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Bloom Stretch??

Hi Muskie, Have you tried around Kettle Island in front of Manor park ? I hear some have caught some nice ones.
 
Day 60 of bloom. pistils are 90% brown and turned in toward the buds. Buds look to be still getting a little fatter and longer, could be my wishful thinking. Will do one more flush and might harvest next week. Any opinions greatly appreciated....

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Man we fished the Keys 6yrs ago best times great fun. Sat a the bar at the end of a street watching the folks out on the Island. 50mi from Cuba :)
 
Put some unsulferated Molasses in that last couple drinks MuskieMan make them leaves get yellow LOL just kidding do as you wish, i like to put them on a high carb diet before they take " the green mile walk "
 
It's always a decision that takes me awhile; what kind of affect do I want. If day 60 of flower, when did you start that count? At flip or a week later? SoOrbudgal has a good point about leaf yellow, there is none. It's as if the plant hasn't fully realized it's winter. I'd go longer, probably 2 weeks maybe more but I go way too long too often.

Can't see the trichomes. I'm not comfortable without looking at trichomes with a jeweler's loupe. Clear trichomes -> racy high. Cloudy -> in between. All amber -> couchlock. This works for me but maybe not for others.
 
Some strains don't yellow. Go by the trichomes. 90% brown. Ive never gotten 70% brown when I was trying. The bending trichome is new to me .Love to hear more. Based on how you figure day 60 these girls have 2 weeks none to barely a yellow leaf. Ive grown 70 strains in 7 years and Im probably dead wrong lol. But it would be the 1st. Good luck and drop me a line on the trichome bend.
I grew some Indica heavy and the leaves reminded me of an Evergreen bush my mom had in Ct. They refused to yellow or even look mature. I purposely left one growing bc the trichomes got milky and only 60 % of them. It was 90 days after I let them stretch (10 days) I cut all but one. After another 40 days at best 30% brown and minimal yellowing. Piney aroma a little harsh. Ive seen a lot of irregularities in cannabis and learned that soil is forgiving. Mywife loves the runts. Savedthe unsavable.
 
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Sometimes I'm wrong enough, with my comments above about leaf senescence (yellowing). My plant pictured below was harvested this a.m., there's very little leaf senescence. It is ready though, a bud was cut off days ago, dried, tested, it is very effective medicine. I need again to pause before I spread misinformation because ... (above) I am arguing don't cut it there's no yellow.

The pictured female is a cross I made, it is a Dr Grinspoon X Clown Royal (the male). (Breeders: Barneys/Second Generation respectively.) The plant pictured below is harvested green, and ready. There are no cookie genes in this plant, and no blueberry genes. Most of what I've grown lately has blueberry genes. I bring up the blueberries and cookies because my experience is: there is pronounced leaf senescence (i.e., tons of colors, yellow, red, purple) in cookie and blueberry strains. Emomagic 's point about some strains don't show leaf senescence is correct and I was wrong.

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Well it's only at 60days flowering so i'm still betting on longer time of ripening with no nutes, shes been well fed and taken care of only reason i think so.
 
I was thinking about that too, I think it's more at day 50 and has 2 weeks to go, maybe more

EDIT: reason why I think that, is many breeders say their days-to-end-flower is X days after flip but there's a duration of time for transition s/he doesn't include. Let's say a grow begins:

Day 1 germ; Day 50 flip; Day 60 end transition. Now begin flowering day count at day 1. I might veg the plant 5 weeks or months but I'll start the flowering day count 7-10 days after flip. If all of a sudden there is a proliferation of flowers, start the flowering day count. This works for me maybe not someone else.
 
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Peter that makes alot of sense. I've also read that somewhere. Day one flower dont start at the flip. That's when I count but know it's like week unless buds already formed (like my jolly rancher gelato clones)
 
Day 64 of bloom, picked up a jewellers loupe and the trichomes are all still a milky white. Will check them closely for the next week until they start to show some amber. I did harvest my smallest plant, this one I christened the Runt, it did produce some weed. The rest of the plants are doing great, buds are nice and fat and seem to be getting even longer...

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There ya go MuskieMan waiting pays off. These are all lessons we need to keep reminding ourselves of . Just cause it gives a general time line on flowering does not mean they are " ready " keep doing what your doing till you see what you want. Great looking grow :)
 
I am learning SoOrbudgal. I had one plant that was the runt. I am chalking it up to a half assed seed. It was always smaller than the other plants, when I switched to flower it was only half the size of its sisters... I am curious, would you say that it probably the individual seed??? Or just a bad start???
 
Day 68 of bloom, Sorry no pictures today, not much to see... I picked up a jewelers loupe and WOW can I see the trichomes now... Upon inspection with the glass I found that most of the trichomes are still clear. I did notice that there was a little milky white showing on some of the buds... I also noticed that a lot of the leaves are turning yellow and some of them a little on the black side.... After trying a sample of the weed I found it to be very strong and the smoke a little harsh... I might leave it until the trichomes get to the amber stage. I have been told that it would make the weed a little less potent and not as harsh a smoke.... Anybody got an opinion on this, it would be greatly appreciated....
 
I can't say if there's too much of a difference with the potency or harshness but if they're not milky then you'll want to leave it for a little longer.
 
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