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Roocky

Roocky

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Hello guys
I plant this auto kush on the 10th of Apr and it started flowring 3 weeks ago
The website where i bought the seed say it take 30-40 days of flowering ( very fast strain)
Now if u look at the pics u well see it is not any where near finishing ( i would say it needs another month ) but i have to harvest it in 2 weeks bcz im travilling
My question is does cutting off all the small flowers on lower branches make the plant use all its energy to finish the top main flower ? Or will it only stress the plant ?
Do you think these buds will be smokeable in 2 weeks ?

Thanks
 

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slinkysaurus

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Roocky said:
Hello guys
I plant this auto kush on the 10th of Apr and it started flowring 3 weeks ago
The website where i bought the seed say it take 30-40 days of flowering ( very fast strain)
Now if u look at the pics u well see it is not any where near finishing ( i would say it needs another month ) but i have to harvest it in 2 weeks bcz im travilling
My question is does cutting off all the small flowers on lower branches make the plant use all its energy to finish the top main flower ? Or will it only stress the plant ?
Do you think these buds will be smokeable in 2 weeks ?

Thanks
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If it's an auto strain DO NOT STRESS TRAIN WITH CHOPPING. If it wasn't auto , you could have got away with low stress training very nicely early on, but you're where you're at now and I would just leave it at that.

You still have a ways to go by the looks of things. 3-4 weeks minimum. Do you not have someone who can water it for you?

It could very well be smoke able in 2 weeks, but youve gone this far buddy..you might as well try and finish it completely!
 
Toaster D

Toaster D

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Only 2 grows, both autos. I defoliated the lowest growth with no adverse effects at all. I have never noticed stress from LST or light defoliating. Some leaves and lower flowers consume more energy than they produce (imo)

I wouldnt top or fim though, not autos anyway. That will stress your plants and thats no good for autos.
 
Toaster D

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Also agree you have 5+ weeks. Breeders estimate on flower time is usually overly optimistic.


How long are you traveling? My ladies are home alone for 4 days as we speak. I watered good and turned down my HPS to 400w. Now, I'm just crossing my fingers
 
slinkysaurus

slinkysaurus

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Agreed that NO chopping should be done on autos. Only low stress training. To each their own tho, super impressed you got away with defoliating :)

At this point I can see if it were to be pruned , you would ultimately effect your yield, given its a single cola auto with no low stress training.
I'm sure someone with more auto experience than myself can offer you some better advice but personally, I would leave it and have someone water while you're away!
 
Roocky

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lio lacidem said:
Honestly that needs 5-6 more weeks. I dont like to remove anything in flowering as I dont like stressing them at all. But you will get many opinions on this.
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slinkysaurus said:
If it's an auto strain DO NOT STRESS TRAIN WITH CHOPPING. If it wasn't auto , you could have got away with low stress training very nicely early on, but you're where you're at now and I would just leave it at that.

You still have a ways to go by the looks of things. 3-4 weeks minimum. Do you not have someone who can water it for you?

It could very well be smoke able in 2 weeks, but youve gone this far buddy..you might as well try and finish it completely!
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i know and it really break my heart. I have worked very hard crafting evey thing by my self including the grow tent and spent tons of money. I was expicting much better yeild but im stuck with this urgent trip to the uk with no one look after it. My flight is on the second of jul
 
Roocky

Roocky

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Toaster D said:
Also agree you have 5+ weeks. Breeders estimate on flower time is usually overly optimistic.


How long are you traveling? My ladies are home alone for 4 days as we speak. I watered good and turned down my HPS to 400w. Now, I'm just crossing my fingers
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I will be away from the second to the 17th of jul with no one to look after it
 
lio lacidem

lio lacidem

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Even if you cut it before then you need time to dry it as well. Cant just leave it hanging for 2 weeks. Plus once dry and jarred up you have to burp them every day. Not really sure what to tell you here......whats more important to you the trip or the crop lol.
 
Roocky

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lio lacidem said:
Even if you cut it before then you need time to dry it as well. Cant just leave it hanging for 2 weeks. Plus once dry and jarred up you have to burp them every day. Not really sure what to tell you here......whats more important to you the trip or the crop lol.
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if it was ever up to me i would chose the crop. I mean what kind of trips cant wait few weeks but its urgent matter wasnt even in the plan a month ago. Anyway i have 18 days from today im planning 13 to grow and 5 to dry and the ill jar it and put it in the freezer untill i come back
 
StoneyMcphatter

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Roocky said:
if it was ever up to me i would chose the crop. I mean what kind of trips cant wait few weeks but its urgent matter wasnt even in the plan a month ago. Anyway i have 18 days from today im planning 13 to grow and 5 to dry and the ill jar it and put it in the freezer untill i come back
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Mate that plant can finish in 18 days. I've seen it done. Mind you the high will be cerebral, some call it trippy. If yer lookin for couchlock ya won't get it but yes that plant can finish. You would have to fast dry it and put it in jars. Get a humidity controlling pack from amazon and put them in the jars and have a safe trip.
 
