Harvest getting Closer…. Feedback on stage Please

My GG auto in coco seems to be doing well in flowering. I’m somewhere between in 6 to 7.5 week of flower. Older levels of leaves at bottom are looking tired and yellowing and slight chlorosis seem to be spreading evenly at all levels. Affected leaves are beginning to feel kinda “papery.” Looking over my notes on this grow, my gut tells me I have been light on nutrients beginning about 2nd or 3rd week of flower and I feel like I’ve been playing catch-up ever since. I probably was a little too cautious on GH nute mix during flower. The burnt tips are from a feeding I over did about a month ago. I dont consider that an active symptom. Also it’s been HOT and humid the last 3 weeks straight and I’ve done the best I could with heat and humidity management given the limitations of the cheap light I bought and where I could place tent. I have attached pics for reference below. Recently, I started charting my data in a clearer way…. That’s why there isn’t much of it. My other notes are too messy to post…. I can barely read them!:stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

-80% of Pistils are curling and of those 35-45% have changed to Amber.
-More trichomes are clearer than milky in general, buds at bottom are 40% milky per bud and decreases per bud the higher on plant. Highest bud sights are 20% milky tops. I see no amber trichomes yet.

Questions:

  1. At this late stage should I spend much time worrying/fixing nutes to reduce leaf symptoms mentioned above? Aren’t leaves supposed to be tired and shot-out at end?(I’m thinking I should just stay the course and do better next grow because I think plant will make it across finish line at this point???)
  2. I am thinking I have 3 weeks TOPS before I cut for drying. What do you think?
  3. How long before harvest should I use florakleen to flush in coco? I am going to taper nutes down last two weeks per GH chart for light feeding.






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Do you have a loupe or a strong scope to look at trichomes? And look at trichomes the buds not the sugar leaves.

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I have a 30x magnifying glass I used to get descriptions in post.

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I am not familiar with coco so I cannot provide any advice on flushing, etc… I will tag a few here

@Nicky @Covertgrower

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Yeah; two to three weeks it looks like.

If you intend to do water-only ahead of harvest (I recommend it) you only need to do that for the final week in coco. I’d flush with a flushing agent as coco does sequester salts: something like Florakleen or Sledgehammer. Then water daily until harvest.

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:pray:t2: Thanks.

Should I ignore the yellowing leaves this close to end? Is this normal?

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You are right in that bottom leaves do start turning yellow during late flower. This might be happening if you stopped feeding them. They are still actively growing and need the nutrients to complete flowering. Coco really has no reserves like soil so you need to feed up to when you are in your harvest count down.

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Good advice above, any questions go ahead and tag me (thnx @Caligurl)

@Myfriendis410 lol that avitar!

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Sorry you have to wait :frowning:

One word of advice I always remember getting is to defan the lower level water leaves, especially if they are discoloring and going tits up on ya. My understanding is the plant can then concentrate more on production of the flower. More than one lead grower has told me this… I can’t argue with the results :slightly_smiling_face:

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