh. Must have missed that. Never grown any autos my friend. sorry. It does look though as if you have several weeks to go.

I believe most of those are 70 day strains. You can train leaves out of the way of bud sites ( search LST or low stress training for more info). What spectrum are those T5's. You can never have enough light, maybe throw a few 42w 2700k CFL's in there for some side lighting. Got a pic of the whole plant/plants? Are you running the lights on a 20/4 cycle?

Heres a shot of my Auto Critical Jack ala dinafem ( is that what you are growing?) from last week. Its not quite 60 days in the pic. I put it in the dark on Wednesday and will be cutting it down tomorrow. Believe it or not that little monster spent 2/3 of its life under CFL's. I didn't get it under the 600w hps until about day 40. My CFL wattage (actual not equivalent) was floating around the 250 mark.

18/6 4 6500k.

They like a little mix in their light spectrum. In veg I used more 6500k's ( around a 3 to 1 ratio) then when it started to flower I used more 2700k. At no time was there only one spectrum on that plant. Looks healthier than mine at day 47, I had a pretty good P deficiency by then. Once I noticed that I kept pounding it with flower food and ended up with the plant in the pic. I forgot to ask what size container you are using. 3-5 gallons seems to be the standard, and pot size seems dictate yield with autos.