Need some help...ready or not? when to back off nutes? PICS!

1st grow, started flowering Nov 20th, strain unknown...good bag weed...practice grow of sorts if you will...soil, mg moisture control, 3 gal pots, closet 400w MH/HPS, fan oscilating on them, open room/closet door...blue mountain organics for nutes....1st germ'd seed mid Oct. Ive done LOTS of reading, too much prob and Im worried to miss the window of opportunity on harvesting, I CAN wait no issues there just dont wanna mess up worse than I have being this is my 1st grow, Ive made some doozies lol...anyhow I know ppl say when hairs are half red harvest, when trychs are milky to beginning amber harvest...this sounds like an IDIOT im sure but I have used a 30x micro and yes I see crystals but I dont see bulbs ontop of them, ya know the 1 of 3 types that is the most potent thc trichome...maybe they arent ready hence not seeing the bulbous things....so if not ready about how long? I began using molasses water 1 feeding ago...so they have had it 2-3xs now....should I continue with the BMO flower power if I am that far off from harvest? I think Im about 20% pistil color change...how quickly or slowly will the next 50% take...give or take? 2 pics under the hps and 2 in the reg kitchen lighting...thanks all my plants and I appreciate it!

by the looks of those i would personally say you have maybe 3weeks to go.

If you plan on a 2week water only then start in 1week.


A plant will look completely different once it reaches the harvest window.


Check out the tutorial on harvesting here

https://www.rollitup.org/harvesting-curing/28072-harvest-time-tutorial.html


Look at the ready and not ready pics .

More ways than just trich's to tell when a plant is within the window.


Nice looking plants.



J

that looks really healthy carry on what your doing with nutes for at least a weak or so IMO

I think you could probably begin just watering now. Soil has a good retention of nutrients in it already. As you water the little bit of run off every few days will just keep dropping the nutrient levels in the soil, allowing the plant to consume the residual nutrition and be as clean and pure as possible when you harvest. I agree that 3 weeks, 20 days more or less, is about how much longer that plant has. I could be wrong though, it could be more like 30 days, and in that case... I'd keep feeding for another week and a half.

Water for the last 20 days works well for a lot of people. Others will feed right up to the last week and then take the time to do a massive flush. Either way... You'll get some sticky, that's for sure. Fucking gorgeous plants. +Rep

Comparing our ladies to mine I say about 3-4 weeks so I would feed for one maybe two more times then start with just the water for the last two weeks ( personaly) even when I give only water for the last couple of weeks I still give them a huge flush about three days before you chop chop your ladies

+rep to all who answered, I feel like a mother hen with these girls, we have been thru hell lol...the tutorial was GREAT, in all my weeks of studying and searching the web, thats the 1st time Ive seen such an awesome pic of truly ripe cannabis, compared to what I THOUGHT was ripe! Excellent....peace...puff n pass!!!