whats the absolute longest i want to let my plant go?

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trizack

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ok so, started soil, with random bag seed, so i'm not sure the strain

she was started from seed august 24, veg for 4 weeks, sept 21 started 12/12

so at the moment she is 80 days in flowering, and still her buds are getting fatter and prettier and more crystaly etc.

and they just as of the last 5 days started growing multiple heads on every bud

i have a 45x loop, and look at the tricomes everyday, but they still seem to be clear to me, or at the very most a little cloudy.

hairs are about 30-50% red.

1 plant under 600w of cfls (6 100W bulbs)


EDIT: oh also this plant took somewhere from 3 to 4 weeks after going 12/12 to show sex and start flower, i don't know when i should have started the count of days in flowering, from the day they go 12/12 or from the day they show sex

so, whats the absolute maximum length i want to go? i'm just not sure how long i go before i just have to chop down.

all the leaves are still reasonably green and not really yellow or falling off at all. and as i said, the buds are getting fatter and prettier every day.


thanks for the help!!!

EDIT: borrowed a camera.... check it out
 

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genuity

genuity

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trizack said:
ok so, started soil, with random bag seed, so i'm not sure the strain

she was started from seed august 24, veg for 4 weeks, sept 21 started 12/12

so at the moment she is 80 days in flowering, and still her buds are getting fatter and prettier and more crystaly etc.

and they just as of the last 5 days started growing multiple heads on every bud

i have a 45x loop, and look at the tricomes everyday, but they still seem to be clear to me, or at the very most a little cloudy.

hairs are about 30-50% red.

1 plant under 600w of cfls (6 100W bulbs)


so, whats the absolute maximum length i want to go? i'm just not sure how long i go before i just have to chop down.

all the leaves are still reasonably green and not really yellow or falling off at all. and as i said, the buds are getting fatter and prettier every day.


thanks for the help!!!
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trizack

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crazytrain14 said:
what you called multiple heads is called "foxtails" plant looks real dank bro

peace
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thank you, i knew they had to have a name, but i couldn't even describe it enough to look it up lol.

i just read that zues's guide to harvesting that just popped up recently, i didn't know the hairs would receed into the bud, so i gotta wait at least a bit till that happens, right?
 
Schmarmpit

Schmarmpit

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Not all of the hairs will recede into the bud. Some of yours already have, and that is a sign of the end of flowering cycle--along with the foxtailing. It looks like you could go 1-2 weeks more without worry. Your plant probably has some sativa qualities and the budding could take a while to finish because of it. Keep an eye on those trichomes. I would start sampling small pieces at this point and see if you like the high. Just cut a small piece and leave it dry for a few days.
 
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trizack

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well i defintly know i want this plant to give me the most couch lock i can get. i decided i want to just save her for joints before bed to put me to sleep. so i am going to want to leave her as long as possible right?


how do i know when i went or am about to go too long? i read that the thc loses its potency at that point. i want to harvest it right before then so it will knock me out.

these seeds came from dirt weed, stems and seeds weed, (maybe $200 an ounce) a few years ago, so i guess just treating the ladies right does wonders!
 
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genuity

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Peak Floral Stage

Elongation growth of the main floral stem ceases at this stage, and floral clusters gain most of their size through the addition of more calyxes along the secondary stems until they cover the primary stem tips in an overlapping spiral. Small reduced mono-leaflet and tri-leaflet leaves subtend each pair of calyxes emerging from secondary stems within the floral clusters. These subtending leaves are correctly referred to as bracts. Outer leaves begin to wilt and turn yellow as the pistillate plant reaches its reproductive peak. In the primordial calyxes the pistils have turned brown; however, all but the oldest of the flowers are fertile and the floral clusters are white with many pairs of ripe pistils. Resin secretion is quite advanced in some of the older infertile calyxes, and the young pistillate calyxes are rapidly producing capitate-stalked glandular trichomes to protect the precious unfertilized ovule. Under wild conditions the pistillate plant would be starting to form seeds and the cycle would be drawing to a close. When Cannabis is grown for sinsemilla floral production, the cycle is interrupted. Pistillate plants remain unfertilized and begin to produce capitate -stalked trichomes and accumulate resins in a last effort to remain viable. Since capitate-stalked trichomes now predominate, resin and THC production increase. The elevated resin heads appear clear, since fresh resin is still being secreted, often being produced in the cellular head of the trichome. At this time THC acid production is at a peak and CBD acid levels remain stable as the molecules are rapidly converted to THC acids, THC acid synthesis has not been active long enough for a high level of CBN acid to build up from the degradation of THC acid by light and heat. Terpene production is also nearing a peak and the floral clusters are beautifully aromatic. Many cultivators prefer to pick some of their strains during this stage in order to produce marijuana with a clear, cerebral, psychoactive effect. It is believed that, in peak floral clusters, the low levels of CBD and CBN allow the high level of THC to act without their sedative effects. Also, little polymerization of resins has occurred, so aromas and tastes are often less resinous and tar like than at later stages. Many strains, if they are harvested in the peak floral stage, lack the completely developed aroma, taste and psychoactive level that appear after curing. Cultivators wait longer for the resins to mature if a different taste and psychoactive effect is desired.

This is the point of optimum harvest for some strains, since most additional calyx growth has ceased. However, a subsequent flush of new calyx growth may occur and the plant continue ripening into the late floral stage
 
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d3thr0w

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nice cfl grow man props but idk what you mean by no yellowing leafs...lol you got a bunch of fan leafs i would pull off of that
 
FatSalad

FatSalad

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I think you should wait 3 more weeks. Here is why.... because the smoke will be better. I think.
Ima let this girl go for 3-4 more weeks.
 

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