No negative effects. The buds are getting fatter and the only leaves that yellowed were lower fan leaves. She looks to be stretching a little but I think it's because I'm not using an HPS light.
Pictures: lights off, day 44. Sorry for the bad photo quality. I'll get better ones when the lights are on.
Day 51: I'm getting closer to harvest and barb's buds are fattening up nicely. Hopefully I can chop her down in a week and a half. The fan leaves are yellowing again so I'll have to give her a good pruning. I'll get pictures up when lights come on.
Anyone know how long to flush with plain water? I plan on starting plain water in a few days and flushing for about a week. Anyone have any advice?
I really don't know what the rule of thumb is when it comes to flushing, but a week to 2 weeks would be my guess but like I said I really don't know
With DWC wait til 75% orange then you can reduce nute content. Full flush isn't needed. Flush is mainly to get built up nutes off medium. And since your medium is mainly water with just some rocks no build up. Lessening nutes will cause plant to use stored energy. But last 2 weeks is when you'll get lots of growth on buds. Good luck
Thanks for the tips. I'd say I've got about a week left. My nutrient level is currently 450ppm. Right now is say the pistils are 1/3 orange.
Does anyone know when the best time to harvest is? Is there a general rule? I know she's getting close.
Thanks for the advice. Most of my leaves are yellowing, so I don't know if I'm going to let it go until day 70.
Today is day 60. The buds look great and the pistils are mostly orange. All her leaves are yellowing so I may harvest later today. Any objections?
do you have still little white hair buds at the bottom of plant? do you pick em off so energy goes to top?
Yes I do have those. I was wondering what to do with them. I planned on throwing them in with the clippings for iso hash.
think picking them off would stress the auto too much? i feel like it's such a waste putting ANY energy there when it could be going to the top where the light is penetrating... maybe someone with more indoor auto experience will see this ;-)
Why iso hash? If it isn't food grade I will not use it. Buy some grain alcohol, or better yet get bubble bags.