I acquired outdoor plants about 2 weeks ago. They had been flowering for about a month and were forced into an indoor environment, along with my vegging plants, on an 18/6 cycle and haven't done much since. It's hard to know if they're ready to harvest. The buds are puny (but so are the plants) and they have red hairs all over. Are there any other telltale signs? And is it better to harvest a week or two early or late?
Thanks.
That depends on the type of buzz you like. Early will give you more of a heady high while later will give you more CBNs, so more of a couchlock buzz.
For proper flowering, you should really have a 12/12 light cycle, 12 hours of light or less induces flowering. The exceptions are the auto-flowering low ryders. The plant is probably a bit confused and stressed from the change to 18/6.
You do have a fair amount of red hairs but can you get a closer/clearer picture?
EDIT: Can you seperate this pant and put it back into the proper light cycle? Putting it back into vegging at this point might cause problems. Could turn hermie.