I had some autoflowers started outdoors this summer. I was very conservative in starting my “clock” on flowering time until they had full round balls of pistils- looked like white dandelions (not just the first stigma). Seeds had an estimated flower time of 50-65 days.
At about day 30-40 we had a significant cold snap coupled with a lot of rain. The plants lost all their pistils, stems/leaves turned purple and began to die, I also noted a small amount of WPM. Trichomes were all over the place, lots of clear, some white and a small % amber. I moved the plants into my tent and treated WPM with fungicide and water/peroxide mixture.
Now at day 45-50 of flower, the buds seem to have restarted growth, covered in white pistils and possibly foxtailing in a few places almost as if growth was paused and simply restarted weeks later right where it left off, on top of where it stalled.
I am trying to plan my 2 week flush but the indicators are all over the place- Trichomes are all cloudy with a few amber, pistils look very early, leaves look like they are close to harvest with a lot of color and bigger fans dying off.
Anyone ever experienced anything like this? Following the orignal countdown and the cloudy triches I think im going to ignore the new pistils and start flushing.