First-time grower - Endgame pt. 2

Grow Cycle Harvesting
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Thanks to all who weighed in on my previous post a week ago. At the time, I was advised to wait another 2 or three weeks, and we just started our 9th two days ago. From what I’ve read on this website and others, an 8-9 week flower is standard for True OG.

I’ve taken some more pics hoping to get a clearer idea of when to chop. Here’s the big picture:

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Here’s another one, closer:

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And here are a couple as close as I could get, shooting with my loupe lens over my iPhone lens:

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Questions:

  1. How do they look to you? I’m seeing a lot more amber on the buds, but not near 20%. A lot of leaves are turning yellow, including some sugar leaves. I believe we should ready soon. But we also want to flush. What is the timing on that? Do we start flushing now with the expectation that the plant will be ready to chop in a week? She has only taken nutes once of the last four times we’ve watered her when we thought we were close before.

  2. Is it still conventional wisdom to do 48 hours of light deprivation before chopping? And how do we manage that timing? If she’s ready to chop in let’s say four days, does she need any additional feeding before going dark? Just pH’d water?

  3. Looking ahead to our 2nd grow, we have some autoflower seeds that we’ll run side by side in our custom 2x3 tent. When is the best time to germinate them, knowing that our tent will be occupied with drying for at least a week? Did I mention we’re new to all this?

Thanks to all who helped make our first time grow a (we hope) resounding success!

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I aim for 10% personally. Or less.

Personal choice. Some do some don’t. I personally just chop it when I can.

Do you have just one tent?
12/12 seed to harvest will work for autos. You can start them in the flowering tent.

Happy growing!

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Thanks, Covert!

What’s the conventional wisdom on flushing these days? Do you do it? Or is it like the 48-hour pre-harvest darkness practice, best left up to the individual grower?

We have just the one tent. I guess we could germinate our autos a few days before the drying of the previous harvest is done. And are you saying autos can start and end with 12/12? Don’t they need a lot more light in veg?

Thanks again, @Covertgrower! Your advice has always been extremely helpful.

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You can do seed to harvest with 12/12 with autos.
I don’t typically flush, but I give most water the last couple of weeks before the chop. Some flush, some
Don’t.
The dark for 48 hours is optional. I chop it when I have time. I do try to schedule it so it’s either before lights on, or a few hours after dark. Sometimes when the lights on, to be honest I haven’t noticed any differences.

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