Just looking for some recommendations

Hey guys, here's my current Lemon Haze grow. Just looking for some recommendations from the pros. I'm figuring another week or so to go, your thoughts? They were put into flower on 8/17, they are now on day 44 as of today (9/30/12.) I plan to leave them in the dark for 5 days before harvesting. Feeding just water now. Just gave them their last Iconix bloom nutes along with CalMag misting of the foliage yesterday. Any feedback/recommendations is appreciated!

Nice buds! I'll let more experienced people give you advice on timing.

Thanks! Pretty proud of them. First grow with 2 400W high pressure sodium lights. Use to grow with CFL's, major difference.

why do you use 8/17 cycle rather than 12/12 ??
What did you heard about it? Sorry, pretty curious about it
Very nice buds, though

from looking at it i would give it another 3 weeks. Looks like it just started really making buds. Haze tends to be more of a sativa flowering plant anyway 9-10 weeks. Of course checking trichomes will help you know.

Awesome camera work.

August 17th...is what I meant.

Shivaskunk said:

Awesome camera work.

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I like taking pictures of my ladies

Shivaskunk said:

from looking at it i would give it another 3 weeks. Looks like it just started really making buds. Haze tends to be more of a sativa flowering plant anyway 9-10 weeks. Of course checking trichomes will help you know.

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Yeah, I plan to put them in the dark for 5 days once the trichomes turn cloudy. Then harvest. You think 3 weeks huh? Think I should hittem lightly with nutes one more time?

I agree with Shiva, gonna need a few more weeks, but very nice buds you will have

usernamessuck said:

Yeah, I plan to put them in the dark for 5 days once the trichomes turn cloudy. Then harvest. You think 3 weeks huh? Think I should hittem lightly with nutes one more time?

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You can, give it a dose, then flush the last 2 weeks, i use molasses when i flush but its personal preference. Lots of guys use other products and have good results.

Couple more pics I took tonight. Day 46.

Day 50. I'm guessing another 4 or 5 days. Keeping a close eye on the trichomes. Your thoughts?

Misting your buds is never a good idea. Keep it real dry until harvest. Five days is a long time in the dark (won't start a debate on that but it seems excessive).

Rumple, how long do you leave yours in the dark? I'm only going by what the guy at the grow shop recommended. This is only my 4th grow - first one under HPS lights. He said most people leave theirs in the dark for 2 days but he does his for 5 days because he believes it makes it more potent.

There will be endless debates about doing it. Some swear by it, some don't care for it. I like to just skip the last light cycle and turn them off from there. 24-36 hours later and I can trim at my leisure. (nights-skip-night-chop for 36 hours) They will pretty much just stop doing anything, giving you a couple of days to cut and trim if you have a lot of plants and no help like me.

Myself and most the growers I know harvest before the next light cycle comes on (12 hours of darkness). I have not seen any advantage to leaving it in the dark, only endless text telling me how great it is. I grow from the same clone and harvest every 70 to 80 days for the past seven years or more. So it is pretty simple for me to try and confirm/dispel all kinds of wacky methods and theories. I tried two versions of the "waiting in the dark" theory. It gave no positive effect to my end product.

That said: I have seen a lot of folks in the forums who leave the plants in the dark for 72 hours. Many of them produce a quality product and will rave about the method. So peace to all the "waiting in the dark" method users and true believers. No bad vibes towards other growers of good herb.

My advice is to keep your methods simple until you have had enough harvests to tell the difference any change has made to your end product and yield.