5) FastBuds / Green Crack Auto - 2nd Try

White pistils were still sticking out in many places as the week began. But most of them pistils round the plant had turned orange by now. Orange pistils were sticking out and curly now. There was clearly still time. At least Day 91 harvest - if not Day 98. Wasn't even bothering with checking trichs yet. Some of the leaves were changing weird colors. Autumn had entered my grow tent? It looked beautiful. I was hoping that it wasn't a sign of something bad. Prolly not. It usually isn't is what I've learned by now. I took a peek at her trichomes for the first time on the morning of Day 82. I found a surprisingly high amount of cloudy. We were not far now. On Day 82, my estimation was that she would be harvested between days 91 and 95. But the yellowing of the leaves (flushing had not begun, mind you) and her trichome progression would be monitored in order to see if harvest day adjustments needed to be made. She was looking real pretty as Green Crack, that alien strain, tends to look. Green Crack is very photogenic. Beautiful Alien. Checked trichs again before the week ended. I decided that instead of deciding whether a trichome was cloudy or not, I needed to start focusing on more whether or not I could see general degradation of the full trichome. In other words, if the trichomes don't look plasticky yet, then she ain't done. You can see amber trichs on the very tips of some of the leaves coming out of the bud, but I don't pay attention to them. I like looking at the body of the bud for status. And at this time, the trichs were still quite healthy looking. Harvest was not immminent. My Harvest DAy target was still Day 95. As for pistils, many of the white pistils you could see around the plant were now curling in on Day 84. Though there were some stubborn ones still that were straight out. Getting mixed signals from the plant, I guess? She wasn't foxtailing anywhere. She was just stacking buds. Well, patience and humility is the way of the farmer, and I guess there was nothing I could do but continue to wait and monitor the situation. I'd like to thank @Mr_Weeds_Autos @BlackPlague @iLoveGoodWeed and @Jmaninthemidde420 for helping me out with my concerns about the yellowing of the leaves so late in flower. They all let me know it was normal, which informed as much as it soothed. Thanks so much! I hadn't had that happen before. Now this all feels like a rite pf passage! Ha! 😊👍 Have a great grow day! Have a great grow day.