fresh into 5 weeks flowering, advice?

xxacehighxx · Apr 10, 2009

sup dudes and dudettes. my plants just entered the 5th week of flowering today. i have resituated all of my lights onto the parts of the plant that look they they need to do the most growing. i have sufficient lighting, but you can tell from my pics i could use a couple more lights.

basically i am posting this so all you RIU experts can help me figure out how many weeks i have left, about what i should expect to yield, if it needs a flush, and any other advice you can offer.

here are the details:

lighting- (all cfl)
2 x 300
2 x 42
4 x 23
2 x 13

nutes- (per gallon)
2 1/2 tsp tiger bloom per gallon almost every watering, cutting down to every other watering
1 tsp domino organic sugar

i also plan on starting foliar feeding with the tiger bloom. i use a large oscillating fan for ventilation in my closet. i have moved my 300's from the tops of my plants to the sides to help the whole cola connect, as well as help the lower buds fatten up. :weed:

lehua96734 · Apr 10, 2009

what are you growing? looks like somekind of auto. Nice lights. maybe another 5 weeks or so. I harvested my autos 2 weeks ago. wish I had more seeds cause the smoke is sweet!! good luck, aloha

xxacehighxx · Apr 10, 2009

they are actually bagseed. i thought they were indica dom, but now that they are flowering a lot of sativa characteristics are coming out. i am expecting 3 weeks until harvest.

what auto's have you grown? i am waiting to order some, i cant decide between the diesel and ak-47 riders. a 9 week harvest would be where its at.

Jerry Garcia · Apr 10, 2009

I wouldn't recommend foliar feeding at all this late in the game! You don't want to facilitate growth of mold or bud rot!

Also, why are you cutting down on nutes as you go along? Keep them the same strength until the last 2 weeks and then flush with water--don't rob them of nutes yet!

Otherwise, looks good!

xxacehighxx · Apr 10, 2009

thanks for the help i repped you my dead head friend. how long til you think its done. i was thinking 3 weeks, it is really triched out and has a lot of orange on the hairs now. cola is almost fully connected.

Jerry Garcia · Apr 11, 2009

xxacehighxx said:
thanks for the help i repped you my dead head friend. how long til you think its done. i was thinking 3 weeks, it is really triched out and has a lot of orange on the hairs now. cola is almost fully connected.

I'd say ~3 weeks at least--do you have a scope? That's really the only way to know for sure (you want most of the trichomes to be cloudy/amber depending on type of high you're looking for--cloudy=more uppity high, amber=more couchlock stone...or 50/50 for a nice mix!)

BongJuice · Apr 11, 2009

Definitely get yourself a scope, It's a must have for any juana garden.
I count the weeks of growth, when it comes to how much nutes I should be giving. But as far as time to harvest, I look at the the trichs to know when to harvest.
You have a 5-10 day window to harvest when your bud is at peak THC content, It will start to decrese after the window is closed.

If your plants are showing sativa characteristics, then it could be very well possible that you have 4-5 weeks to go.
Sativas generally take longer.

As far as foliar feeding, I only foliar feed once a week when it's needed, and I only do it 2 hours before the lights come on.

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