I was hoping to harvest these around day 78-79 but the trichomes tell me to keep on truckin! We're feeding them just a flush additive and hoping to harvest around day 85-86 but we'll wait and see. Leaves are fading nice as we approach the finish line.
@Sgtoso,
Thanks day one of week 8 is actually this wensday , I seem too be working a week in advance as it's easier for me as I make up my feed bucket in advance hence why no pics on this week yet , so I pray they will fill out ,
@LockDownGrow, Thanks for stopping by bro! It looks like mine started flowering a week sooner than yours. I wouldn't sweat it too much if they catch up next week!. You've got a lot of nice tops on your girl so it should still bloom out nice! Peace
Ahhh hell yeah brotha !!!! Look at them now such beauty !!! Im happy for you bro keep up the good work and best of luck on your future runs !!
-Happy Growing!
@LockDownGrow, I'm assuming you are referring to autoflowers because I do defoliate differently for photoperiod strains.
With an autoflower strain I don't take off any fan leaves until after a week or two of flowering. What I do is stand over the plant and look down through the canopy. What I'm looking for are large fan leaves that are blocking lower bud sites. While rotating the plant 90 degrees, I'll strategically remove some of the leaves while I'll tuck others below a bud site. If I topped the plant I'll remove the fan leaves that point towards the center of the pot as these are most likely to interfere with the other flower sites.
You'll want to remove them sparingly. Think of the fan leaves as solar panels absorbing the energy from the sun. If you take too many off the growth will be stunted. I would recommend removing one or two a day as needed over the course of a couple of weeks.
Finally, I'll remove these leaves at the base of the fan leaf as opposed to next to the stalk. The fan leaf stalk will dry up and fall off on its own while causing minimal stress to the plant.
Sometimes I'll have to lollipop. Look at my Stardawg auto grow. Those plants have way too many fan leaves. Lollipopping is removing all of the lower growth that will never amount to anything.
Good luck and happy growing!
Looks good brotha ! Im excited for mine to look like that haha :D :D I just planted some GSC and some Dark Devil Auto looking forward for my room to stank of the dank dank again :P :)
-Happy Growing!
@The_Projexx, Thanks for the stopping by and the compliments! I'm sure you're going to love growing these. Nice stalk formations, node spacing is decent and the flower development is on point.
Yay !! New seedlings !! This strain is part of my next grow , keep up the good work my friend ! remember when they are young less is more ! :)
-Happy Growing!