HELP! Budrot? Or I'm being paranoid?

[BigBadLion]

Hey alltatup and SoOrbudgal!

Thank you both for your words! ❤️

Here are other photos (the general one is one I took with my phone camera). I want to flush them for two weeks (but the more clear one might be ready a little earlier!).

That must be a safe bet, no? And for the flush I'll be watering with sugars, pHed water and Flawless Finish from AN!
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[alltatup]

Gorgeous buds!! You'll know it when they reach peak ripeness; the aroma almost makes you feel drunk.

 

[BigBadLion]

Thanks alltatup !

Right now the smell is hella strong haha, between lemoney and strong! I suppose it makes sense since it's a Kali Dog! (a mix between a Chemdawg and a Sour Diesel)

 

[alltatup]

BigBadLion I had this amazing experience on my grow that harvested around July 24; this time, I was much more focused on closely watching the development of the buds, the phases that the stigmas would go through, whose stigmas would begin to transform from white to various colors depending on the strain--yellow, tan, burnt orange, etc. In other words, I wasn't so focused on looking at triches in my loupe as I was on previous grows. I had looked at a lot of pics of "This is a ripe bud ready to harvest" here: https://www.growweedeasy.com/ready-for-harvest-pictures

And then the most amazing thing happened: I could see them changing, changing, day by day, more stigmas darkening and curling in, calyces more swollen and trichomes very prominent. I checked triches on a Friday, and then when I checked them on Monday, plus how the plants looked and how they smelled--I knew they were ready. AND, they had stopped changing. They hadn't changed much at all since Friday. This was the first time I just plain old KNEW they were ready. What's cool is that that knowledge comes to us after we've grown for a while--all we have to do is really watch and get to know our plants.

I keep an eye on them throughout the grow--I look for nanners, anything that needs to be cleaned up or removed, and bugs on a daily basis. And they so reward me for taking such good care of them. You can tell that your buds totally love you!!! ;-}

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Damn alltatup that's a beautiful description of loving your grow. BigBadLion this is what it's like when you really getting into the growing aspect of your weed plant. Tending to the plant daily a time or two, watching the changes taking notes on those changes and just keeping up with knowledge. This is to me what rec. personal growing is all about. It's like summertime to me year round. Every grow gets better and better, I wave and smile honk my horn at the dispensary folks standing outside knowing that my homegrown is just as good if not better than theres. Good job and soon you'll enjoy the harvest, hide some from your friends

 

[BigBadLion]

Thanks alltatup for sharing all that!

I've been checking my plants everyday and I just love how she's constantly changing, specially at these stages! Right now I'm also focusing on both the pistils and the trichomes as they are the things that change the most! I hope to get enough knowledge in the future, I feel it'll be super rewarding when it happens!


Thanks as well SoOrbudgal and learning is an amazing experience, I'm loving it!

 

[alltatup]

It really is amazing to watch the stigmas develop! And when they start to darken, it's so cool to watch.

I am living proof that after doing it enough times, and really being mindful about what we're doing, we really do learn to see and smell when they're ready. I love learning this stuff!!!!!!