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Ending the 4th week of flower. Top dressed plants about a week ago. Not planning to feed before harvest. Using recharge 1-2 times per week. Watering every 2-3 days when dry.
I am starting to feel like we are running out of nutes in the soil. Wondering what I can give them to get me through the next week or two when I want them to fade out....
I've got about 3.5 weeks left in flower... any thoughts on a nute I can give them that will fade out that quickly? I mainly use dry ammendments but not against a water-in nute for this. I feel like they have slowed down in growth and in general are fading / have no nutes.
If you have 3.5 weeks left of flower top dress once with half the regular amount of dry amendments you would normally use for a top dressing.
then just water with ph'd water for the rest of the grow.
It will naturally fade out by the end of the grow. and you won't need anything else.
I'm not a big fan of flushing, watering till you have runoff and leaching the soil.
But if you water till you have no run off the plant will easily eat up that half does and start to use up anything it has left in its stores for the rest of the time before harvest
Happy Growing!
After looking at pictures, i'd lean toward senescence and maybe sub 68F temps at night for the red/purple. The autumn colors can also be unrelated to environment and caused by genetics. The green leaves look lush enough in pictures, otherwise. I usually assume they are a tad darker than what they present in pictures under grow lights, too.
The taller plant in back has a bit more fade going on. but might jsut be angle of light in picture.
3.5 weeks left? have you checked trichomes with a scope? Don't take any breeder's advertised flower time as a precise value. it's just a ballpark and some will deviate more greatly than others. trichomes, bud density, coloration/retraction of pistils are all important factors to consider.
Not all plants will cotinue to bulk up. if it's not adding layers of new pistils, it's probably not going to bulk up. Waiting for it to happen can come with its own risks, like an increase chance of hermie... last ditch ever to get knocked up before imminent death. the previous growth keeps aging too.. i'd wager it is somewhate neglected by the plant since it serves no more purpose, like how a lower leaf completely blocked from light will be shed.
I'm questioning how close these plants are to harvest... Based on the breeders recommendation, we would be looking at about 2 more weeks. I am including photos of everything I possibly can, labeled.
Freebie from inhouse: I have no idea what it is but its got crazy frost, trichs on the upper buds are starting to turn amber on it, lower buds show no amber but they do look milky (I think?).
Velvet#1: More yellow than purple like the other two, stacked buds like crazy compared to the other two though. Super frosty. More of a gassy smell to it.
Velvet#2: Definitely fading out nicely, turning a nice hint of purple on all of the tips
Velvet#3: This one has been a little weird to me. It stopped putting on any new weight / buds earlier than the others and really hasn't generated any new pistols or anything in a few weeks. But also seemed to go purple really early on. I don't know if its just got a shorter lifecycle? Trichs on this one seem more amber than the others. I measured runoff to make sure it wasn't some kind of PH problem, runoff was 6.3, watering with 6.2 water.
All in all... I am very happy with the plants so far. I am considering harvesting Velvet #3 but haven't seen any fade on the lower portions of the plant. I've seen some folks have said to harvest just the top buds and let the bottom finish up. I'd prefer not to go that route, I want a nice long dry and to pull these branches off all at once if possible.
Would love anyone's feedback on what they can see from the pictures. I am not by any means impatient! I am more than happy to let these go a little longer if that is what they need. I think most of them can go just a little longer but this is the phase of growing I struggle with.
Flowering / Harvesting feedback - I would love some help determining how close these plants are to harvest. You all have been very helpful for me (A somewhat new grower thats still learning. :) )
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Cheers,
Judging by the looks of it. your upper bud is ready now, its not ready on the lower buds.
Harvest in two half's if you can.
The best tried and true method is by looking at the trichomes. The little frosty bits.
Your want them to be all cloudy with 10-30% amber mixed in on the buds not the sugar leaves.
I prefer a little lighter close to or below 10% but that's just me.
https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/img/cms/Harvest%20Trichomes%20desktop%20EN.jpg
this is a reference for what to look for.
https://www.amazon.ca/Universal-Phone-Camera-Lens-Smartphones/dp/B07C923LVJ/
This is a handy little product to get the close up macro pics you want to determine trichome ripeness if you cant see normally.
A magnifying glass also works.
The Pistils or the white hairs are not a good indicator of when to harvest as they can dry out for many reasons.
Lack of humidity, fan pointed on them, they been aorund to long and new ones are made.
The plant will always have pistils on them so if you want for them to dry you will go past your prime harvest window.
Its also important to note if your plant stretches and lot and is super tall. the top most buds will be ready first and the bottoms will be ready in a week or so.
This is why growers use the SCROG technique to create an even canopy so they all ripen around the same time.
Best Of Luck and Happy Growing.
josepi22
