I’m starting week 8 flower, I think I have really good colas, this coming from a noob first time grower. All my pistols are basically orange but am still seeing only clear trichs in my useless microscope. I hate this scope, can’t hardly see anything, I am shaking like a leaf. Purchased from a local grow store. May purchase a strong jewelers loupe.
So my questions are how much longer before flush? I know sour d usually takes longer in flower from what I’ve read. How will I know when it’s actually ready to chop? I am so close it’s killing me. These buds are extremely sticky and smell great , I was trimming some huge fan leaves earlier and accidentally cut a small bud and it literally stuck to my scissors. I ain’t happy about cutting that bud, lol.
So please I am open to suggestions. What scope do I need for a shaky person? How much longer should I expect? What should I do from this point?
Sour Diesel is one of my two favorite strains; I almost always have one going.
How about a picture of the whole plant in natural light? More information:
photo or auto?
soil? media? hydro?
nutrients?
PH? What water are you using?
Tent size?
Lights?
Schedule?
Try taking a small sample from a bud calyx (NOT a sugar leaf) with a pair of scissors and take that into your house with a stable surface before looking.
I bought a digital otoscope from Amazon that plugs into a tablet or smartphone. Any handheld loupe will work and there’s plenty out there.
Let’s see some particulars before deciding on a course of action.
Here’s a shot from one of them on my last harvest. Just under 9 oz from that one.
Sorry for not responding sooner. I am growing in ff soil, 7 gallon pots, water PH is tested in and out, been running between 6.3 and 6.7. Roots organic nutes. I did 6 1/2 weeks in veg at 18/6 light schedule. Have been in flower for 7 1/2 weeks at 12/12 light schedule. Using an ESC 300 for lighting.
I forgot to say I am in an 8’ x 8’ room, 9’ ceilings. It is both heated and cooled with humidity control. 8" AC infinity exhaust fan.
I kept room in the upper 70s temp and 60 to 65% humidity during veg stage. During flower I have been low to mid 70s and 45 to 50% humidity.
Excellent looking plants @Rocketman
Your room is about the same size as mine.
I did clip a smaller bud last night before lights out and put it on table and looked thru my scope. I can definitely see the trichs better. Most all clear, a few cloudy, and very few turning a bit amber.
Thanks for the compliment merlin44
I also forgot to mention the sour d is photo variety from ILGM
Merlin44, if you don’t mind me asking? What is the most number of plants you have grown in your room? I was thinking of trying 6 plants next time instead of just 2, like I did this time.
I am currently on my fifth grow (started Jan '18) with four plants.
My first grow was five plants, second was 28 clones from first, third was six plants (3 from seed and 3 clones), fourth was eight plants (4 and 4).
Twenty eight plants was way too much work and small yields per plant due to size limits.
For my growing methods, six plants is just about perfect. Plenty of room for the plants and for me to work with them, but will be a fairly good use of the growing space.
I have only grown ILGM seeds and learned everything that I know (for better or worse) about growing from the folks on the ILGM forums and Robert’s Grow Bible.
If you want somebody’s attention, put an ‘@’ before their screen name, like this @Rocketman . That way, they will get a notification.
@merlin44 like this?
Thanks for the tip!
Nice pictures and pretty plant.
looks/sounds like they need another 1-3 wks.
@Myfriendis410, thanks for the advice, just ordered a zoom lense attachment for my I Phone. Will take some up up close pics and maybe you could look at them.
Happy to. You still have a ways to go with all of the white pistils.
Based on the appearance alone and without having seen how old they were I guessed 7 weeks so you are right on track. Really pretty; some deficiencies, nothing to really worry about. You should probably be bringing your nutrient load down somewhat in anticipation of flush and harvest. Still a couple of weeks to go IMO but def watch the trichomes.
BTW: I put up that “hero” shot to give you a target. When your tops look like that you are ready!
@Myfriendis410 @merlin44 @SlowOldGuy Yes I am due for a nute feed, was going to cut them in half this last feed, in two to three days. Then probably going all water for next two weeks. So, how exactly, should I flush? Should I look at ice bath? Should I do 48 hour darkness and ice? How much ice? Does the ice need to be PHd ice? Help me please, I am in info overload. Lol. How often do you apply ice? Are you looking for runoff, details please.
I can split main stem, or drill, is it worth doing?
Well, I’m not the one to talk to about ice or drilling the stem. I feel that there are more profitable ways to maximize potency and yield than those two. If everything is perfect on the grow then I might consider it myself. That’s just me and a lot of folks do it with apparently great results.
48 hours of darkness is done primarily to allow all of the sugars and residual salts to be drawn into the root mass (which is what happens at night–nutrients and sugars migrate from leaves to storage in the roots). The idea is to immediately chop the plant down before it’s exposed to significant light. It works.
I would suggest that, once you have decided on a harvest date, to start a flush. Here’s what I do:
Use a flushing agent like Sledgehammer or Florakleen (I use Florakleen). Follow the instructions for soil. You want to start this process a couple weeks ahead of anticipated harvest. I would probably give it another week before making any decision. You have a lot of bulking up to do: make sure your plant has sufficient P and K for the flowers. Something like Cha Ching (FF) or Liquid Kool Bloom (GH).
Here’s a couple of things you can do as well: get the humidity down. If you can see 20% that would be awesome. The plant will produce resin to protect it from moisture loss. Just before the final watering you can defoliate too: that removes a lot of the nutrient reservoir from the plant and speeds drying (and adds stress). That would be the time to split the stem if you are going to.