We are so close to harvest! The king bud is unbelievably thick and heavy, so much so that I have to use extra straps/rope to hold the plant up, or it will fall.
Senescence is hitting this plant hard, since we started tapering down the nutrients we were giving it due to the late Nitrogen toxicity we experienced. Not to worry, though. This is a normal process of the plant growing and (although you won’t see this on many influencer’s grows, is absolutely to be expected). The plant is signaling to us that it is reaching the end of its life cycle and is now pulling nutrients from the leaves and rest of the plant to push further to maximize flower development.
We have continued the 10/10/2.5 feeding schedule that we started post-flush, and will sustain that throughout the remainder of the life cycle? Which I only expect to be another 1.5-2 weeks at this point.
One interesting quirk I have noticed is that these flowers are turning slightly purple! This is not a phenotype I expected, and certainly not one that was advertised, but i don’t mind.