Auto Orange Bud - Organic Outdoor

Last week was the last feed. I felt I may have to harvest early. When it comes to deciding when to harvest, there are ideals like trichome colour among other things, but when I start seeing too much powdery mildew or bud rot, I start polishing my scissors. The mildew returned hard and fast, so I did a major defoliation and sprayed again with an organic fungicide in the beginning of the week. It held back the mildew for a few days, but it's very aggressive this time of year with our warm days and cool nights - and comes back quickly. Chop time it is! I havested the majority of the upper part of the plant, leaving just the 2 bottom branches that had under-developed buds. Keen to see what becomes of those. So that's it for now - I'll have more info for you guys in my harvest week. The citrus is insanely strong with this. Every time I handle the plant I smell like an orange. 🍊😜 I washed the buds for this grow because of the presence of powdery mildew. I dipped the buds in 4 stages - h202, lemon juice/bicarb, water, water. They still smell great and look bright and clean. I don't often wash buds, but I had a nice reminder of how fresh they come out and might do it more often. See you in harvest week!