Help with first grow- not sure when to harvest autoflower

Hi, I am not sure when to harvest my plant. I bought a jewelers loupe to look at the trichomes, but they are still 90% clear. On top of that, there seems to be new white pistils growing on the plant. That said, most of the fan leaves have yellowed and fallen and the plant is starting to look pretty beat up. Did I way too long? Any and all help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

What light using?

Growthspirt92 said:

What light using?

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1000 watt LED

How many days since they started to flower? What does the breeder say it should take? Doesn't look like you have a lot of amber trichs, and you still have white hairs. I chop after no more white hairs, but you could wait until you get some amber trichs.

warble said:

How many days since they started to flower? What does the breeder say it should take? Doesn't look like you have a lot of amber trichs, and you still have white hairs. I chop after no more white hairs, but you could wait until you get some amber trichs.

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its an old plant- about 3 months. It was a random freebie so I don't know what the breeder would suggest.

Did you starve them?

Autoflowers can go as long as it takes regardless of breeder hype ( yield and harvest time )

Some can go 100 days plus. Thats why to wring every piece of smokable pot out of it - you feed it and let it mature to its best potential- however long it takes.

But. Looking at plant pics , you may end up cutting it as-is ( plant looks like it cannibalized what it could get from leaf matter ) No Pigmentation left. ( nitrogen aids in root and leaf cell health / pigmentation )

So plant may just be what it is.

Budzbuddha said:

Did you starve them?

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Was gonna say looks like he stopped feeding thinking they would be ready soon. I’d personally chop it now before the smell/potency degrades and learn to better on the next

Things happen , not the end of the world.

Just course correct next y and you will be fine.

Sweet, thanks for all the help yall! Ill see you guys in 6 weeks for more help on the next one haha. Cheers! gonna chop tonight

Reach out anytime - also run a journal so can sub along.

Budzbuddha said:

Reach out anytime - also run a journal so can sub along.

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thanks hobre!

Autos lie about the time it takes to sell them easy.allways watch your flower and feed until the last day.do some LST next time maybe 1 week longer grow but a lot more branches.its a waste of 1000w to grow 1/4 of your growbox

amneziaHaze said:

Autos lie about the time it takes to sell them easy.allways watch your flower and feed until the last day.do some LST next time maybe 1 week longer grow but a lot more branches.its a waste of 1000w to grow 1/4 of your growbox

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this took up the entirety of my 2x2.

2x2 1000w :S. Congradulations with managing to control such power in such small space.
How much dry weigh did you get? 1.2kg?

amneziaHaze said:

2x2 1000w :S. Congradulations with managing to control such power in such small space.

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haha excuse me, 4x4. but yes, it is small. fortunately the lamp is dimmable, once i couldnt raise the lamp anymore i started decreasing it incrementally