I know I am nearing the end of this journey, that ...

the strain is important as sativa tend to continually grow where indica can stop start. i count the growth spurts in bud 3 - 4 over 8 weeks and the crystals have 3 phases 1 cloudy 2 clear 3 brown you want phase 1 to be brown, phase 2 to be clear and phase 3 to be cloudy or clear. what prevents bloom from phase 1 to 2 to 3 is stress or particles landing on the pistols triggering empty seed but 1 follows 2 follows 3 so if triggered durring 1 it will never reach 2 or 3. what you end up with is phase 1 blooming for 8 weeks. this is important as 3 phases brown adds yield but at the expense of thc and strength. thats why growers use microscopes.

Hey NF, you've still got a solid month maybe more before you want to harvest my friend, I had to do a double take on your text because I thought you said you were going to "partially harvest" to get light to the lower parts of the plant. If you mean you're going to cut the top of your main cola off to get lights to the lower bud spots, that's not a good idea. This plant will get much much fatter, it's not close to ripe yet - dont cut it in half 😂

It still has some fattening up to do. The calyxes have to swell yet. Let the plant be.