Kriticalkushy
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Can i put these into flush now? Kritical kush. Middle of 7th week i have no magnifing glass. I have started flushing 4 days ago but im really not sure its ready. Theres a few brown pistils. Do i leaveit til mostly brown pistils?
Newbie first time grower. Flush or not?
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Kriticalkushy
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So what u saying i shouldnt flush at all?
Kriticalkushy
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Okie dokie cheers
Thundercat
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Those plants are way to early to even think about flushing. I'm not gonna tell you you need to flush or not flush its up to you. I have tried both methods, and I have actually researched the science behind it, and I choose not to flush because it does nothing. Seriously, there is nothing scientific behind the idea of flushing its an old hippie concept.
Your plants are still totally covered in fresh white stigma(pistils) which means its still producing fresh growth and more buds for you if you. If you want to try flushing, you need to wait till 80-90%+of the stigma turn color and shrink back to the buds. That is the sign the plant is finished growing new buds, and is ready to swell and ripen. It typically takes 10-20 days for the plant to internally swell up the calyxs and finish ripening. During this period the plant puts on significant amounts of weight and bud density even if the buds do look like they are growing "larger", they are still swelling up internally. After a couple weeks, you'll notice that the calyxs each start to look plump. During these last 2ish weeks you can watch the trichomes as well if you want, and decide exactly when to chop.
Your plants look like they need 3-4 weeks still. Depending on exactly how quickly mature based on the genetics and your environment.
The best buds come from fully ripened healthy plants. Yours look really nice and healthy from those pictures, now you just wanna let them mature to get the best yield and bud quality!
Its VERY easy to harvest plants too early. Its VERY hard to harvest them too late. I've Never seen someone accidentally over ripen plants in my 14 years of growing.
Kriticalkushy
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3 to 4 weeks? Its a 8 weeker and im on week 7. The bottom and side buds the pistils are brown just all the tops They are white and a bit brown.
Thundercat
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First, off breeder times are LOOSE GUIDELINES, they are not a set number you should focus on. Breeder times come from their phenotypes and their growing environments. Yours is different and will take a different amount of time at least 80% of the time.
Second when did you start counting your "flowering time". Because if you started when you switched to 12/12 you are already on the wrong path. Its simple botany, flowering begins when the plant starts to form flowers.
So how long has it been since your plant started to form flowers? If its been 7 weeks cool, those plants still need more weeks, maybe it's 2-3 instead of 3-4, but it doesn't look like it, based on the pictures you posted. It would be very strange for your lower buds to have matured faster than the tops of the plant, its usually the opposite.
Having the patients to allow plants to fully mature is vital to achieving the plants full potential, and the best bud possible.
Kriticalkushy
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Yeah i started when i switched 12/12. Everyone does that around where i live we must have be novices lol well i know i am. Well im going to do another 3 weeks see how they look then and if u dont mind can i message you qith pictures and see what you think? Cheers for the info mate much aplreciated
Thundercat
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I don't have any really recent pictures, but here are a few of mine at harvest. You will notice all the buds look plump and swollen. Also 90%+ of the pistils have shrunk down to the buds.
Now this next plant was not done, and still has 2ish more weeks left.
Now this next plant was not done, and still has 2ish more weeks left.
Thundercat
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I'm absolutely glad to help you dial in that date man! Post pics in 2 weeks so we can see the progress, and reassess from there.
Counting from the 12/12 switch is a weird thing that only indoor cannabis growers think makes sense. But it just creates an arbitrary number that means absolutely nothing. If you combine the 12/12 count with focusing on breeder times(which are based on actual flower periods not 12/12 switch) it creates this 2-3 week window that oftentimes confuses and messes up new growers. They end up harvesting early, and then wondering why their buds aren't as good as they expected.
If you watch the plant and the signs it gives you it becomes pretty easy to understand when to harvest. As you get more grows under your belt you will be able to follow the signs I shared in my first post, and get beautful properly ripened buds.
BostonBuds
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I recently grew some critical purple kush. After 56 days from switching to 12/12 almost all the hairs were brown and shriveled and the plant looked done to me, but I happened to buy a cheap 60x scope and all the trichomes were clear still, I like them all cloudy and waited another 10 days.
MickFoster
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Regardless of what the breeder claims, 10 weeks is kind of normal. In many years I've only had a few finish in 8 weeks.