Please stop flowering

[Blowdout2269]

Same here. Kinda perplexed actually. Usually I have alot more amber on these Big Bud plants at week nine.

[ZigZag]

From what I can see it looks like you’re getting pretty close. Cant really make a decent judgement because the photos aren’t close enough. Need to get a good magnifying glass or a powerful lupe. I use a macro lens on a high res camera and its great. Once you get something that will give you a closer view it’s easy to see the amber trichs, they stand out and are obvious. I like to have about 20% amber. You may also notice
That there will likely be a higher percentage of amber near the top 1/3 of the plant. If there’s a big difference I have harvested the top 1/3 first and then about a week later the bottom. Works very well. Cut the top right before you’d water and the plant won’t lose so much. Tape the cut stems, then water really well and lower your lights a bit.
I’ve also noticed that some plants just keep making new white pistils even when there’s 20-30% amber. Don’t let that concern you. The goal of a female is to reproduce so if they haven’t got to do their thing they will keep trying as long as they can. Why you keep seeing new white pistils. But it’s also a good time to really start looking for any signs of male flowers or “ nanna’s”starting to form- their getting frustrated and are perfectly capable of generating male flowers if stressed, or if they feel that’s necessary to develop seed. But even if you find a few indications of male flowers or “ nannas” you’re so close to harvest there won’t be much time for seeds to develop. You could also trim the dead leaves to open her up a bit. Happy harvesting- won’t be long!

[90Gizmo]

Thank you everyone. I've peeled back some buds to open them up and taken pictures. I don't see red that well so it's hard for me to tell amber from really-cloudy. If someone can advise me please then I can make future calls based on these.

[90Gizmo]

I do think I'm starting to see foxtailing. (I had to do a lot of googling to see what foxtailing really was.) I'm struggling to keep the RH up to between 40 and 45 percent which seems to be the minimum vapor pressure thing for flowering in the low 70 degrees. I've taken your advice and have some photos from inside the buds posted later but... OMG my fingers were so coated and smelly and wet with resin that I just didn't want to stop opening up the buds and taking pictures and getting more sticky goo on my finger tips. I might have an addictive personality. I licked my fingers and my tounge is tingling a little bit. Tastes a little like retsina (pine tar) to me. Thank you for the suggestion.

[90Gizmo]

Thank you very much. I knew the dead leaves were bad but I didn't understand why.

[Mr.furley]

Bud rot comes from different problems.

1) high GROW room humidity
2) boring bugs/worms
3) dead matter.

I would advise keeping a good eye on them buds because from my point of view you have dead matter that protrudes inwards of them fat buds were it is 1)dark 2) moist 3) stagnant which is ideal conditions for rot to start. Most mold/rot comes within the last few weeks of a grow ending months of work.

Words of caution.

[alltatup]

Most plants I've grown keep throwing out new stigmas in an effort to get pollinated. I keep my eyes on the trichomes.

[OldManGrower]

Nice looking grow. Harvest it when you like. Some plants require a lot of time to turn amber and some never really do. I have one of those going right now. Should be showing amber but it ain't.

[Blowdout2269]

You'll generally still have a few white pistols at harvest. Though the second picture looks like they are being caused by foxtailing. Also, make sure that you are checking deep in the bud themselves when examining trichomes. How low is your humidity? I've read that lowering the humidity in late flower can also be beneficial to increase resin gland production.

[90Gizmo]

Week 12 of 10. Older pistils are turning color and curling but new calyx and white pistils keep forming. I don't really see a lot of amber which is a specific goal I have for this grow since friends told me I chopped the first grow too soon. I'm still giving bloom nutes and Cal/Mag. Humidity is low so I'm not (perhaps naively) worried about bud rot.