Hi, My pineapple Express autoflowerer is at 12 weeks now and I'm wondering if it's time to harvest. Are these nugs developed enough? Are the leaves yellowing too much? It feels too intense to just be regular flowering yellowing. Thanks so much
It’s normal fade. You should check the trichs with w loupe and see if they are where you want them to be. They do look like they can use a bit more time though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Trust me, look at em with a scope (color of trichomes). Visual test don't mean anything. Those are immature and I have made this mistake twice already. They wouldn't even get you high friend. Let em grow, you will see them fatten up real quickly! Last immature shit I grew, I had to smoke a whole eighth to even feel a buzz.
Those buds have a ways to go yet. Buy a pocket scope, usb cam or like item, snip a tiny piece of bud and check the trichomes up close. It's a good idea to add a couple of weeks to the published grow time. Like everybody else, they up sell.
Thanks so much for all the help! I've ordered one of the hand microscopes so hopefully it will be easier for the next grow through. Hairs are almost totally orange at this point on the main cola with the sides nearing completion. Probably going to harvest by the end of the weekend.
Although it's been mentioned they will fatten up..... not to be a downer here, but the odds of that happening with the lighting being used to flower is slim to none. You would need probably 100 of those cfl lamps you have and a lot of training to see a noticeable difference if yields. Plant seems to have been grown relatively well and taken care of minus having little to no light. Just for reference, I start seedlings under more light than that.
Yeah, I'm def not maximizing the potential yield, it's just a cute living room setup in my 1 bed city apartment. I got ~39g from my last grow which is plenty for how much I smoke. I'm currently on 4 100w equiv CFLs(23w draw) but I'm open to other suggestions on bulbs. For ~$16 CAD for four the value on these is great though along with good power usage.
Any chance you can hold off for say a couple weeks to a month? Those buds have a ton of fattening up to do!
Also the pistols will start retreating back into the bud. That along with the bud trichs 10 to 30% amber. That seems to be the standard.