Hello growers! Growing auto blue amnesia . Needed some advice on harvesting. Its mid week 9, and I think week 4 of flower. Gave them 20/4 light till 7 weeks then had to shift to 12/12 as other pheno were getting big. How long should I flower them more.?
@Growmore short answer atleast 2 more weeks but the easiest way you can judge your plants maturity at home
is to use a handheld magnifier like jewellers use about 30x magnification should be ok.
Now you want to study the buds looking at the trichome glands. What you are aiming for is the triches to have changed from clear to clouded with atleast 20% of them progressed to an amber colour. Once you are at this stage you are very close to the optimum harvest time so once you are at that stage i would do a flush then leave the girls in the dark for 24 hour before the finalchop I hope this answers the question and I would to congratulate you on a job well done those plants look great
Best (only?) way to tell is the trichomes through a microscope , but usually with high yielding autos you're looking at a harvest between weeks 12 and 15 👊🏻
@CRiSPrGrow,Thank you for the reply, hope that helps. Actually wanted to know since I shifted light cycle to 12/12 for this auto run, will it mature little later than iI would have kept her on 20/4? If I flower her more days than I would normally have with 20/4, will it lead to depletion in potency?
Thank you for the reply, hope that helps. Actually wanted to know since I shifted light cycle to 12/12 for this auto run, will it mature little later than iI would have kept her on 20/4? If I flower her more days than I would normally have with 20/4, will it lead to depletion in potency?