This is my second grow.
I believe this girl is either Zelato or Pluto pop strain.
Medium is Coco coir, soil from my garden and perlite mix.
Nutes used are Fox farm, cal/mag, big bloom, tiger bloom and added PK 13/14 towards the end.
With my first grow (mystery strain), I never saw anything except clear trichomes even once everything else green was dead and gone. Came out with a nice little harvest, purple and beautiful. The cure wasn’t perfect as it still has a very hay/grassy smell to it, but hoping it’ll still take me to the moon. But not currently partaking for employment purposes.
This grow I’m finally seeing all the stages, got the first couple of Amber trichomes showing and I’m ready to start ramping things down.
Information is all over the place and I’m sure responses will be here as well. But I need input on what I should continue adding to the water at this point. My understanding is that I could continue with the big bloom, just lowering the amount, but I’m unsure if I should continue adding the rest for the last 7 to 10 days/2 weeks.
And trying to figure out if I’m supposed to do a big flush “3x the amount of water as the size of the pot” etc.
Also I will post a few good pics of close ups of buds for any tips about “cut this not that” for wet trimming when it’s time.
Nice frosty plants!
What I usually do is flush for a few days and put into the dark closet a few days, let it take out the rest from the soil. I also will trim all the fan leaves and any leaf that doesn’t have trichomes on them. Unless I’m taking photos for my album…
I use fox farms soils but not their nutes. Generally though the last week before chop I have use only water. What is your plan for the chop date? How far into amber do you want your plants? They will still mature a little after cutting.
This is week 10 of visible flower. I have no idea when I should chop. I’m not afraid to go into amber, I prefer to be as mellow as possible lol eating and sleeping are the biggest benefits I look for from use, but of course don’t want to get to the point that potency starts going in reverse. I have just a very small amount of noticeable amber on some of the top buds, some cloudy and some clear still. I have concerns about the amount of sugar leaves dying, but again not sure what’s normal either.
…a lot of folks want your effects but worry and talk a lot about potency loss; however I can not recall the last time I saw or heard anyone talk about their healthy plants growing too long to the point they were weaker, fwiw.
@OGIncognito and others steered you correctly…flushing should not be necessary, and purposely leaving growing plants in extended darkness is asking for unnecessary risk of mold and other issues.
Glad it is helpful…be careful of sugar leaves as they’ll start ambering up weeks before the buds themselves (and this can be exacerbated if they get bumped or handled much
Here’s a different strain/age, and different parts of the same plant if it helps:
