This GSCE autoflower is17 weeks above ground and still won’t get amber. I think she has ran her course, there is a branch where the buds are starting to die. Anyone ever have this happen? I’m guessing I need to go ahead and chop her down. I like to do a 12 -14 day flush but I am wondering if it will do any good now that it is starting to die. I have read where some people chop in the dark before the lights come on,claiming the nutes are still in the roots. What’s your thoughts on this?
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That’s curious, I see a bit of amber in just about every trichome photo you’ve shared. It’s not overwhelmingly amber, but they’re mature enough that I’d be entirely comfortable chopping.
Honestly if I were in your position, I’d go ahead and give her 12-24 hrs of darkness, plain water if she’s due for a watering, and give her the axe this time tomorrow. The trichomes continue to mature for a little while after the chop (maybe 12-36 hours? I don’t know the exact number, but as long as she still stinks like chlorophyll I believe the trichomes continue to ripen).
You’ll have a nice potent bud, albeit perhaps not 100% couch-lock.
By the way, the best measurement for age is weeks of flower. Since she’s an auto Im going to assume she’s been flowering for between 8 and 11 weeks (since an autoflower tends to kick into flower around the 6 week marker but that’s kind of an arbitrary average). Neither 8 nor 11 is an outrageous amount of time.
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Very nice!!
First off very nice, I really liked how my GSCX have way more color then mine did. I would second above I just grew 3 GSCX Autos 2 finished around 14 weeks, last one at that 17-18 weeks, so not to crazy long. But looks great, I’d say get ready looks like will be a good harvest, best of luck
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No bud rot, just drying up. It looks like the whole plant is dying. I can see a difference in the whole plant in just the past 6 hours.
I’d harvest it. I think that the issue is that there aren’t enough leaves left for photosynthesis to occur.
Edit: And good luck!
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Wow that is awesome 
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I also see a bit of Amber I think she’s ready. Very nice plant. Good luck
