Is it time to flush?

Fishwings

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First off I had a lot of good advice regarding my indoor grow and hoping for the same again with my greenhouse plant.

Unfortunately I'm not sure on the strain as the dog knocked the shelf when they were seedlings which knocked the containers on the floor, resulting in them getting mixed up. The strain will either be Northern Lights Auto, Sweet Skunk Auto, Lemon Haze Auto, Pineapple Express Auto or Purple Kush CBD 1.1.

Question, the plant is 94 days old today and earlier on in the week I noticed the leaves started to turn a lime green, the buds packed a bit of a stretch in the last week before the colour change in the leaves. The trichomes are mostly milky, not many clear. Pistils are mainly white and crinkly, some brown. Is this plant dying with age and ready for a 2 week flush, with the pistils brown by harvest if I begin a 2 week flush? Is the plant way off and still growing?

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Herb & Suds

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First off I had a lot of good advice regarding my indoor grow and hoping for the same again with my greenhouse plant.

Unfortunately I'm not sure on the strain as the dog knocked the shelf when they were seedlings which knocked the containers on the floor, resulting in them getting mixed up. The strain will either be Northern Lights Auto, Sweet Skunk Auto, Lemon Haze Auto, Pineapple Express Auto or Purple Kush CBD 1.1.

Question, the plant is 94 days old today and earlier on in the week I noticed the leaves started to turn a lime green, the buds packed a bit of a stretch in the last week before the colour change in the leaves. The trichomes are mostly milky, not many clear. Pistils are mainly white and crinkly, some brown. Is this plant dying with age and ready for a 2 week flush, with the pistils brown by harvest if I begin a 2 week flush? Is the plant way off and still growing?

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Where did you learn of this " two week flush"?

Because my belief is it is bro-science

Show me I'm wrong ?
 

Fishwings

Member
Ok, ignore the flush, I'm in 2 minds about it anyways, as it's my first time growing and I have a few plants I thought it won't harm trying on one and get my own opinion and my opinion as of now is it's a bag of shit myth but if I try at least I can honestly say for myself. With your knowledge is this nearly ready for harvest? I believe it's a sativa dominant hybrid which would tell me to harvest when trichomes are mainly milky (which they are). Pistils don't look ready which is my real concern, are they far off?
 

Fishwings

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Ignore the flush lol, I'm new to growing and don't see how it will change what is in the flower. My real question is, within 2 weeks will this plant be ready for the chop regardless of flushing or not? I'm new and any advice is appreciated. Sorry if I pass off experienced growers but I have to learn some where
 

JimmiP

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Ignore the flush lol, I'm new to growing and don't see how it will change what is in the flower. My real question is, within 2 weeks will this plant be ready for the chop regardless of flushing or not? I'm new and any advice is appreciated. Sorry if I pass off experienced growers but I have to learn some where
No it they will not be ready in two weeks.
 

Fishwings

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That's sort of my thought. White pistils and those plants are still pretty green...seems like any kind of event horizon is a ways off?
You see, I've never grown before and all I'm looking for is advice. I've done a lot of reading and hear you don't take pistils in to consideration as the trichomes is what tell the real story and I would say they are mostly milky, barely any clear. The plant has been fed quite heavy with organic nutes to the point my leaves were all dark green. In the last 4 or 5 days the leaves have lost colour. Seeing all this and knowing that the life cycle of an auto strain is nearing the end of its natural life cycle this is confusing as a new grower. I don't want to irritate experience growers that get asked the same questions all the time and at some point they obviously end up getting pissed off and can't deal with it, in which case it would probably be better to just ignore the question and move on or try and help out somebody who's position every grower was in at some point. I see the plant as nearly 100 days old and is surely on its way to a natural death, should I just keep feeding as normal and wait for pistils to brown and recede or is this plant close to natural death that it will only have 2 or 3 weeks left at which point you harvest what is there?
 

