Bud fattening

[s62]

During the last 2-3 weeks of flower, will buds continue to develop, getting fatter, etc.? Or is it just trichome maturation?

[quietlybinary]

Yes paraphrasing something Obi-Wan said in a recent post about someone asking about potential yield, waiting even just an extra week during flowering will likely increase your yield by a significant percentage. It is very hard but the return for waiting is exponential in your yield. I assess and observe the bud growth and then when it slows down, I give additional time for trichs to mature.

[s62]

The problem I’m running into is that I’m starting to see quite a few amber trichomes showing up, but I’m only on week 6.5. I’d like my buds to fatten up some more, but I don’t want a couch-lock, CBN-heavy yield.

[billyboy]

Post a pic

[Lucky13]

If your growing the Critical Jacks, you might be close to done anyways.

https://www.leafly.com/hybrid/critical-jack

It looks like you have a short flowering time of 7-9 weeks, so if your on week 6.5, I would say your close... but pictures always help

[Mr.furley]

If you are referring to the plant(s) on these pictures
https://forum.growweedeasy.com/forum...orn#post323553
you are still two to three weeks from the time the pictures were taking, maybe this will help.

[s62]

Thanks for responses! You guys are infinitely patient! Here are updated pics. I’m including lots of pics so you can see progress across multiple buds. I may be seeing more progress on some than others.

As for stigmas, they are looking complete on most buds, but a few buds still have straight, white hairs (see pics 8 & 9).

FWIW, I am growing the Critical Jack currently. Dinafem says 55-60 days of flowering and I’m on day 47. To be honest, I suspected their estimate would be on the early side, but maybe not?

EDIT: maybe someone can tell me about the light green growth on the last 2 bud pictures? Maybe new growth (i.e. fattening)? Also, if anyone needs more pics of certain features/buds/plants, let me know, and I’ll take some when they wake up later today.

[billyboy]

IMHO - harvest time. I see plenty of cloudy and amber. But definitely get others to weigh in.

Great looking bud ! Nice grow :-)

[s62]

Thank you both for your input and the compliment! Both are appreciated!

[Smokesteve]

Time to chop for sure. My harvest ritual is to get really stoned and that's it. Just keep a bowl going on table and smoke the whole time.

[s62]

Thanks for your input! And I’ll definitely get ripped while clipping. Gotta smoke while you grow, just like with home brewing!