Staggered Harvest

JN811

JN811

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Since there is not a lot of information on staggered harvests so I figured Id document mine.

I decided to stagger my harvest because my plants were 4 feet tall and 400 watt hps to grow them which hardly pierced throughthe vegetation. The top buds were ripe while the lower ones were still immature. Today I cut off one of the tops on my Nirvana's Ice plants. The cola was blocking the lower buds light and weighing the entire plant down.
I plan to take pics thoughout so I can see the growth throughout the month. So I will drop the lights for a week or so and then post more pics. I will post some more pics tomorrow when my lights turn back on.





 
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JN811

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greensister said:
Pretty cool. Does this stunt the growth of the rest of the plant by a week or so?
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Green Cross says it doesnt. I just did it last night so we'll see but I doubt there will be too much negative effect considering Ice is a strong grower. I only cut the top half of the main cola so far so I think the shock will be minimal. When I cut the rest of the tops I think it may shock her, I guess we'll see.. I will post a lot of pics so you can be the judge ;)
 
inval

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I'm doing this now too with a 16 light grow using a chemdogXOGkushXMaui cross. I reduced the temperature a little and the lower buds are turning purple as well as improving in quality. Not a tremendous increase in size though.
 
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JN811

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inval said:
I'm doing this now too with a 16 light grow using a chemdogXOGkushXMaui cross. I reduced the temperature a little and the lower buds are turning purple as well as improving in quality. Not a tremendous increase in size though.
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with 16 lights there really shouldnt be much reason to do it. I think its mainly benificial for people who are using hps or mh and have tall plants or doing scrog. I dont expect a huge increase in size of lower buds, just for them to grow a bit and become ripe.
 
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JN811

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at 50 dry grams now, Im thinking I will harvest the rest in about a week or so..
 
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joedubs

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JN811 said:
at 50 dry grams now, Im thinking I will harvest the rest in about a week or so..
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Hi, I'm probably about to do the same thing as the rest of you guys w/ the staggered harvest, my only concern is that I wanted to take the tops off and go another week w/ the rest to let them ripen up, but if i want to stagger till next week, do i have to stagger my flush too? not sure what the common practice is. will the flush take too much out of the other plants that they won't have enough to go another week? any advice is greatly appreciated.
 
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JN811

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sorry forgot to update, buds seemed to ripen but not grow in any significant size after chopping the first two harvest.. Over 100 grams dry between the both under 400 watt, I flushed before harvesting any but I think between flushing and cutting off branches it did incure a bit of shock




 
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joedubs said:
Hi, I'm probably about to do the same thing as the rest of you guys w/ the staggered harvest, my only concern is that I wanted to take the tops off and go another week w/ the rest to let them ripen up, but if i want to stagger till next week, do i have to stagger my flush too? not sure what the common practice is. will the flush take too much out of the other plants that they won't have enough to go another week? any advice is greatly appreciated.
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nah I would only flush once, twice at the most before doing any cutting. The plants should have enough nutrients to live and grow a while after flushing.
 
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