Nutrient lock-hydroponic grow

From a fellow grower: I am growing LSD seeds. About two months ago, during the flowering stage, I noticed nutrient lock. I corrected it. My plants are still growing. The pistils that were present have been brown for weeks but the trichomes are small and slowly turning milky. The newer pistils remain green and the trichomes associated with them are perhaps milky. The plants have been flowering for over 13 weeks.
My question - is it known whether nutrient lock can delay harvesting? The TDS was as high as 4500 ppm. It has been around 1200 for about two months and there has been ongoing flowering.

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Lockout normally occurs due to pH out of range :green_heart::sign_of_the_horns:t2:
More info and a pic of two could help.

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A plant shouldn’t be posting new pistils if it has been flowering for 13 weeks. If you have new pistils at 13 weeks of flowering, then it is foxtailing and the rest of the plant is likely ready to harvest. I usually just cut the foxtails off when harvesting, as the trichomes aren’t ready on the new calyxes.

Only in severe, chronic cases.

Pics are always helpful so that you get the most accurate analysis.

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@ILGM.Support pictures would help like to see pistols on tops if plants

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