Are they nearly ready or not?

nmibud said:

Your pistols are all white, they need to turn color and recede into the bud.That's when you start to think about harvest.They bulk up the most at the end.

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nmibud said:

Your pistols are all white, they need to turn color and recede into the bud.That's when you start to think about harvest.They bulk up the most at the end.

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Cococakebaked said:

I'm gonna use the Ripen,


Yep I know , I'm gonna have to use the Ripen then to speed it up.

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xtsho said:

I don't know why you think Ripen is going to speed anything up. It's just phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, and sulfur. Oh and it has potassium chloride which means the dreaded chlorine many people are so worried about. Ripen isn't for speeding things up.

From General Hydroponics website.

"Ripen® 0.5-7-6 promotes increased and abundant flowering with greater oil and fragrance production. It is highly concentrated to provide macronutrients that are primarily responsible for flower and fruit growth. "

That doesn't sound like a description of a product designed to speed things up. Before you go dumping stuff on your plants you should know what's in it and what it's for. They may call it Ripen but that doesn't mean it's for making plants finish faster.

Those plants are weeks away from being done. It doesn't matter if someone said it was a 56 - 63 day strain. They'll finish when they finish. Ripen isn't going to do anything to make them finish faster.

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xtsho said:

I don't know why you think Ripen is going to speed anything up. It's just phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, and sulfur. Oh and it has potassium chloride which means the dreaded chlorine many people are so worried about. Ripen isn't for speeding things up.

From General Hydroponics website.

"Ripen® 0.5-7-6 promotes increased and abundant flowering with greater oil and fragrance production. It is highly concentrated to provide macronutrients that are primarily responsible for flower and fruit growth. "

That doesn't sound like a description of a product designed to speed things up. Before you go dumping stuff on your plants you should know what's in it and what it's for. They may call it Ripen but that doesn't mean it's for making plants finish faster.

Those plants are weeks away from being done. It doesn't matter if someone said it was a 56 - 63 day strain. They'll finish when they finish. Ripen isn't going to do anything to make them finish faster.

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Cococakebaked said:

It actually says that Ripen is to be used when you need to save a crop

The reason why I thought that was because I read this....
As a “forcing solution“, FinalPart® can be used in any circumstance where you need to control or enhance ripening, and at the end of every flowering/fruiting cycle of annual flowers and fruits to maximise yield and flavour intensity.
Outdoors, FinalPart® enables you to quickly harvest a crop before it is spoiled by cold and damp weather. Indoors, it helps you harmonise the end of the grow cycle by speeding up the ripening of the slowest plants or varieties. And in case of a severe infestation of fungi or insects, it can allow you to accelerate the natural cycle and recover something out of a crop that would otherwise be completely lost. I don't have those issues but I do need to finish asap, do you think I should stop using it? I only used it yesterday for the first time. And if you don't mind me asking, what should I use if not that? Previously I was just using Canna A+B and Canna Boost, should I stick with that? Thanks!

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Dontjudgeme said:

I just chopped mine down at day 50. It’s a 61 day strain. Had 75% cloudy, 25% amber. Still had some white hairs but that doesn’t mean much to me, as trich production is how I judge when my girls are done to my preference. If I let them go longer, the buds will produce a couch lock type of high, which is what I didn’t want. I want an active high, which is why I chopped when I did. They wouldn’t have really fattened up too much more in the last week or so, so an early cut didn’t affect yield. Seller flower dates are merely a guideline, not set in stone. So I say the chop date is really up to the grower, not the seller.

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Cococakebaked said:

Hi everyone,
I'm on day 51 of a 56 to 63 day flowering time strain of Gelato. I've checked the trichs with a loupe, and can see that they are about 60% cloudy. But there's still a lot of white pistils, they are starting to curl but not enough browning going on yet I don't think? I was planning on using Ripen for 2 weeks because I need to finish ASAP, or do you think they will finish in 2 weeks on their own without Ripen? I'm a first time grower so I'm not sure just by looking at them how far off they are from Harvest. Any info much appreciatedView attachment 4541711View attachment 4541716

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Cococakebaked said:

It actually says that Ripen is to be used when you need to save a crop

The reason why I thought that was because I read this....
As a “forcing solution“, FinalPart® can be used in any circumstance where you need to control or enhance ripening, and at the end of every flowering/fruiting cycle of annual flowers and fruits to maximise yield and flavour intensity.
Outdoors, FinalPart® enables you to quickly harvest a crop before it is spoiled by cold and damp weather. Indoors, it helps you harmonise the end of the grow cycle by speeding up the ripening of the slowest plants or varieties. And in case of a severe infestation of fungi or insects, it can allow you to accelerate the natural cycle and recover something out of a crop that would otherwise be completely lost. I don't have those issues but I do need to finish asap, do you think I should stop using it? I only used it yesterday for the first time. And if you don't mind me asking, what should I use if not that? Previously I was just using Canna A+B and Canna Boost, should I stick with that? Thanks!

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Cococakebaked said:

This is solely for me to smoke, I'm Not selling it, no one else I know smokes it, it was just a case of having split with my ex, he left cuts here and I thought I'd give it a go and got this far. So as far as yield goes, that's not my main priority, I just want it to be a nice smoke, and I personally like the couchlock effect lol. Thanks

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Cococakebaked said:

This is solely for me to smoke, I'm Not selling it, no one else I know smokes it, it was just a case of having split with my ex, he left cuts here and I thought I'd give it a go and got this far. So as far as yield goes, that's not my main priority, I just want it to be a nice smoke, and I personally like the couchlock effect lol. Thanks

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Dontjudgeme said:

I was referring to the seller date as the producer of the seed/clone. Not that you were gonna sell it. But it’s cool that the cuts turned out good. If couch lock is what you’re after, let it go to the end, that is if you have a microscope to check the trichs.

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Dontjudgeme said:

If I were able to judge if my plants were done by visually inspecting them I consider that an accomplishment because I’m already blind as a bat. But if you can pull it, that’s great.

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Wattzzup said:

Or you could use it AND wait for it to finish. Either way I predict an early chop.

Learning to stop counting days and wait for the plant to finish seems to be the hardest part for people.

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Dr.J20 said:

Looks like you could be up to 2 weeks out; don't know if Ripen is going to take two weeks off / speed up your plant's metabolism by 2 weeks but I'm guessing it won't really. You need the space ASAP?

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Wattzzup said:

you want good quality smoke you have to wait.

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