Week before harvest & possible deficiency.?

Jynx616

Jynx616

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Girls are an unknown bag seed strain vegged from november till early February (why so long you ask? All they were under was a 12w led first then upgraded to a t5 in January.. then thrown in flower under 2 mars 450w leds (with some missing diodes) all done in 3 gal. Pots w fox farm ocean forest soil... added worm castings from bait shop ( could there have been worm eggs in the castings?). For nutes used cal mag plus botanicare, black magic all purp fert, blackstrap molasses, pure blend pro bloom, & golden tree from humboldt...
Buds are getting big but staying green.. [dark green & waxy/glossy w some leaves having orange spots].. i just got done flushing 2x w 6 gallons of h20 each..

Feeling like I'm this close to harvest yet they lack smell and im guessing heat stress^^^??? Buds also are clustering in bigger buds that are closer to light..

Help?..
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donkeyshow

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Still look like they could go another 4(or more) weeks imo. Why are you flushing so early, or at all.

If you have to harvest for some reason then do what you have to do. But if you're just anxious to get some weed take some sooner. Let the rest go a little longer and see what happens
 
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mjinc

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Have you looked at the trichomes under a magnifying glass? If you have what color are they? If you haven't try it and see if they are cloudy or not
 
Jynx616

Jynx616

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donkeyshow said:
Still look like they could go another 4(or more) weeks imo. Why are you flushing so early, or at all.

If you have to harvest for some reason then do what you have to do. But if you're just anxious to get some weed take some sooner. Let the rest go a little longer and see what happens
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Did you even read my post... they are OVER 6 months old!
 
Jynx616

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mjinc said:
Have you looked at the trichomes under a magnifying glass? If you have what color are they? If you haven't try it and see if they are cloudy or not
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I didnt ask about trichomes i asked what kinda deficiency you might have thought^
 
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mjinc

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Jynx616 said:
I didnt ask about trichomes i asked what kinda deficiency you might have thought^
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They don't look all that deficient to me. The smell might just develop later, many landrace genetics take a lot longer to flower then others. That's why I asked about the trichomes to try and find out how long along the development cycle they are.
 
Jynx616

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chemphlegm said:
I believe you overfed them and they stopped the funk. the botanicare bloom would have been enough on its own you know.
harvest it, learn, and begin anew
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What do you mean by they stopped the funk.. ya they don't stink (took that as a bad sign)..?
 
chemphlegm

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Jynx616 said:
What do you mean by they stopped the funk.. ya they don't stink (took that as a bad sign)..?
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they should stink months ago. doesnt mean you wont enjoy, and theres always hash right.
every time I overfed a flowering plant not only did it suck when I dried it but it sucked when it was finishing too. Less is often more in the garden of cannabis
 
Jynx616

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I already took some test buds 2 weeks ago... they seemed to turn out fine but they just didn't have a lot of smell to them. more like a smell of molasses and hay
 

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Roscko

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You could always defoliate a little bit around those buds, cut out the nitrogen completely and give it a couple more weeks.
6 months is long, but you don't know the strain, some finish longer. So, a couple more weeks should not hurt.
Also I'm not seeing any heat stress, lack of smell could also just be the strain and too much nitrogen (very dark green leaves).
As mentioned above, try to get a good look at your trichomes, when 70% of these trichome heads are milky and 30% amber, it is the perfect time to harvest mostly Sativa hybrids and long flowering strains.
 
ANC

ANC

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Feed the microbes in the ground with some cane molasses. As the flowering progresses, the plant knows the work is almost done and stops sending sugars to the roots.
 
coreywebster

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Jynx616 said:
I already took some test buds 2 weeks ago... they seemed to turn out fine but they just didn't have a lot of smell to them. more like a smell of molasses and hay
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Some strains don't smell as much as others, the hay smell will go after a bit of curing. The real smell will be more evident then.

I agree they look well off been finished.
Look like they have had a lot of N over the course of things. Plus generally too high nutrients.

Cant see the orange spots in the pics, where abouts are they. top end or bottom?
Suppose it could be copper def with the darkness and shininess but its early stages if it is.
 
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Jynx616

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Lmk if still can't see as girls are currently in there dark cycle
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I also have day off so will take some pics ..
Here's another early bud taken 2 weeks prior ..
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Growers love.. one love.. PEACE
 
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ANC said:
Feed the microbes in the ground with some cane molasses. As the flowering progresses, the plant knows the work is almost done and stops sending sugars to the roots.
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So you think I should continue feeding the molasses? Anything else? Ive noticed that where i trellised and took them out of he netting all the branches have developed a look to them almost like the way a person's fingers look with severe arthritis... super dark green glossy leaves as well
 
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