I think this plant could have gone a bit longer but I picked several little caterpillars off her today and was also worried about her getting heat stressed. She's nice and frosty and smells amazing.
Do I really need to write this again? These are nice gentle fertilizers that are advertised as organic. If they really aren't, there's not much I can do about that.
She started getting attacked by little caterpillars so I decided to chop today. Also started developing a bunch of new white hairs so I don't know if it was heat-related or what. Got to the point where I wondered what, if any, benefit there would be to letting her go another 3-10 more days.
Nice diary and photos. As for your comment about letting the plant go an extra 3-10 days would be an increase in weight. I've harvested over 30+ autoflower strains and messed around harvesting between days (72-120). The longer I waited to chop, it was ALWAYS a weight increase. Sometimes up to 15-25% extra total plant weight. The plants REALLY bulk up the last few weeks. They suck all the nutrients out of their leaves and put them into the buds. The biggest thing to watch for are the trichromes. And that comes down to personal preference, whether people want more of a sativa high or indica/couch lock high.
@Dabking, thanks for the input. To me the hardest part about growing is having the patience to let them fully finish. No regrets about this grow though.