GG4 - Day 62 - When to harvest?
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She’s on week 11.
Killaki
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It will take her longer if she doesn't have what she needs to mature. Feed her up till the end, and if you insist straight water wait till the last couple waterings but it's not necessary imo. For sure at this point she is in need of nutrients, she still has a ways to go and at week 11 you don't want to wait everlong.
Rootbound420
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Those are some fat buds man looking good but definitely feed her and get rid of any of the rotted leaves receding into the buds or else your going to get mold like these for instance below.. See the rot in the center of the leaves that is no good.
King Dude
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Don't freak out over the yellow leaves. Cannabis, an annual plant, does that naturally toward the end of their lives. You don't have to feed it, and I don't recommend feeding it because it may or may not affect the quality of smoke.
If you ever walk into a dispensary that has a window looking into their in-house production, you'd notice that their leaves look pretty yellow right before harvest. It's perfectly acceptable at this point of the grow.
Roger A. Shrubber
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after they finish swelling, I keep feeding half strength till I decide it's a week out. Then I water with plain, ph'ed water one more time, and let her ride till i chop.
For God’s sake don’t stop feeding her now….that’s why she’s yellowing…..this is an important time for the plant to have everything it needs.
For a plant to finish out properly, like the book says it should, it must be healthy and unstressed.
A little yellowing is fine as part of the natural senescence of the plant….but yellowing from starving is different. Give her a light dose of whatever you’ve been feeding and keep her happy.
And unless you plan on smoking the soil, forget about any last stage flushing…it’s a waste of time and the plant should be healthy and eating right up until harvest.
Looks good though….give her a little more time and you’ll be good to go.
King Dude
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I don't know what book you're referring to, but I disagree that (nitrogen) feeding is essential during end-stage chlorosis.
My concern is that feeding will stress the plant by trying to fix a nutrient deficiency that doesn't actually exist in the soil itself. The plant may automatically bottleneck nutrient absorption as a natural process. Between my personal experience and various online information, I can't imagine this being a problem in need of a solution.
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Yes! We ended up getting a little under 3 oz. Smokes great but is a bit heavy on the head high side. We should have waited a little longer but lots was learned!
Maybe I stated things wrong or maybe they are being misconstrued…..I dunno.
I didn’t say anything specifically about N. What I did say was that the plant should continue to be fed when there are weeks to go.
As far as my reference to “the book”, I wasn’t referring to an actual publication, rather the ideal behavior by the plant as it finishes up.
Its been my experience that any stress, such as starvation, can cause a plant to deviate from the expected typical finish.
The original post showed a plant that needed another month and suggesting to continue feeding it is hardly radical advice. I’d submit that starving a plant with weeks remaining until it’s ripe is more likely to result in stress and a negative outcome over feeding as usual or cutting back to allow it use a safe amount of its reserves.
SirSmokesAlittle
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Short plants typically are autos but you can top or scrog to keep plants short