Week 10 Flowering Question

PubZombie

PubZombie

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Hi RIU, Tomorrow will be the start of week 10 since pre-flower and going 12/12. I haven’t really noticed any changes in the buds since last week. So my question is should I just continue to let them mature/ripen and see how they look in a week? Any help would be appreciated.

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twentyeight.threefive

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PubZombie said:
Hi RIU, Tomorrow will be the start of week 10 since pre-flower and going 12/12. I haven’t really noticed any changes in the buds since last week. So my question is should I just continue to let them mature/ripen and see how they look in a week? Any help would be appreciated.

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You probably have a good 3 weeks left.
 
hotrodharley

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PubZombie said:
Hi RIU, Tomorrow will be the start of week 10 since pre-flower and going 12/12. I haven’t really noticed any changes in the buds since last week. So my question is should I just continue to let them mature/ripen and see how they look in a week? Any help would be appreciated.

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Scope those trichomes. A cheap 20X loupe is all you need. Less than $5 on Amazon
 
PubZombie

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Thanks! Good to know it could be a couple more weeks. I do have a 21.5x loupe. I’ll be using it more now.
 
PubZombie

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Here’s an updated photo at week 11, day 3 of flowering. The size and density of the buds have not changed in the last 10 days. The pistils have all turned amber and the trichomes on the sugar leaves and calyx are about 90 to 95% cloudy.

I’m planning to give them 36 hours of darkness starting tonight and will chop Wednesday morning. The primary reason for giving them 36 hours of darkness is to see ( actually smell] if there is an increase in terpene production. I’m not concerned about last minutes TCH production.

So I’m going to harvest in about 2 days unless someone presents a good argument to wait. 23B24DDE-162A-4731-9F21-0E555D859506.jpeg
 
Failmore

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36 hours of darkness will only save on energy. Does nothing for the plant really. Change takes time.

If you want to harvest you can go ahead and harvest. They look a little stressed and will probably take a long..long time to finish finish.

If your thinking they don't smell enough. I would look at the issues that caused the stress. Stressed weed does not give out an amazing aroma.

The calyx don't look very swollen in your pics. But I'm not sure giving it more time will help.
 
twentyeight.threefive

twentyeight.threefive

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PubZombie said:
Here’s an updated photo at week 11, day 3 of flowering. The size and density of the buds have not changed in the last 10 days. The pistils have all turned amber and the trichomes on the sugar leaves and calyx are about 90 to 95% cloudy.

I’m planning to give them 36 hours of darkness starting tonight and will chop Wednesday morning. The primary reason for giving them 36 hours of darkness is to see ( actually smell] if there is an increase in terpene production. I’m not concerned about last minutes TCH production.

So I’m going to harvest in about 2 days unless someone presents a good argument to wait. View attachment 4971692
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Still not ready yet. Despite the pistils being orange they shouldn't be sticking out like that. When they are ready they curl back in towards the calyx. The calyx will also swell. Feel free to chop whenever you want but you'll only be robbing yourself. GL
 
PubZombie

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Failmore said:
36 hours of darkness will only save on energy. Does nothing for the plant really. Change takes time.

If you want to harvest you can go ahead and harvest. They look a little stressed and will probably take a long..long time to finish finish.

If your thinking they don't smell enough. I would look at the issues that caused the stress. Stressed weed does not give out an amazing aroma.

The calyx don't look very swollen in your pics. But I'm not sure giving it more time will help.
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I think you are right, they were stressed and I don’t think letting them cook for another week or two will make a difference. As mentioned, I haven’t seen any real growth in at least 10 days, but really more than two weeks.

As for the cause of the stress, it really started early on but I will spare you all the details. This was just an indoor test grow while I was gathering everything needed for my tent. So essentially, my first indoor grow with LED lights. A little bit of a learning curve from growing outdoors!

Im looking forward to my next all organic living soil grow… Soon!

Thanks for the insight…
 
Failmore

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PubZombie said:
I think you are right, they were stressed and I don’t think letting them cook for another week or two will make a difference. As mentioned, I haven’t seen any real growth in at least 10 days, but really more than two weeks.

As for the cause of the stress, it really started early on but I will spare you all the details. This was just an indoor test grow while I was gathering everything needed for my tent. So essentially, my first indoor grow with LED lights. A little bit of a learning curve from growing outdoors!

Im looking forward to my next all organic living soil grow… Soon!

Thanks for the insight…
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My first adventure with led i had the dial up to hi. Led can put out a lot of light. It may not look like to much but the plant will slowly yellow and will show up as problems when in reality it is to much light.

I have to run mine with the dial as low as it goes. Anything higher and I stay to yellow. This is my first led run so I'm still working out the kinks. Ill probably raise the light way up and crank it for flower.
 
PubZombie

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twentyeight.threefive said:
Still not ready yet. Despite the pistils being orange they shouldn't be sticking out like that. When they are ready they curl back in towards the calyx. The calyx will also swell. Feel free to chop whenever you want but you'll only be robbing yourself. GL
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I definitely agree with your assessment. I should have mentioned that I have two other plants and their pistils are curled back. Nevertheless, these plants were stressed and I don’t think there is much to gain letting them go longer in terms of improving taste and smell.

This first indoor grow experiment was fun and learned a lot.

Thanks for your help.
 
PubZombie

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Failmore said:
My first adventure with led i had the dial up to hi. Led can put out a lot of light. It may not look like to much but the plant will slowly yellow and will show up as problems when in reality it is to much light.

I have to run mine with the dial as low as it goes. Anything higher and I stay to yellow. This is my first led run so I'm still working out the kinks. Ill probably raise the light way up and crank it for flower.
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That got me for sure! It took me several weeks to figure out light height and brightness. Plus, I had three separate LED panels so I was getting hot spots. More is not always better! I’m only using two panels now and have them spaced out to provide an even canopy in my 2x4 tent. I did buy a light meter to help with that.

Lots to learn…
 
Failmore

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PubZombie said:
That got me for sure! It took me several weeks to figure out light height and brightness. Plus, I had three separate LED panels so I was getting hot spots. More is not always better! I’m only using two panels now and have them spaced out to provide an even canopy in my 2x4 tent. I did buy a light meter to help with that.

Lots to learn…
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Lol 3 panels in a 2x4. How did all that fit. I got a timber cypress 4 in my 2x4 now. Had a 600 hps before, which was to much light and to much heat.

First run with the led so see how it goes. The hps spectrum would cause the plants to stretch like mad.
 
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