Nirvana seed experience

This is my first time growing Super Skunk from Nirvana. It's day 54 flower, and while the buds are big enough to make a few branches sag, I haven't seen the swelling yet. It's an 8 to 10 week strain (according to the website). Will this strain swell soon so I know when to start flushing? It seems to have stalled and the buds grow slower with each day. It drinks around 1/2 to 3/4 a gallon per day and it eats a lot of nutes, so I don't know where the nutrition is going if the buds don't explode at this point.

tried Nirvana Snow White years back and was horrible genetics.

MoCk_My_SoCk said:

This is my first time growing Super Skunk from Nirvana. It's day 54 flower, and while the buds are big enough to make a few branches sag, I haven't seen the swelling yet. It's an 8 to 10 week strain (according to the website). Will this strain swell soon so I know when to start flushing? It seems to have stalled and the buds grow slower with each day. It drinks around 1/2 to 3/4 a gallon per day and it eats a lot of nutes, so I don't know where the nutrition is going if the buds don't explode at this point.

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Pictures bro.

I had some pH problems and nute burn, so the leaves took a noticeable hit.

budman111 said:

tried Nirvana Snow White years back and was horrible genetics.

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Their Snow White threw nanners on me, but only after I botched up the lighting schedule for 2 days in a row...but I've grown over 15 of Nirvana's other strains, and never had a hermie or a nanner but for the Snow White.
As for the OP's question, if the site says 8-10 weeks, plan for 10 weeks being the minimum. Without pics, thats the best advice I can give, because generally breeder timelines aren't inaccurate to our benefit, it's usually longer. With that LED light, I can't really see the hair colors well on your buds, but it appears that you've still a lot of white hairs. Hairs aren't always an accurate way to guage ripeness though, I've had all orange hairs with mostly clear trichs before...and mostly white hairs with mostly milky and a touch of amber heads. Just saying, hairs aren't always 100% on...but, sometimes they are. Get a digital microscope..it'll help you a lot, and every grower should have that tool in their arsenal of equipment.

This is it at Day 20 flower to compare how much it sags. I have a jewlers loupe, but my eyesight is crap and the loupe is useless to me. I might have to buy a microscope, like you suggested.

MoCk_My_SoCk said:

This is it at Day 20 flower to compare how much it sags. I have a jewlers loupe, but my eyesight is crap and the loupe is useless to me. I might have to buy a microscope, like you suggested.

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Hard to tell with all the blurple led light bro. Turn off the led then take flash photo or use a mechanics light and take the picture. Need to see true colors so you can get the proper advice.

MoCk_My_SoCk said:

This is it at Day 20 flower to compare how much it sags. I have a jewlers loupe, but my eyesight is crap and the loupe is useless to me. I might have to buy a microscope, like you suggested.

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Yeah the digital pocket size microscopes are what I use, and they're cheap, about 10-20$. I only ever use mine at 30x magnification though, I never use it at 60x. I've never used a jewelers loupe, but I've always had a difficult time imagining how one gets a clear view using one. Under those blurple lights, I'd be surprised if you could get a good accurate view of trichome color to be honest.