Opinions: How many more days, Critical Jack, quality bud shots.

How many more days do you think I should give this Critical Jack plant? First time growing it really don't wanna cut too early (or too late for that matter) but I am thinking it's getting there plus I don't want 50/50 amber/cloudy or anything maybe half that ratio. You can see some starting to turn and already turned amber in the closeup but I still feel like I have growth going right now and want the most swell I can get without compromising.

This is Day 56

Go another 2 weeks... Imo

Thanks for your input! Originally I was thinking of going 65-70 days on this, 70 days would be exactly 2 weeks from now but felt like it was starting to move along quicker. I'll feel it out a bit longer and see how she progresses, I definitely would like to get a bit more swelling out of it if possible but don't want to harvest with too many amber trichs (a few though)

You are close. Looks great too. I have a Cr. jack about a week into flower. Something to look forward to. I would say within a week if you don't want couch lock. 2 weeks if you want more of a narcotic effect.

Thanks for the input as well!

I'll probably post updates photos periodically in here too, I keep a journal but seems like toward harvest time this thread may prove to be helpful to me.

Either way, start feeding it just plain water soon .. Very soon. And yes... It will swell more. Prob witnhin the next 2 weeks

I'm feeding it about 400ppm (combined) of FloraBloom (diluted dose), Dry KoolBloom (slightly diluted dose) and Floranectar (standard dose) right now (down from 1200-1300ppm) I don't think I am going to completely starve it and do a straight water flush but I have backed waaaaaay down on my nutrients and removed the Micro so there's less N. I flushed my last few plants so I am trying this to see what kind of a difference it makes if any, the more I read on the debate the more I don't like the idea of completely starving the plant during the swelling phase but I do like to feed extremely light.

I have done overnights of Florakleen recently to clear up the rootmass and flush away salts plus I have changed the buckets quite frequently but will continue to taper down the ppm's a bit until it's next to nothing at the very end.

Today at Day 58, more in my grow journal.

I concur with the above suggestions, start with straight h2O and a couple more weeks....looks great though, nice grow !!!!

Thanks, I'm loving this plant... Premature buds hardly even dry actually taste great too I had a few small branches drooping last week.

i am trying things out though, I just fed again instead of going to nothing I am going to let the plant eat off this next day or two during swell then backing way down. It's been moderate feed lately already but I just gave them 820ppm this last time after a quick rinse in clearing solution again.

ill report on the smoke not using a conventional flush technique honestly so people will know how it worked. If it turns out bad and tastes like ass, I'll be honest about it because I am testing the theory of feeding when it needs it most instead of my usual flush. They will get a day or two of nothing that's it.

That's what it's all about, your plant, your tastes, your experience. There's as many opinions on flushing as there are growers. I'd throw some molasses in those last few waterings.....or not.....

greenlikemoney said:

That's what it's all about, your plant, your tastes, your experience. There's as many opinions on flushing as there are growers. I'd throw some molasses in those last few waterings.....or not.....

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i have been using a molasses product the past couple weeks and my final waterings will be nothing but. I am using flora nectar which has molasses so I am totally into that idea. My final few days will be really mild, this was the last big feeding and still reasonable compared to the 1200-1400 I usually do.

Any updates?

Yeah, I ended up finding seeds in some buds but noticed no signs of Hermes until chopping so I chopped it early on Friday... Sucks but hoping only half is seeded, looks like a big yield for 1 plant too bad half is confirmed ruined and seedy. I have lots of critical jack seeds which is kind of cool.