Are leaves supposed to be this colour
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Cpappa27
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Those look fine man, is that the same auto you asked about in your other thread asking if its ready to chop? Yellowing leaves during the end of flower is normal. Plants use the stored energy in the leaves to make buds etc and as they do the leaves will yellow and fall off. Totally normal.
Thanks for the information mate I appreciate it. Yeah these are the same plants.. I people were saying another couple of weeks, I know I’m a noobie but just by looking at them the same way I have read them since the start I would say if this is natural yellowing they must be nearly ready to chop? but I didn’t want to until I had some experienced input
Cpappa27
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The only true way to tell is by looking at the trichomes. If they are cloudy with some amber colored ones scattered in there thats my time to chop. Some people wait for 50% amber but I feel like thats too much CBN for me. They say 63 days on their website so that strain, to me it looks done. If you leave them another week they might fatten up a little more but hard to tell. If the trichs are turning amber then shes done growing and is now degrading.
Kola_Kreator
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That leaf colour is not natural. Plant leaves fade as the buds ripen and the plant naturally slows its nutrient uptake. Fade is more of a darkening of the leaf colour. Leaves that have brown tips and are yellowing is going to be from some type of nutrient imbalance.
I would say that it's a big deal. Lots of growers end up with a little burn towards the last half of flower. But it's not something to use to gauge when to chop. Trichomes are very difficult to use as an indicator also. The trichomes on the tops will mature faster than the rest of the plant because they are closer to the light. I don't check trichs anymore, I wait for the calyxes on the tops to swell and fatten and for all the hairs on the lowest buds to turn orange. If you look at the bottom buds and they still have a bunch of white hairs she's no ready.
And breeder times don't mean anything to your plant. The plant will grow and mature at different rates depending on the environment and training methods.
I would say that it's a big deal. Lots of growers end up with a little burn towards the last half of flower. But it's not something to use to gauge when to chop. Trichomes are very difficult to use as an indicator also. The trichomes on the tops will mature faster than the rest of the plant because they are closer to the light. I don't check trichs anymore, I wait for the calyxes on the tops to swell and fatten and for all the hairs on the lowest buds to turn orange. If you look at the bottom buds and they still have a bunch of white hairs she's no ready.
And breeder times don't mean anything to your plant. The plant will grow and mature at different rates depending on the environment and training methods.
amneziaHaze
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Only reason your leafs will lose color if they are starving overfeed or locked out.that myth about it stoping eating and canibalising itselfe because your bud is finishing is stupid as fuck.weed is not a tomato that lives 1 year.its a multiyear plant.
You are in healthy levels but magnesium and nitrogen could get a tiny boost
You are in healthy levels but magnesium and nitrogen could get a tiny boost
Cpappa27
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Interesting would you mind explaining a bit more?
Cpappa27
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He is at the end of flower his leaves look perfectly fine and normal for this stage. You can feed a plant that is at the end stages of flower a triple dose of nitrogen and those leaves will still fade in color.
Kola_Kreator
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I'm not sure how many grows you've taken to the finish line but there absolutely are cultivars that will change leaf colour in the final 2 weeks without any nutrient issues being the cause.
Kola_Kreator
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A lot of his leaves are brown and dying. That's not a normal thing in a 100% healthy grow.
It's not a huge issue but def wouldn't call it normal
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Cpappa27
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Fading is genetic most of the time and cannabis plants fade for different reasons. I agree its best to have nice green leaves up until chop but like I said in the other post above, you can give many strains double doses of miracle grow at the end of flower if you wanted to and the leaves will still fade. Good info on the trichs though, I did forget to mention to check them half way down the plant not the top. Maybe OP can give us a pic of his whole plant.
Cpappa27
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I can see where you would think that. To me it just looks like OP has his temps cooler and the "autumn" colors (fading) are coming out
Kola_Kreator
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Fade is changing colour/darkening. A lot of his leaves are brown and dying. I do see it on a lot of autos but it's not how they are supposed to look
Kola_Kreator
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And going by his calyxes if it were my grow I would leave them for another 2 weeks.
Cpappa27
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What do you mean by darkening? You mean like purples and reds or darker green?
amneziaHaze
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I do hydro soo i know whats inside the"soil" and as long as there is food inside plant will stay nice and green. Maybe your soil is just empty by the end of the grow. I did 13 grow to this say only time i had change of color was when i was not feeding
As fo cutting your pistils still look fresh and full of life wait until they get a darker color and look weak and dead that is the end of life of flower no more getting fat