Should I Harvest?

I have been growing Bubblicious AF for about 4 months or so and have seen some pretty drastic changes once flowering started. Pretty much all of the fan leaves have browned, died, and fallen off and the flowering leaves are pretty sparse aside from the top of the plant. I have a couple questions I'm hoping for advice on.

1) Should I be harvesting at this point? Not all of the pistils have browned yet, but some of the leaves near the top of the plant that are flowering are starting to brown, which is worrying me.

2) Is it normal to have this much open space near the center of my plant (see pics below)? I realize the entire thing wont produce bud, but I've seen other plants that look like they have a lot more yield.

Looks to have experienced lockout. I wouldn't harvest yet. Wait till they all begin to turn brown. With the majority of hairs folding/shrinking inwards.

Don't worry about the leaves. You'd be surprised how little of leaves it needs to finish out flowering.

whaat kind of lights and nutes are you using

I have not grow AF only photo plants but seems like your plant started out good the first 4 internodes look compact then it started to stretch. They say temperature swings can cause stretching, and of course you want a more blue light spectrum. As far as the harvest goes I would also let it go longer and I say this more so now since I recently bought a jewelers loupe and I was surprised how long it took my own plants to show some amber trics.

Just guessing, maybe you misdiagnosed a magnesium deficiency as a N deficiency? Looks over fed so I'd go water only.

almost skipped this one.... another should I harvest thread. get a scope dude lol. as for you good thing I didn't skip it. your nitrogen toxic and possibly overwatered. to answer your question. yes flush and harvest. it will take 3 or more weeks to recover and severely impact your harvest. cut your losses start over. go over your schedule and soil find ware you can cut nitrogen in flower

don't harvest yet - way too many white hairs still and as @SouthCross said, you'd be surprised at how they will finish even when they look like that. her nugs will fatten up over the next three or so weeks. try to water her as needed and get her across the finish line

Just shoot her and take her out of her misery ..Good luck on your next grow

Hey what's the soil used? that happens a lot when ph is too low as in acidic.
Locked out as said earlier.
Not ready at all though. Buy a ph pen Give her phd water pop some more seeds and chop her when they are ready to take her place in the tent. Bare minimum go with ffof soil and a nectar of the gods or other organic nute regimen. Follow the directions and check your ph. Don't lose hope. It gets way better.

Thanks for the replies. I don't think I read enough into it before starting.

I used miraclegro soil in a 5 gal cloth pot. Two 42 watt 6500k 2800 lumens cfl bulbs inside a repurposed kitchen cabinet. I was just using sink water for the plant. About three weeks ago I started feeding it miraclegro succulent plant food for nutrients.

Is it strictly the ph that is probably causing the weak yield? Or would it be any other parts of my setup?

MAGrower said:

Thanks for the replies. I don't think I read enough into it before starting.

I used miraclegro soil in a 5 gal cloth pot. Two 42 watt 6500k 2800 lumens cfl bulbs inside a repurposed kitchen cabinet. I was just using sink water for the plant. About three weeks ago I started feeding it miraclegro succulent plant food for nutrients.

Is it strictly the ph that is probably causing the weak yield? Or would it be any other parts of my setup?

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The miracle grow soil has time release fertilizers too high in nitrogen for flower and usually PhD incredibly high or low. Really bad for bud. I'm not being mean or anything but miracle grow products are HORRRRRRRRRRIBLE!!!
if ya gotta go cheap Dr earth products are at most lows or home depot and usually cheaper than miracle grow.
Dr earth home grown is pretty decent.
Anyone telling you miracle grow is good is NOT your friend.
Sorry bud but your learning a hard and expensive lesson.

soon as I read and heeded the cervantes grow bible every single issue I ever experienced with gardening ended all at once.
there's others too, like rosenthal, and these http://catnews.org/FREE Pot Books/
I'd use a scope and wait till the trichomes are all cloudy and cut it. check out a bible and then sit back and wait for some of the best weed you ever smoked.