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Its showing signs of the plant pulling the good stuff out of the leaves and I think we are getting some cloudy trichomes, no more feeding now just water and hopefully I can get this harvested in a week or two.
I can't tell which leaf that is... a new one? an old one? If it's only one leaf and it doesn't spread, I wouldn't worry too much about it, especially if it's one of the first leaves the plant grew... And no, you haven't started your nutes too early - probably just about right!
Don't worry that this plant isn't performing the way others have... each strain is different and even each seed within the same strain can be different. It sounds to me like you are really "reading" your plants and doing a good job of it! I will tell you, though, that I fall into the same trap thinking "oh, these plants are SO tiny, they will never get as big as (fill in the blank)" ... Don't worry - you're doing really well!
Good luck!
Afghani #1 - No photo but I have just found a single male flower, a small yellow banana shaped thing that puffed out a little cloud of pollen when I poked it. I think this means its time to harvest before it decides to start putting energy into seed.
The plant in above photo is about 7-10days overgrown imo...reason why I think this is the lengthy foxtail on the top that is incheslonger than the main bud...leaving them this long will weaken the smokes THC so that all you really get is a thwack in the head stoning, dry mouth and eyes and sometimes even couch lock although that mostly happens for big bad ass Indicas (Indica- In Da Couch).
In short I wouldn't leave it this long, it will stop the plants getting to a stage where they feel they need to produce bananas to complete their life cycle and create seeds. Its a sign of stress or the stress of reaching the end of its natural cycle.
Have you got any Macro pics so we can see the Thrichomes? My guess is they are around 80% amber...maybe even more...another sign it has been left too long. I really hope that helps and wish you the stickiest of buds!
I have a small monkey fan and the extractor turned on with a tent vent open for airflow but I'm currently getting 70% Humidity. The whole trimmed plant is hanging in the tent. Would I be better chopping up the plant and paper-bag drying it instead?
Thanks guys, no dehumidifier just the extractor fan and Monkey fan for air movement. Its weird warm damp weather here in the UK.
I might be best chopping the branches off then and drying somewhere else, that will give me an excuse to do a full clean of the tent ready for the next grow.
If you already have a dehumidifier, trim all the shade leaves off of the plant. Only leave nuggets and sugar leaves.
If that doesn't drop the relative humidity enough, cut all of the branches off of the trunk and hang them.
Good luck!
And btw, I assume you have a dehumidifier going... but all you have to do is lower that humidity to 60%... ideal drying conditions are 60F and 60% humidity...
@GrowingGrannie, Thanks, I'm getting there. Learning more each time I read peoples Diaries and questions on here. I've recently bought an extraction Fan and Filter which I hope to get hooked up this week partly for airflow which I hope keeps the humidity down and partly for keeping smells in check. I might give some CANNA PK13/14 a go on my next grow at budding time.
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