New Grower Nearing first harvest ever!

[wg]

Honestly, day 59.. I'd run her 3 weeks total, one with fertilizer (bloom nutes/booster) and two with water. If you've already started flushing then just run it and finish flushing. Most autos that are indica dominant are very good around 80 days total. 14 more days from 59 is 73 days. Your bud development looks to be practically finished and while she may still swell a little bit the next two to three weeks will be focused on trichome development and maturation. This is an important part of your plants life and not only determines the potency of the effect but as well the length of duration of the effects.

Feed her another week, then flush her for two, take her on day 83 after not giving her any water for three days. You'll get a much better product than flushing for two weeks now.

"My 2 cents"


she's a beaut brother!

 

[DanteW420]

Honestly, day 59.. I'd run her 3 weeks total, one with fertilizer (bloom nutes/booster) and two with water. If you've already started flushing then just run it and finish flushing. Most autos that are indica dominant are very good around 80 days total. 14 more days from 59 is 73 days. Your bud development looks to be practically finished and while she may still swell a little bit the next two to three weeks will be focused on trichome development and maturation. This is an important part of your plants life and not only determines the potency of the effect but as well the length of duration of the effects.

Feed her another week, then flush her for two, take her on day 83 after not giving her any water for three days. You'll get a much better product than flushing for two weeks now.

"My 2 cents"


she's a beaut brother!

Wow....80 days! wasnt expecting that...btw this is a sativa dom (jock horror). You mentioned that the bud development looks practically finished...brings up a question...if the bud is developed, is it still important to use as many lights during the trichome development? The reason I ask, I have a 4 week plant going right now as well under two cfls....was thinking if the light is more important to my baby, it would make sense to put her in the growbox that has 5 cfls....and let this one finish out its trichome development in the grow box that can only hold 2 cfls......sounded right in my head lol lord help me find the patience for a few more weeks!

 

[mallo]

Lookin great! The fellas are right, give her a couple more weeks and she will put on a good bit of weight. You will be glad you did!"AFN smoke out"

 

[wg]

Wow....80 days! wasnt expecting that...btw this is a sativa dom (jock horror). You mentioned that the bud development looks practically finished...brings up a question...if the bud is developed, is it still important to use as many lights during the trichome development? The reason I ask, I have a 4 week plant going right now as well under two cfls....was thinking if the light is more important to my baby, it would make sense to put her in the growbox that has 5 cfls....and let this one finish out its trichome development in the grow box that can only hold 2 cfls......sounded right in my head lol lord help me find the patience for a few more weeks!

Trichome development and maturation does require light. While I'm not 100% sure why, I'd wager that the reason for is because trichomes are actually a defense mechanism from the plant and the intense light helps the plant to believe it's still "outdoors". Check this link out if you have time, it's a great read on trichomes. Inside the Trichome (Size,Types,Potancy) - Harvesting and Processing Medical Marijuana - Should probably get it moved over here and reformat it.. hmm..

Yeah, 80 days sounds like a lot but it's really just 2.75 months which is insane if you compare it to regular cannabis plants that have to be vegged then flowered for a minimum of ~60 days typically. You can easily reach 100+ days on an indica strain.

Patience is key brother, it's important to be patient especially since you said she's a satty dom plant.. (those leaves are a good mix, that's more of a 50/50 leaf appearance IMO).. Let her run the 80, you won't be disappointed.

As far as figuring out which lady to give the light to... honestly, you're in a predicament. I'd just go get a couple more lights. You can get 43w (true watts) CFLs from Wal-Mart (if you're in the US) for $9.88. Get two of those and put them in the plant that's finishing up. Keep blue/white spectrum bulbs on the 4 week lady for now.

"My 2 cents"

 

[Kman1965]

Really nice plants Dante! My platns are 58 days, so i am kinda in the same boat... Im waiting it out to. Mine will be done when there done.....Good luck!

 

[pop22]

They look awesome to me! :kusht:

 

[DABaracuss]

WG gave you the good info..look at the hairs ..I still see that the second set of hairs are still white ..when the first set goes to me seems like 2weeks till its done..If you can get 3 that would be good too..1 more feed week would help you though..also what type of stone to do want more amber the more couch lock the more cloudy the more heady trippy.take a small sample in about a a week and you be the judge when to take it down :kusht:

 

[Bgrow82]

I didnt catch what strain you were growing but they look amazing, ill be watching for a weigh in. Keep up the good work!

 

[stylez]

I would say give her another week and a half to 2 weeks and take a tester bud, and have a sample see where she is at for ya"pher Wiggle"
One Love and great first grow, she is gonna have some chunkiness to her

 

[DanteW420]

Thanx again for all of the input everyone! sorry bgrow, I didn't state in my initial post, but the strain is Jock Horror...it sounded like a little more unique of a high. As far as taster buds....being a newbie grower, I have already jumped the gun on that, and probably pulled some tasters way too early...about 1/4 oz dry...I really want to avoid taking too many more early if I can help it. Based on the buds I have snatched over the last couple weeks, and viewing what I still have left on the plant...im hoping to get around half an oz for the main cola, and picking up another half from the rest...I would be happy with that for my first time.

AS I stated before...for some reason my plant only made it to 13 inches....if they all bulk out like this one at 13 inches, i'm one happy stoner! On Friday I finally recieved my ph tester....come to find out, ph'ing my water to 6.5 give me a runoff of 5.7...this whole time I have been growing this plant, the soil has been blocking out some of the nutes...so maybe after this, I will break that 13 inch ceiling (once again though...13 is fine with me if she bulks up)