Advice needed for harvest/curing of Afghani (Pics)

I am 21 days into flowering and have a few questions.

Heres my setup:

2X 175W MH at 12/12
18 gal DWC (Use 10gal)
4x Afghani girls, Botanicare Pure Blend Pro, ppm at ~1000

I did a week of transition going into flower w/ 1/2grow + 1/2 bloom at 12/12.

I was wondering if I should count that week as part of the flowering stage. I read in many articles and books that afghani takes ~45 days of fowering and wanted to know when I should start cutting the nutes to flush them. They are 21 days into flowering, 28 if you count the transition. Here's some pics.

they are still so young man.

splurge on the $11 to get a RadioShack.com - Cables, Parts & Connectors: Tools & soldering equipment: Magnifiers: Illuminated Microscope from radio shack. let the trichromes get 75% amber. theres plenty of pics of what you need to look for on the site just do a searh if you need more info than that. those look fantastic for 21 days into flowering and you will be extremely happy when youre like ~50days into flowering and those buds quadruple in size, if you keep up the good work.

Yeah, your flowering time starts when you switch to 12/12, so you're on Day 28. And I don't know about the many books and articles, but Afghani will mature in 55-60 days. Change your res to plain water on Day 52, and you'll be set.

HTH

Nice happy and healthy looking plants/

potroast said:

Yeah, your flowering time starts when you switch to 12/12, so you're on Day 28. And I don't know about the many books and articles, but Afghani will mature in 55-60 days. Change your res to plain water on Day 52, and you'll be set.

HTH

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Ok great. That was the answer I was looking for. Thank you.

at least 4 1/2 more weeks bro.

once the trichomes are 70-75% amber in colour your plants will be ready for harvest. if the trichomes appear all clear or transparent they are a little immature, if the trichomes begin to bend or slant over the plants have been growing a bit too long and should be harvested before the level of thc degrades. hope that helps

This from a guy who is perpetrating a pot grower!

The trichs only need to be non-transparent. The amount of cloudy/amber trichs shoudl relflect whether or not you prefer a more "energetic" (cloudY) or narcotic (amber) high.

you had such a similar set up to me.

what was your yeild?

asiankatie said:

you had such a similar set up to me.

what was your yeild?

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I havnt harvested yet but Im not looking at much. Mine got badly stunted. Root rot got the best of me. I am just now starting to see white roots pop out of my brown balls of shit that used to be my beautiful root mass. I have about 3 more weeks but Im looking at about 1oz per plant. If you do everything right you should get about 3 times that much. Good luck.

asiankatie said:

you had such a similar set up to me.

what was your yeild?

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LOL I just looked at your grow journal and I read the bit on your cat...I had the same fucking thing happen to me!! I catch her all the time eating the leaves. Yeah your setup is the same as mine, but I must say you need to light proof (I have 3 trashbags and 2 layers of mylar) that tub and get some hygrozyme to protect those roots. I learned the hard way on how important they are.

Muffy D said:

LOL I just looked at your grow journal and I read the bit on your cat...I had the same fucking thing happen to me!! I catch her all the time eating the leaves. Yeah your setup is the same as mine, but I must say you need to light proof (I have 3 trashbags and 2 layers of mylar) that tub and get some hygrozyme to protect those roots. I learned the hard way on how important they are.

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haha. wait what? ok hydrozyme... ill get some. thanks.

and what was the layers and trashbags?

asiankatie said:

haha. wait what? ok hydrozyme... ill get some. thanks.

and what was the layers and trashbags?

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oh I used the mylar and trashbags to keep the light out...I just wrapped them around the res but light still got in. Most people paint their resevoirs black but I got lazy and now im paying for it.

If you buy the radio shack scope I recommend taking samples off the plant and laying them on a white sheet of paper on a table for viewing. This was recommended on the board and really improves the view. You'll be much steadier.

wait what? you mean just like, covering the rockwool........

VirginHarvester said:

If you buy the radio shack scope I recommend taking samples off the plant and laying them on a white sheet of paper on a table for viewing. This was recommended on the board and really improves the view. You'll be much steadier.

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ahh yes...so much easier

asiankatie said:

wait what? you mean just like, covering the rockwool........

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no I covered the ENTIRE resevoir. Imagine if you got pissed and grabbed a trashbag and tossed your whole system into it. Its completely bagged up. It looks like a trashbag with plants growing out of it. Just make sure you use the hygrozyme or hydrogaurd (any root protector) and you wont have resort to trashbags....but a layer of paint or duct tape is recommended to keep the light out.

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no I covered the ENTIRE resevoir. Imagine if you got pissed and grabbed a trashbag and tossed your whole system into it. Its completely bagged up. It looks like a trashbag with plants growing out of it. Just make sure you use the hygrozyme or hydrogaurd (any root protector) and you wont have resort to trashbags....but a layer of paint or duct tape is recommended to keep the light out.

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eww but that's ugly.

do you have any pictures? im more of a visual learner