yellow buds

I am on day 64 of flower. my buds on one plant are turning yellow, well the leaves coming from the buds. It is doing it from the top down like it is being burnt from the light, but it is shorter than the other lady and she is not doing it looks great. They are not ready, this is my third harvest of this same strain and never seen anything like it. crystals still clear, bud are very dense but are seriously drying out or something. I am only watering from rain water that is ph tested and is never higher than 7.1 and never lower than 6.8, no nutes and because of close to harvest. I actually had lots of problems about a third way through flower, with very low temps due to below zero temps outdoors and lost 6 other plants, also let bro-in law water and I think he overnuted. I was told to flush and maybe i could save the last two. i did and everything has been cool til now... i know blah blah blah, i know i start to ramble but any advice would be cool.

yeah Dark, I'm in dark cycle right now, but as soon as i can get some light in there i will take a pic, it is the weirdest looking thing. She is still doing good as far as flowering, it is just turning yellow, and the ones that have been yellow for a few days turn dry and break.

Beansly, I only wish that is what was goin on. Actually kinda looks like that at first then they dry up. I will get some pics soon, the top of that plant looks rough now, leaves have just crumbled off the top. Being to close to the hood makes since but like i said the other girl is fine and she is closer.

Ok here are a few pics, a couple with the lights on the other day and a couple with lights off and a flash light a minute ago. I hate to even post these pics because plants look rough, its been a long winter with numerous problems. What look like my best harvest yet on 8 plants, quickly turned in to losing six and barely keeping 2 living. bare with my inexperience...
I will try and get some better pics later...

Are you sure you didn't let them go dry, for too long? Once, I tried to let my plants dry while they were finsihed, and still in their pots, and they looked similar to that, after a few days. Hmm....tough one. You mention the PH of your water, is your fert mixes PH'ed the same? How long ago was the flushing, and did you feed them afterwards?

Idk man, but I can say that next time around, you'll want to ease up on the nutes a bit, especially nitrogen, during flowering. That wasn't the cause of this problem, just something that I noticed, looking at your pics.

jawbrodt said:

Are you sure you didn't let them go dry, for too long? Once, I tried to let my plants dry while they were finsihed, and still in their pots, and they looked similar to that, after a few days. Hmm....tough one. You mention the PH of your water, is your fert mixes PH'ed the same? How long ago was the flushing, and did you feed them afterwards?

Idk man, but I can say that next time around, you'll want to ease up on the nutes a bit, especially nitrogen, during flowering. That wasn't the cause of this problem, just something that I noticed, looking at your pics.

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I know I didnt let them get to dry, I have not give any nutes since I lost all the others since like day 20ish, before that I only gave half strength and only every other week in fear of burning them...You said you noticed to much nitrogen, how is that

^Those dark green leaves, with curled tips, is a good sign of having too much nitrogen. Idk man, if you haven't fed them in over 40 days, after flushing them, it might simply be starvation. Do the leaves go a uniform yellow, before dying? If so, that'd be lack of nitrogen. Yeah, I know, I said there was too much, but that was earlier. and could've been used up, long ago.

Ok, thanks Mr. Ganja, yes the leaves will completely turn yellow before dying. In the past, I have always harvested way to soon, around 50 to 60 days, if I were gonna give some nutes, what would you recommend on day 68, as in NPK, please know I only have the big corporate home improvement and garden supply store to choose from.
thanks Ganja

I want to add that I made my own soil,
This is my mixture: 6 bags of topsoil, 3 bags manure, (both are 40lb. bags), 1 25lb bag of sand, 1 5lb bag of blood meal, 1 5lb bag of bone meal, and my own organic compost (about 40 lbs).
I mixed this thoroughly and this is what I have started all clones in, and what I have used through all my other grows, it drains well, considering no perlite.
I have been told several times that I am overnuting, I normally if anything do not even use nutes, I maybe through veg use a high nitrogen nute, (24N), but only at half strength and only every other week.
I have given nutes with a high P but very rarely.
I hope this helps someone, help me...

ok here are some more pics, maybe these can help someone help me...

Bad news, That plant has gone hermie on you. I'm 99.9% sure. It looks really bad, i see a ton of bananas. You could try picking them all off and checking daily for more. Your buds gonna have alot of seeds if you dont do something. It's a bit too late to use dutchmasters reverse imo, your options are pretty limited-Chop now or try to pick the bananas all off for a few weeks more.

darkdestruction420 said:

Bad news, That plant has gone hermie on you. I'm 99.9% sure. It looks really bad, i see a ton of bananas. You could try picking them all off and checking daily for more. Your buds gonna have alot of seeds if you dont do something. It's a bit too late to use dutchmasters reverse imo, your options are pretty limited-Chop now or try to pick the bananas all off for a few weeks more.

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Ok Dark, thanks for the input. Tomorrow is day seventy, prolly just chop. First when you say bananas, what are you referring to? Which pic? Or what exactly should I look for to pick off?
Thanks

the little yellow/greenish clusters is what you need to pick off. Here's some pics of what your looking for.

looks like a nute burn caused by a lock up, ph issue?

dam i see the nanners now that sucks

Thanks Dark, Reps for you...
I am chopping today, and I saw the nanners, now I am sad face.
On a good note, germin some beans, lets hope all goes cool and I don't have the issues I had on this batch.