I pollinate the top buds at in between weeks 3 and 4 and harvest the bottom when it's ready. I let the seeds finish maturing as long as I can.
I can't go in depth with scientific info because I don't really have a clue, pertaining to the difference in seed making and bud making factors.
I...
A lot of that is going to depend on strain, time in veg, light cycle, and other variables.
From what you're saying, mine are exactly as you stated under those conditions. Maybe you're on to something. I'm popping a few beans for an upcoming hydro excitement so maybe I'll back the lights off to...
No, no... You answered just fine. I'm not conclusive on the theory either. Could have been a fluke or the flush or inexperience.
In any regard, wouldn't the same theory apply to bud. Feed them til harvest for max viability?
All I know is that I love them to the third node and then they're for supplemental use or for clones in my tent. I've seen some pretty wicked T5 grows, so I'm not dissing them in any way. I've just noticed best growth at a much closer proximity.
400W HPS with 300W LED supplement.
Home-brewed organic mix and manure tea for veg, banana peel/guano tea for flower.
3 gal homemade air pot for veg, 5 gal homemade airpot for flower.
6/2 lighting schedule for veg, 12/12 for the first 3 weeks of flower and then down to 10/14 to finish.
If...
I'm no expert breeder and I've only run 4 seed harvests so far but I used to flush the last 2 weeks when I first started. I only flushed one of the seed harvests so it's no where near conclusive, but the seeds were nowhere near as large or dark.
Perhaps that was just because it was my most...
I applaud you. Perhaps the best points on the pro-flushing plane, however, I have a few questions for you.
Have you ever bred for seeds? Do you flush your seeded plants before you harvest them?
Since the budding process is directly related to the seed making process ( obviously), what...
Maybe you're running different bulbs or something. I run a 2ft 8 bulb (23W per bulb) at 16k lumens (allegedly) 1"-2" from my seedlings. They grow fast as hell and are super healthy.
I know that if I back it off to 5"-6", they stretch. Same growth rate more or less, just stretch. I've never...
Dude... How in the fuck do you manage to keep your plants alive? Without fertilizer of any kind they starve and die. WTF is wrong with you?
Are you somehow confusing fertilizer with something else like maybe synthetic insecticide/pesticide/fungicide/etc?
I can only get the top pic to load halfway but leaf structure, bud structure, and node structure looks hybrid, more indica dominant. Definitely not a pure indica though.
That's my half assed analysis.