How much longer on this? It is however, the less developed part (or so it seems) than others, as it is the tip, and I use side lighting. The reason it's assumed that it's less developed, is because other parts of the plants, lower down each of the 3 colas, have more trichs on the leaves, while these newer leaves have very few trichs on top of the leaves. Which brings me to my question... most of the time colas mature first, so you can do a staggered harvest. But it's impossible to harvest the bottom half and leave the cola intact, so what do I do here?
looks like you have a heat issue, why don't you have some patience and wait for the bud to naturally be ready
A lot longer (at least a few weeks). The pistils are still straight and white. They typically turn orange and curl/shrivel when it is time to pull. Also, there aren't even that many trichs on that baby yet. She's still thing looking. Give her a few more weeks and she'll fatten up and get a lot more trichs on her. I agree, could be a heat issue since they're curling down. Also double check the pH because that causes a ton of problems typically.
Heat shouldn't be it, pH may be slightly off, but that's one of only two leaves out of all of them. I was thinking harvest would be by march 4, but i'm guessing it may or may not be then. I can't check runoff ph since the runoff water isn't clear and is unaffected by my color ph tester thing (not an electronic one). I keep water going in either as distilled 7.0 or lowered to around 6.2-6.5
Just get a coffee filter or some toliet paper and run the water through it to clean it off so you can do a pH test.
hmm i thought about this, but wasn't sure if it would work. I guess i'll do that then! but growth has been through the roof i don't think i have a ph problem. 12/12 started on dec 5 and i still have more vertical growth on each cola. it really confuses me i thought it would stop much earlier. edit: just noticed that there are some curled leaves, i thought you guys were tlaking about the one in the middle that's twisted up. The plant is surrounded by lights, 8 of them actually, with like 4 of them within 2 inches of foilage. perhaps that's too far. it doesn't seem hot in there at all, outtake fan blows air that doesn't feel hot. the lights will have to be moved a bit i suppose and more direct cool air on the plants. i take it you guys may know just a tiny teensy bit more than me :-D Edit 2: Added picture from halfway down the cola. See, here it is way further along, than at the top of the colas. I really expected growth to stop, but even this morning there was more growth, probably a stem with bud protruding from a cola, about one inch long. Now, more yield is of course better, but why won't it stop! I'm afraid the lower regions will mature WAY faster, and that will cause a problem. Note: The browning leaf is due to a previous problem with toxic salt buildup, which killed all but this one plant, and almost killed this one. It recovered well, but I do have random brown sugar leaves, although it mostly affected just fan leaves. Unfortunately at harvest this lady will have some ugly spots. another note: Sorry the wrong part is in focus. Pay attention to the orange hairs!
Don't get too anxious. Some of the hairs can turn orange at the very beginning of flower, you still have quite a ways to go.
Yeah man you seriously have a few more weeks (maybe even 5-6) since she hasn't even stopped stretching. Just sit back and relax, the hairs will curl and turn way orange, and the trichs will load up and the bud will get fat. Project 9 to 11 weeks after you started 12/12. You might have a light leak in the box. If the plant sees light during its dark hours it can fool itself into vegging again. You should be weary of that and ensure it gets a full 12 hours of complete dark. I see your March date is correct but if its still stretching you have a problem. Give it over to 10/14 in a few days and it can help trigger flowering better. It seems your plant may be confused or you just need to wait it out.
Lights remain on while sun is up and go down when sun is down. The room the grow room is in is fairly dark at all times (dark curtains), and the grow room itself is almost 100% sealed. A beam of light would literaly have to bounce off of three walls to get to it, if it is even possible. So any light leak, if any, I belive is not enough to cause re-vegging, especially because it can only be during the first 2 hours of sunrise. No other lights of any sort are ever on during dark periods. Thanks so much for the help guys. I'm hoping for somethin real beatiful in a few weeks. So lowering lights to 10/14 would be a good idea? It wouldn't lower the amount of energy she gets too much? Should I wean her into it? A week at 11/13, and then 10/14?
comparing your pics to what i see in my garden, are you sure that plant isn't an autoflower? my dinafem roadrunner (autoflower) also has those shiny, waxy looking leaves that don't have the normal veining on non-autoflower strains...for my roadrunner, i've read that it requires a 20/4 lighting schedule the ENTIRE TIME [it is an autoflower, afterall]. however i kept it with my regular girls that are finishing up on 11/13, and my bud structure looks like that too - very weak and not much sideways bud growth. if your plant is an autoflower, then you'll want to put it under a longer light schedule. reducing the light schedule = less energy for plant = smaller buds [for autoflower]
I really doubt it's autoflower. Flowers began right after light cycle was switched, and that was really early into vegging.