LeastExpectedGrower

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You see, I've never grown before and all I'm looking for is advice. I've done a lot of reading and hear you don't take pistils in to consideration as the trichomes is what tell the real story and I would say they are mostly milky, barely any clear. The plant has been fed quite heavy with organic nutes to the point my leaves were all dark green. In the last 4 or 5 days the leaves have lost colour. Seeing all this and knowing that the life cycle of an auto strain is nearing the end of its natural life cycle this is confusing as a new grower. I don't want to irritate experience growers that get asked the same questions all the time and at some point they obviously end up getting pissed off and can't deal with it, in which case it would probably be better to just ignore the question and move on or try and help out somebody who's position every grower was in at some point. I see the plant as nearly 100 days old and is surely on its way to a natural death, should I just keep feeding as normal and wait for pistils to brown and recede or is this plant close to natural death that it will only have 2 or 3 weeks left at which point you harvest what is there?
Oh, certainly don't mistake me for a long time experienced grower. Note that those who are, and are here will tell you to pay way less attention to the trichomes and more attention to what the plants on the whole tell you. I'm sure they'll be along sometime soon since this is a flush thread... But the gist of it will be to not focus on trichomes, to wait until the pistils are not only orange/brown but have at least started to recede into the calyxes. Also to ignore any calendar or quote from any seed source that a plant will be ready in X-number of days.
 

hotrodharley

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First off I had a lot of good advice regarding my indoor grow and hoping for the same again with my greenhouse plant.

Unfortunately I'm not sure on the strain as the dog knocked the shelf when they were seedlings which knocked the containers on the floor, resulting in them getting mixed up. The strain will either be Northern Lights Auto, Sweet Skunk Auto, Lemon Haze Auto, Pineapple Express Auto or Purple Kush CBD 1.1.

Question, the plant is 94 days old today and earlier on in the week I noticed the leaves started to turn a lime green, the buds packed a bit of a stretch in the last week before the colour change in the leaves. The trichomes are mostly milky, not many clear. Pistils are mainly white and crinkly, some brown. Is this plant dying with age and ready for a 2 week flush, with the pistils brown by harvest if I begin a 2 week flush? Is the plant way off and still growing?

Pictures attached
Don’t. Flush. It’s a fool’s errand.
 

hotrodharley

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You see, I've never grown before and all I'm looking for is advice. I've done a lot of reading and hear you don't take pistils in to consideration as the trichomes is what tell the real story and I would say they are mostly milky, barely any clear. The plant has been fed quite heavy with organic nutes to the point my leaves were all dark green. In the last 4 or 5 days the leaves have lost colour. Seeing all this and knowing that the life cycle of an auto strain is nearing the end of its natural life cycle this is confusing as a new grower. I don't want to irritate experience growers that get asked the same questions all the time and at some point they obviously end up getting pissed off and can't deal with it, in which case it would probably be better to just ignore the question and move on or try and help out somebody who's position every grower was in at some point. I see the plant as nearly 100 days old and is surely on its way to a natural death, should I just keep feeding as normal and wait for pistils to brown and recede or is this plant close to natural death that it will only have 2 or 3 weeks left at which point you harvest what is there?
Feed
 

drsaltzman

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First off I had a lot of good advice regarding my indoor grow and hoping for the same again with my greenhouse plant.

Unfortunately I'm not sure on the strain as the dog knocked the shelf when they were seedlings which knocked the containers on the floor, resulting in them getting mixed up. The strain will either be Northern Lights Auto, Sweet Skunk Auto, Lemon Haze Auto, Pineapple Express Auto or Purple Kush CBD 1.1.

Question, the plant is 94 days old today and earlier on in the week I noticed the leaves started to turn a lime green, the buds packed a bit of a stretch in the last week before the colour change in the leaves. The trichomes are mostly milky, not many clear. Pistils are mainly white and crinkly, some brown. Is this plant dying with age and ready for a 2 week flush, with the pistils brown by harvest if I begin a 2 week flush? Is the plant way off and still growing?

Pictures attached
You've got time still.
Don't worry about trichomes.
Don't worry about leaf fade. Just keep feeding. Don't flush.
Pistils absolutely should turn color before you would consider harvesting.
 

jondamon

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You see, I've never grown before and all I'm looking for is advice. I've done a lot of reading and hear you don't take pistils in to consideration as the trichomes is what tell the real story and I would say they are mostly milky, barely any clear. The plant has been fed quite heavy with organic nutes to the point my leaves were all dark green. In the last 4 or 5 days the leaves have lost colour. Seeing all this and knowing that the life cycle of an auto strain is nearing the end of its natural life cycle this is confusing as a new grower. I don't want to irritate experience growers that get asked the same questions all the time and at some point they obviously end up getting pissed off and can't deal with it, in which case it would probably be better to just ignore the question and move on or try and help out somebody who's position every grower was in at some point. I see the plant as nearly 100 days old and is surely on its way to a natural death, should I just keep feeding as normal and wait for pistils to brown and recede or is this plant close to natural death that it will only have 2 or 3 weeks left at which point you harvest what is there?
Keep feeding it.

wait for pistils to recede and the buds to swell.

then check trichomes.

not before.
 
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