Should I just call it a day and harvest ?

iknownothink

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Hi guys,
So the short story is, these 2 poor girls were my first ever grow.. I did everything wrong that you can do wrong and basically made their life hell.

I treated them like normal plants because I didn't know they were autos,
I stunted them when they were seedlings with too much heat,
I under watered, over watered, too many nutes not enough nutes, gave them the wrong lights
and the list goes on. But it was my first ever grow so I didn't want to just kill them as the whole thing was a learning experience for me.

The question is , they are easily 2 months into flowering, they haven't grown or changed for the last 3 weeks. I've been checking on them daily with a microscope and the buds I think look ok for what the poor plants have been though, however none of the trichomes are turning brown. There is 50% clear and 50% cloudy, but this also hasn't change in 3 weeks either.. Could these plants just never fully mature their buds since its been so long since I've seen any change ? You can see the outer leaves are now turning brown and curling so I'm thinking the plant might be finished and on it way to neglected plant heaven.

Should I just harvest now ?
 

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Ablaze

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There could be a lot of things that happened before that are just beginning to show now. And it looks like it's beginning to wrap things up. You could harvest as early as now, but I would wait longer. It really depends on what you want.
 

HydroRed

Well-Known Member
Hi guys,
So the short story is, these 2 poor girls were my first ever grow.. I did everything wrong that you can do wrong and basically made their life hell.

I treated them like normal plants because I didn't know they were autos,
I stunted them when they were seedlings with too much heat,
I under watered, over watered, too many nutes not enough nutes, gave them the wrong lights
and the list goes on. But it was my first ever grow so I didn't want to just kill them as the whole thing was a learning experience for me.

The question is , they are easily 2 months into flowering, they haven't grown or changed for the last 3 weeks. I've been checking on them daily with a microscope and the buds I think look ok for what the poor plants have been though, however none of the trichomes are turning brown. There is 50% clear and 50% cloudy, but this also hasn't change in 3 weeks either.. Could these plants just never fully mature their buds since its been so long since I've seen any change ? You can see the outer leaves are now turning brown and curling so I'm thinking the plant might be finished and on it way to neglected plant heaven.

Should I just harvest now ?
Just an fyi....some strains never amber. You may not get past the full milky stage with some, and the plant just goes necrotic before you know it. If the purple and fading of the leaves just recently began, give it more time. If they have been at a total stand still that whole 3 weeks then I lumberjack em.
 

iknownothink

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Thanks guys, yes I did read about the strains that never amber, I don't think these 2 are that type as they were fairly common strains. The purple and fading started maybe 4 weeks ago and then a week into that the trichombes started to turn cloudy then it was just 3 weeks of no change at all except for the leaves slowly getting browner. I pulled the purple one yesterday and going to pull the other one now to make way for the new girls cheers.
 
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