New Grower First Grow! (Biodiesel Mass)

[Master]

My opinion is pre-Harvest flushing even using organic nutrients is a good thing. In fact flushing your plants every so often will not do them any harm. I feel giving them a good flush the last 10-14 days helps with the final taste of the buds. We like to have the fan/bud leaves give them all the left over nutrients. Doing a pre-harvest flush does just that. Washes all the left over nutrients or what ever is in the soil. Some growers use molasses (carbo load) the plant; so the fan/bud leaves have that extra energy to give the bud sites. Somestimes giving the girls more water than usual will do the trick. It's not the amount of water, but the frequence the plant gets it that causes problems.

Remember the girls are trying to reproduce; they swell up because they are horny for pollen. They will use what ever energy to stay allive. The pre-harvest flush helps that.

I'm not an expert and I don't claim to be one; but flushing is helpful in any growing stage, but before harvest is always a good idea.

So you think I should flush on the next water and proceed to only use water for the remainder of my grow?

 

[Smokey]

That line is priceless, def made me laugh :X's Evil Laugh x:

 

[BayLee420]

No. By the looks of your girls they still have a few weeks to go before flushing. They need to pick up more bud weight. Once the leaves start to yellow is a good time to check tricombs. Then when they start to cloud/amber up is when you'd like to flush. Some plants will go 12-14 weeks before harvest. I'd still give them flower nutrients for at least another two weeks.

Check with Muddy or another moderator for better advise.

Your girls still have more time to ripen.

 

[Master]

No. By the looks of your girls they still have a few weeks to go before flushing. They need to pick up more bud weight. Once the leaves start to yellow is a good time to check tricombs. Then when they start to cloud/amber up is when you'd like to flush. Some plants will go 12-14 weeks before harvest. I'd still give them flower nutrients for at least another two weeks.

Check with Muddy or another moderator for better advise.

Your girls still have more time to ripen.

I'll check it out. I kinda wanted to have some Halloween bud though :No:
Oh well. If it means a better harvest, I guess I'll let her go for more time.

 

[BayLee420]

Patience my friend. Thanksgiving will be a joy this year.

Again, check with an expert on the AFN site. My opinion is that you need to wait.

You've spent this much time on your grow. Why rush it and waste a good thing.

 

[Master]

Day 66

I love how the much the buds are growing! She has quite the aroma too. Not much change since day 64 so I didn't take a lot of pics.

 

[namvet25]

Do you havre a microscope to check the trychomes?

 

[BayLee420]

Do you havre a microscope to check the trychomes?

You can get a good miroscope at Radio Shack. They're inexpensive and really the best way of knowing where your girls are at.http://www.budsmagazine.com/how-to/grow-room/trichomes-101/

 

[Master]

Do you havre a microscope to check the trychomes?

I have both a Radio Shack microscope and another, easier to use, microscope that clips onto my phone's camera. You can see a couple of pics of trichomes that I took on the Day 64 post.

 

[Master]

Day 70

I remember originally saying that I would be sooooo happy if I just got half an oz from this grow..