my plants in the flowering stage. it has small leafy clusters at the top of every leaf and on the top bud its starting to form little budlets. i was just wondering how much longer would it be until its ready to harvest. my brother wants to wait like another 2 months before we touch it. someone answer
assuming its budding and not just preflowering, you will have 2-3 months till harvest depending on indica/sativa genetics. dont forget to give it only as much love and nutrients as it needs. just a few too many nutes and itll be worst then never having hadf any. its easy to overdo it, so be careful.
its au natural just water and sun and it was preflowering 1 month earlyier its defently budding cause it has small forned buds they just need to develop i was just wondering how long it would take now i was thinking 3 weeks. And i think i forced it to bud early because i put it in the shade with limted sunlight. but its big enough to bud about 5.5 feet tall.
Monitoring Buds The best way to tell if the plant is ready is to examine the bud. In the paragraphs below, the terms "pistal" and "stigma" refer to the white hairs in the center of the female bud. The term "calyx" refers to the pod that would surround the seed (were the plant to be fertilized). Many growers elect to pick each bud individually, as it reaches it prime. "Buds are at their peak potency about one week after flower formation slows...Harvest the plants when about half the stigmas in the buds have withered... When the plants are left in the ground, the resinous qualities of the plant may become more apparent. The bracts and tiny leaves may swell in size...The resin content of these buds may be higher, [but] the grass will smoke more harshly than if the buds were younger when picked." -- Frank and Rosenthal "Marijuana Growers Guide" pg 289, pg 295. "In the primordial calyxes the pistils have turned brown; however, all but the oldest of the flowers are fertile and the floral clusters are white...Many cultivators prefer to pick some of their strains during this stage in order to produce marijuana with a clear cerebral, psychoactive effect." -- Robert Connell Clarke "Marijuana Botany", pg 140. "Eventually the pistils start to turn color from pale white to red or brown...When the glands have swelled and the pistil has receded into the false pod, the bud is ready to pick." -- Ed Rosenthal, "The Closet Cultivator", pg 100. "At the peak of florescence, all but the oldest of flowers have white pistil development...Another indicator is bouquet. When a plant is at the peak of florescence, it has a sweet and musky fragrance. Later, it loses the sweetness." -- Kayo, "The Sinsemilla Technique", pg 125. "The best way to harvest is to examine the resin glands on each bud. As they turn from clear to amber, that is the optimum time to pick. Buds usually mature from the top down, if grown under artificial light, and you will end up with more high-quality p ot if you pick each bud when ready. However, the plant will not just continue to produces buds at the same rate. Like any other plant, the flowering cycle lasts a specific period of time. If you wanted a further harvest of buds, the plant would need a second cycle of vegetative growth. This can be achieved indoors by simply turning the lights back up to a 24 hour cycle for a few weeks. Outdoors though, you are dependent on the seasons. Frost and long nights will usually kill the plant. Of course, such a strategy is only variable if growing a few plants. If your operation runs on an industrial scale, just drive the combine harvester through the field." -- (-peter alt.hemp posting) http://leda.lycaeum.org/?ID=12793
hey thanks for the info. could you tell me how much yeild a plant that size would have. o ya its a sativa for sure. tall not very bushy light green. thanks again
