Pruning and adding flower time!

Hey RIU-ers,

Okay - so I have a Dairy Queen and a Third Dimension, TGA Subcool

Growing in soil, organic nutes, 5 gal pots, ph'd water, LST grow with screen, 2' 4-tube T5HO with 3 supplemental CFL's, etc. etc.

Not important.

My main question is this: I am approaching my breeder's harvest window for both of my plants, but I put them through a shit load of stress over the course of this grow. None hermied on me (thank god), but I think it has set me behind schedule...

I have heard that always add a week or so (while monitoring trichs) to the breeder's schedule regardless of stress...and I have also heard if you do a heavy prune...add another week or so.

For example, week 2 of flowering I was like "hmm, maybe I should prune for the first time the entire grow" and snipped off like a handful of leaves and shit. In week 4 of flowering...my humidity spiked and I needed to really prune my girls back to cool my box down, so I took the lower 1/3 of the plant (as is suggested to do anyway) all off at once.

Immediately after the prune, the girls reaaaaaaaaalllllllllllyyyyyyyyy slowed down. So my question is how long should I tack on to the grow???

Or...is this a total myth?

Estimated time would be preferred. I am also monitoring trichomes and it looks like it still needs some time. Like some cloudy, a lot clear, and no amber. I am shooting for 90% cloudy to harvest.

Thanks RIU-ers!

Smacks.

The 3D are the first 3 images, and the DQ are the second. Grown short with LST due to space issues.

are 75% of the hairs red

I was always told to go by trich's - as the hairs on both buds go red very soon after they come off the top of the bud. Just the phenotype. Thanks for the heads up...some are still white and sprouting from the top.

Smacks.

no one else??

Anyone on...

whether doing a heavy prune in flower adds time to flowering?
whether using a T5HO and CFL adds time to flower?
other mitigating factors that add time to flower?

c'monnnnn

peeps say always add a week cause they start the count early in my book

if you start yo count at showing of pre flowers will come out right on da money

peeps start count when day switch lights whut da fuk is dat

That's what I've heard too - it's a bit misleading...as a newb it's tough to tell.

Right - so everyone says look at the trichs. But when do I start looking at the trichs?

I've got loads of budsites, they look kind of like they are filled in, but the fact that the last 2 weeks pack on a lot of bud weight, and I might be a week or two behind because of a heavy prune AND adding on to the Breeder's Harvest Date, BUT I'm right now at the Breeder's Est. Harvest Date...

It's all SNAFU'd. I think I'm going to flush early next week, and give these ladies an extra two weeks to fatten up. Thanks for suggestions Dweze. Hopefully I don't leave them on the vine too long.

I have heard that for every one plant that goes too far over it's harvest date there are 3,000 harvested too early. So I figure I can't mess this up too bad!

Thanks,

Smacks.

unless I harvest early haha

peace.