Nope, not very much you can do at this point to speed things up. Shortening the daylight time will only decrease amount of THC produced. IIWY I'd cut them at the base at the last possible moment, and hang them whole. When you come back they will be ready for manicuring and curing.

HTH

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Capital idea potroast! Let them dry on the stalk so the buds can soak up the reminants of nutrients from it.

yup it really does work with 8 hours, but just remember less light - less heat - less WATER dont water before bed or theyll be wet for the next 16 hours mold and so on.... just observe for the first few days then make minor adjustments, mine are flowering niceley, although i might have to do it in two harvests a week apart so the little buds grow a bit longer.
cheers.

Hey Joe,
You said 8 hours of daylight, I said no, 12 hours. So you reply with 8 hours.

I'll go to my backup. This is from Marijuana Botany, by Dr. Robert C. Clarke.


Rob Clarke sez:
Actually, providing plants with fewer hours of daylight than 12 during flowering will cause the plant to have less THC, but I guess that "it really does work."

Back to you, Joe.

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sorry must have missed something any way i was giving you an alternitave to quicken the flowering(as you are in a hurry) i started with 12 hours for about 3-4 weeks then 10 now 8 for final week. i dont think this will lower thc so much just lessen a little of the yield.not a bad thing if your in a hurry and gonna loose it alll.

potroast - thats a good call on cutting them at the base, do you think it would help if i took it a step further and just hung them upside down with the roots and everything?

farmer joe- ive been gradually decreasing the time and im at about 10 hrs im going to keep lowering it until i get to about 9 .

thanks for all the help guys

IMHO i would put a lock on my door and call my landlord and say you are fuming it or something. If i were you, i would start looking for ways to keep your landlord out of your house while your gone, which he shouldnt go in anyway unless you gave him the OK. Yes its his building, but you are renting it (im assuming.) You didnt plan on taking this bud with you on Spring Break did you??? If so, just go buy a bag of dank bud and tell your buds you grew it and let your ladies finish there growing =D.

Actually the potency will be fine, Sativa plants are ment to be cut short for the uplifting high... and if its Indica... he will have a more uplifting high(head high)which feels like sativa he wont get the true indica couch lock... wont be as much cystal or thc but he will still get high... if it were eny earilier it would be ass, but its a week off so it will still be decent, i dont advise it but he can do what he wants.

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and scrappin' a lot,
You'd best shy away
if you're scrappin' a Scot.
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well, some weird stuff has been happening lately, both plants look good, but very different. the bigger plant looks like i envisioned it, bushy with a ton of pistils everywhere (mostly still white) and starting to fill out nicely. on the other hand, the smaller plant's pistils have gone almost completely red and are very sparse on the buds. the buds are taller and skinnier and more visible on the smaller plant due to the lack of pistils. this may be due to the fact that i pruned alot more on the smaller plant because a bunch of leaves were dying due to heat stress (i think). anyone have any ideas?

Fewer leaves on the plant will mean fewer buds growing. If you remove leaves, or if leaves are damaged, then you will have less bud.

The leaves are the solar panels. They need the light for the plant to grow buds.

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