Is my girls ready to chop ?

Budbuddings said:

Hey guys I'm in need of some good eyes , this is my first attempt and I know I'm close to harvest but not sure how close, any ideas?

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ISK said:

2 more weeks

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Budbuddings said:

Really ? These have been turned now for almost 9 weeks

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Holisticfarmer said:

The one on the left looks more ready in my opinion. Got a magnifier? Check to see if those resin glands to see if they're cloudy in appearance. Another way to check is if 50-90% of the pistils have turned orange and are curling back in.

Buds looking good!

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Holisticfarmer said:

Growers preference.

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Budbuddings said:

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Do have a magnifier, I have checked most look milky to me but my eyes are not the best

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ISK said:

you should see at least some amber before chopping....and the hairs haven't receded yet so that's why I'm thinking up to 2 more weeks.

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Budbuddings said:

I don't mind hanging on a couple more weeks but I have started flushing already, by looking at my picks do you think my girls could hang on that long ?

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harris hawk said:

Yes - you are in the latter part of the "harvest window" -chop, chop !!!!! Happy Harvest

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ISK said:

well...personally I don't believe in flushing..... you can restart your nutes without issues

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Budbuddings said:

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Any reason you don't flush ? ...
My first flush I checked run off with ec wand and it went off the scale! .... second flush ec was 1.6 so glad I started tbh otherwise if I continued with notes I probably would have cooked them ... I must of been doing somthing wrong though anyway to get it off the scale like that ...any tips welcome

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Budbuddings said:

Confused.com

Any reason you don't flush ? ...
My first flush I checked run off with ec wand and it went off the scale! .... second flush ec was 1.6 so glad I started tbh otherwise if I continued with notes I probably would have cooked them ... I must of been doing somthing wrong though anyway to get it off the scale like that ...any

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ISK said:

flushing is likely the most debated subject on this forum, so I don't want your thread to turn into another holy piss-pot of "to flush or not".

personally I grow in hempy, so flushing is kind of pointless unless you could drain the bottom reserve

some folks will reduce or eliminate nutes for the last 2 weeks or so, but other claim that only starves the plant.

so the debate goes on and on....it comes down to a personal choice

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Budbuddings said:

In your experience would I gain anymore yeild than I already have waiting an extra week or so ? .... and yes good point let's not get into that then lol .

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ISK said:

buds typically do fatten up right to the end...but not sure how more yield you could obtain.

I typically wait until I can see at least a few amber trichromes...but once again that's debatable as to what is the perfect chop time.

your plants are close, it's just a bit of a guessing game from just looking at pic's as to exactly when to chop..... at the end of the day, it's your call.

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