When to change the schedule, what say the more experienced?

[Ckbrew]

My fourth hydro grow. Coco/perlite, DTW hydro with GH trio n cal mag. I am following the schedule found here:

https://www.growweedeasy.com/general...ora-trio-guide

These are clones, so they were veged on week 3 schedule. I started with week 4 when they were flipped. They have now completed week 7 and are starting week 8 today (week 7 and 8 formulas are the same). There is a notation to repeat week 8 for a longer bloom time. At week 9 the grow portion is zero, then just bloom ripen and flush. I guess once you go down that schedule, it is difficult to go back? My question is what signs from the plant am I looking for to either continue the schedule, or repeat week 8?


Chocolope week 8 day 1. (4 weeks from flip)


RP-1 week 8 day 1. (4 weeks from flip)

Choco is in the lead as far as frosting goes.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

All stigmas or most all of them rusty brown and they look to be 3wks or less from finish check trichs get mostly cloudy on colas, this is when i stop bloom products and let the plant use up what's she's stored. Now sometimes they get a surge of new white hairs but that's them going into survival mode don't sweat it. For myself i don't feed bloom in the last 3wks, just water and molasses. I let the plant get yellow and leaf starts drying up and curling.

 

[Ckbrew]

They have 5 weeks to go to harvest by the schedule. I never count on scheduled events to happen on time anyway.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Ain't that the true about scheduled times.......i got this big ol pre 98 bubba kush going over 8 ft. now damn thing has not flowered an it's gonna be a B!%#H now so i'll have to bend it ( super crop ) drag it into my small green house come late sept. i figure. I didn't plan for this thought she'd flower by now all my others are 2-3 wks forming budlets. Uggg outdoors long slow adventure but it's a habit i can't quit.