Buds are falling over near harvest - oH MY

Well I'm within 1 week of my chop date which will put me at approximately 9 weeks of flower time and I'm stressing a bit. I've got buds falling over themselves and every single day I have to break out the zip ties and bunch branches together to keep them upright. I've also began using gardening stakes to hold up some of the larger buds so they don't topple over. I think for future grows, I'll use those gardening rings that spread the branches out...an absolute must have if growing in soil in my opinion.

I've noticed now that I'm in week 7, buds are bulking up more than ever....especially the pop corn nugs near the bottom of the plant. I at first feared that my lower branches would be too under developed to harvest but in the last week, the buds are blowing up in size and frosting over mad crazy. I rubbed one of them between my fingers and all you could feel was sticky icky goodness.....I'll try just drying them and smoking them but I may wind up just dry ice hashing them up.

Exciting times here! Can't wait to show y'all my harvest pics after drying.....I won't double post my pics here but if you all are interested in seeing where I'm at with pics, you can scope them out here on my journal thread.


GO MICHIGAN!!!!

It is awesome when the bud weighs so much the plant can't handle it. I just checked out your pics, Good Job!

This is why I use tomato cages, give them a try in your next grow.