how long i got left?

Beautiful! But yeah I agree, they will swell up a lot more over the next week or two I think...

MasterOf Arts said:

Not the best photos lol I was just putting my camera up against the loupe

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I do this too lol...

I see lots of beautiful trichomes. However never look at the leaves for maturity, always the buds. I don't see any ambers of significance in those pictures, and I do see young still growing calyxs.

Your plant looks so nice I personally would hate to see you chop it early and not get to experience its full potential. You've got a hybrid that looks sativa dominant from the leaves and bud growth. You're still getting lots of new fresh growth on the buds as they are filling out. The next step is the swell once they stop growing up. This plant needs time to properly mature, I know you don't want to hear this, but I definitely needs about 3 more weeks.

I can confidently say one of the main reasons new growers aren't happy with their crop is they cut it too early. It won't smell as good, it won't have the same high, and you lose out on weight if you cut it early. You won't harvest the plant too late, I guarantee that. I've never seen someone accidentally harvest to late except for some extreme situation where they couldn't get to the plants to harvest them or something.


That all being said I encourage everyone to try things out for themselves and embrace the learning process. Either way you've got a nice plant for a first grow so cheers!

Thing is tho it’s annoying how it’s suppose to be a 7 week flowering strain and it’s been 8 weeks and tbh probably gonna go for 11

I’ll update you guys next Friday so make sure your all active lol

Everything still looks good. Just have a little more patience. You aren't showing any significant Amber in your trichs, and you've got plenty of clear ones that should milk up. Looking good though.

MasterOf Arts said:

Thing is tho it’s annoying how it's supposed to be a 7-week flowering strain and it’s been 8 weeks and tbh probably gonna go for 11

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I'm not sure where you get 7 weeks from? Barneys says 55-60 days which is 8.5 weeks with the perfect phenotype and the perfect grow.

You have a really nice plant, but I doubt everything was perfect even if you have the same phenotype as the breeder used. So yours will naturally take a little longer than theirs. There are VERY FEW strains that are fully matured and ready to harvest in 7 weeks or less . Not that there aren't any, but there are not as many as the claim they do .

Another huge variable is when you are starting to count your weeks. Lots of people begin counting from when they switch the plant to 12/12. However, the plant does not begin to flower that day. It needs to transition from one growth cycle to the next. This is a natural part of the process that many nutrient companies and grow guides even identify as a "transitional period". The transition time depends both on strain and genetic maturity. IE: genetically mature clones will start to flower much faster than a seedling of the same strain put into 12/12 lighting.

I strongly believe you should not count the flowering time until the plant begins to show flowers. Usually, this is 10-14 days after a 12/12 switch depending on the variables. So how long did it take for yours to actually start to flower, and when did you start counting are important things to consider when trying to decide when to cut.

It's also very important to remember these times are just guidelines, not hard and set rules. There are so many variables from your grow conditions-phenotype that will affect it all.

Thundercat said:

I'm not sure where you get 7 weeks from? Barneys says 55-60 days which is 8.5 weeks with the perfect phenotype and the perfect grow.

You have a really nice plant, but I doubt everything was perfect even if you have the same phenotype as the breeder used. So yours will naturally take a little longer than theirs. There are VERY FEW strains that are fully matured and ready to harvest in 7 weeks or less . Not that there aren't any, but there are not as many as the claim they do .

Another huge variable is when you are starting to count your weeks. Lots of people begin counting from when they switch the plant to 12/12. However, the plant does not begin to flower that day. It needs to transition from one growth cycle to the next. This is a natural part of the process that many nutrient companies and grow guides even identify as a "transitional period". The transition time depends both on strain and genetic maturity. IE: genetically mature clones will start to flower much faster than a seedling of the same strain put into 12/12 lighting.

I strongly believe you should not count the flowering time until the plant begins to show flowers. Usually, this is 10-14 days after a 12/12 switch depending on the variables. So how long did it take for yours to actually start to flower, and when did you start counting are important things to consider when trying to decide when to cut.

It's also very important to remember these times are just guidelines, not hard and set rules. There are so many variables from your grow conditions-phenotype that will affect it all.

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it alll makes sense now and i started once i saw white pistils but this was when it was stretching tho(30th september) and this wasnt the very start of stretch this was about a week in

Good it was throwing pistils, that's when I usually would consider it to start to flower. That shows the plants has switched gears.

Thundercat said:

I'm not sure where you get 7 weeks from? Barneys says 55-60 days which is 8.5 weeks with the perfect phenotype and the perfect grow.

You have a really nice plant, but I doubt everything was perfect even if you have the same phenotype as the breeder used. So yours will naturally take a little longer than theirs. There are VERY FEW strains that are fully matured and ready to harvest in 7 weeks or less . Not that there aren't any, but there are not as many as the claim they do .

Another huge variable is when you are starting to count your weeks. Lots of people begin counting from when they switch the plant to 12/12. However, the plant does not begin to flower that day. It needs to transition from one growth cycle to the next. This is a natural part of the process that many nutrient companies and grow guides even identify as a "transitional period". The transition time depends both on strain and genetic maturity. IE: genetically mature clones will start to flower much faster than a seedling of the same strain put into 12/12 lighting.

I strongly believe you should not count the flowering time until the plant begins to show flowers. Usually, this is 10-14 days after a 12/12 switch depending on the variables. So how long did it take for yours to actually start to flower, and when did you start counting are important things to consider when trying to decide when to cut.

It's also very important to remember these times are just guidelines, not hard and set rules. There are so many variables from your grow conditions-phenotype that will affect it all.

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I agree with this - Even the strains I have that do actually finish by the end of week 7 are maybe slightly better by the end of week 8...

Looking beautiful.

What do you guys think? Trichomes are all milky with very few amber I’m only on about the plant on the right tho. this video is all of the plant on the right the other one is a week and a half behind so that won’t be ready for a lil bit. But what do you guys think should I start flushing/tapering off nutes?

Use a loupe and show us the trichomes.

But if you want people to just judge from looking at the buds then personally I would give it another week or two.

Oxidus said:

Use a loupe and show us the trichomes.

But if you want people to just judge from looking at the buds then personally I would give it another week or two.

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I’ll post some pics of the trichs later but I will be letting it go another 2 weeks just gonna slowly taper off the nutes now but won’t be letting it go any longer than that

Looks like it's coming along great. I'm sure you'll be very happy when you chop in two weeks. If you wanna reduce nutrients now go for it.

I would start feeding water only at the stage your at. She'll start to fade and finish herself off. You'll see some magic happen under that microscope of yours.

When most of the hairs have turned red and shriveled

Look under a larger bud at it's node, you'll see a calyx there.....

What do you guys think? I was gonna harvest Friday but I dunno there’s a decent amount of white pistils coming outta nowhere

I would wait atleast one more week

I'd say it looks like you're within the harvest window. I'd cut if it was me.