Roocky

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Bbcchance said:
How long will you be gone for? It's almost better to setup a quick irrigation of water only and harvest when you get back imo
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If there was anyway to harvest when i get back ill do it at any cost. Unfortunately that is just impossible. I cant leave cfl light, fan and AC on for 2 weeks it is just not safe
 
slinkysaurus

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Okay I have an idea for you.

You know what you could do...this is very unethical but you could water log your girls just before you leave, set your timers up for while you're away (making sure temps and humidity are mostly under control) and just let them do their own thing while you're away. If possible shorten your light cycle to keep temps down while you're away so things don't dry out so fast. Maybe by an hour of you can. Secondly and lastly - making sure that your lights off are during the day time as I'm guess our local weather will effect temps.

When you get back you will probably have some very droopy looking plants and there's a possibility they could mould if you don't have your humidity right, but it IS possible.

If you want to get extra risky- you can rip off a tonne of fan leaves before you go, in case you have problems with moisture and it will be less to get droopy and possible deteriorate while you're away . Really tho this should all be your last option
 
Roocky

Roocky

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StoneyMcphatter said:
Mate that plant can finish in 18 days. I've seen it done. Mind you the high will be cerebral, some call it trippy. If yer lookin for couchlock ya won't get it but yes that plant can finish. You would have to fast dry it and put it in jars. Get a humidity controlling pack from amazon and put them in the jars and have a safe trip.
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May the god listen to your words and let the plant finish. You really gave me some hope. The humidity packs sound good. Do i need to put the jar on the fridge if i got the humidity packs
 
slinkysaurus

slinkysaurus

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Roocky said:
If there was anyway to harvest when i get back ill do it at any cost. Unfortunately that is just impossible. I cant leave cfl light, fan and AC on for 2 weeks it is just not safe
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If everything's times and fused, tripped and wired properly , you shouldn't have any problems at all.
Although I can see your Reasoning, so last option for you is to take them girls outside!!!!
 
Resinhound

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So much misinformation in this thread... You aren't going to speed up the plant with defoilating, plain and simple.No leaves don't "consume more energy than they produce" leaves not exposed to light will become sinks, storehouses for compounds the plant will use for growth. These compounds are not just used locally by the plant. Your best option for this plant is to open it up and expose the majority of the plant to light, pull those branches to the sides and open that plant up. LST can be utilized all the way to harvest. If you want to speed up your harvest, open the plant to light and run 24/7 light from now until harvest. Dont defoilate.
 
Roocky

Roocky

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slinkysaurus said:
Okay I have an idea for you.

You know what you could do...this is very unethical but you could water log your girls just before you leave, set your timers up for while you're away (making sure temps and humidity are mostly under control) and just let them do their own thing while you're away. If possible shorten your light cycle to keep temps down while you're away so things don't dry out so fast. Maybe by an hour of you can. Secondly and lastly - making sure that your lights off are during the day time as I'm guess our local weather will effect temps.

When you get back you will probably have some very droopy looking plants and there's a possibility they could mould if you don't have your humidity right, but it IS possible.

If you want to get extra risky- you can rip off a tonne of fan leaves before you go, in case you have problems with moisture and it will be less to get droopy and possible deteriorate while you're away . Really tho this should all be your last option
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I thought of that earlier but the local weather is on avg 38-40c and hum around 60% it get to 35c at best during the night
 
slinkysaurus

slinkysaurus

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Resinhound said:
So much misinformation in this thread... You aren't going to speed up the plant with defoilating, plain and simple.No leaves don't "consume more energy than they produce" leaves not exposed to light will become sinks, storehouses for compounds the plant will use for growth. These compounds are not just used locally by the plant. Your best option for this plant is to open it up and expose the majority of the plant to light, pull those branches to the sides and open that plant up. LST can be utilized all the way to harvest. If you want to speed up your harvest, open the plant to light and run 24/7 light from now until harvest. Dont defoilate.
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If you had read everything bud , you would see that this wasn't about increasing yield...it's about trying to keep his plants while he is away so he doesn't have to chop them early. I would never usually offer such advice but in THIS situation I found it may be an option for him.

Unfortunately this means some extreme methods.
 
Resinhound

Resinhound

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slinkysaurus said:
If you had read everything bud , you would see that this wasn't about increasing yield...it's about trying to keep his plants while he is away so he doesn't have to chop them early.

Unfortunately this means some extreme methods.
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If you would have read my post.. You would see that I wasn't talking about yield I was talking about finishing the plant as fast as possible. And the only way to do that is with efficient photosynthesis. Period. That means LST and 24 hour light for autos. Not defoilating.

The op wanted advise to finish quickly, it was you guys trying to come up with ways to keep his plants alive while he was gone.
 
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