Here is one of my bigger bud sites from a couple of weeks ago...
Here is the same budsite now...
It would have been a better comparison if I had taken the pictures from the same angle, but that didn't cross my mind until now. Here is a picture of another site that I am very pleased with...
This one is maybe as long as or a little bit longer that a 20oz coke bottle.
So I think that I'm in the final week before my harvest. I changed the reservoir today with 10 gallons H2O, 5mL floragro, 10mL floramicro, 15mL florabloom, 50mL H2O2, and ten drops of Superthrive. I didn't want to put the plants in nute free water, but I did reduce the concentration nearly ten-fold. Hopefully this will allow the plants to flush while still having access to raw materials if they need it.
I decided that I would harvest in about a week, so in anticipation of that joyous day I cut a couple of good sized buds from my plants and I have begun water curing them. That way, I'll have some home grown ready to smoke to celebrate my harvest that day instead of having to wait for them to dry and jar cure. I plan on both water curing and jar curing so that I can compare the results and see which I like better. I've heard some complaints about the results of water curing, like the pot being to smooth and/or to flavorless. We'll see if that bothers me.
If anyone has any comments on their experiences with water curing or harvesting/curing in general, I would love to hear them. Peace