New Grower When to Harvest

[DarkOwl]

A picture of the whole plant would be helpful so we can see the state of all the leaves. The trics on may auto strains don't turn amber so it's not always the most reliable way to judge when a plant is ready to pic. If you haven't already, take a look at this thread. It should be helpful: https://www.autoflower.org/f44/when-harvest-autos-your-leaves-will-tell-you-4889.html

Thanks for the reply Muddy I have read this link and also the one on the life cycle of an auto. Here is a pic of the whole plant.

 

[Muddy]

To me it looks like you've got about 2 more weeks to go. If you haven't already, I would stop feeding and go with plain pHed water the rest of the way to cleanse them of any nutrient residue.

 

[DarkOwl]

Today is day 71 I stopped feeding nutes 5 days ago. I bought a 45x magnifier and the trics look clear for the most part, how long till harvest now?

 

[briman]

another week with plain ol tap water not ph'd!!! Let her canabalize herself!!

 

[DarkOwl]

another week with plain ol tap water not ph'd!!! Let her canabalize herself!!

Why not ph'd water Briman?

 

[az2000]

Why not ph'd water Briman?

I suspect the idea is to lockout the nutrients in the soil. But, if that's the goal, I think it's worth mentioning that some people may have 6.5 water out the faucet. If they want to lockout nutrients they should adjust the ph to 5 or 8.

I think lockout would be useful when someone waits too long to start the cleanse. Then you'd want to expedite the consumption of internally-stored nutes. But, if I'm not facing that time pressure, I don't see why I wouldn't let the plant continue living off the nutrients in the soil. My thought is: why let nutrients go to waste?

Maybe I'm looking at it wrong, and Briman can straighten me out.