man. Fucking blows how far off breeder harvest times from reality is. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. Have over 500 watts of actual LED and 600 watts HPS. Power bill is damn high. Fastbuds blackberry says 60 day harvest. Some grow diary’s online look above and beyond better than mine, and I’m at day 76? I can’t tell if I have amber trichs or not.
Breeders play games with harvest times. I cut and pasted this from the FastBuds website for Blackberry "Flowering: 8 weeks" A quick glance makes us believe the strain takes 8 weeks total. If you throw in about 4 more weeks to autoflower, then it's 84 days from sprout to harvest. And if autoflowering takes 6 weeks, as it sometimes does, then it's around 98 days.
So what you’re saying is my plants aren’t stalled, they just simply are not mature yet? But they will get there? I’ve successfully grown about 5 plants, but don’t think I ever let any of them actually mature.
When FastBuds says 8 weeks of flower, they mean that as a minimum, and they're not counting the 4+ weeks of veg. I wouldn't expect your plants to be ready before the 12 week mark. I've grown their GreenCrack, and it took at least that long. Look all over the internet for pictures of ripe plants, because trichome judging is too difficult for some of us, including me, and it MIGHT be less reliable for autos.
I recently did a new fastbuds order, got Green Crack and GSC (and blue dream and six shooter) how was the green crack? Have a journal or pics of it? Can you rate the crack? I really like fastbuds breeder. The purples in this blackberry are amazing. I’ve never had the chance to even buy purps before... The wait would be ok if I had a small stash, but I’m not going back to the weed man. Sucks being dry as shit, seeing and sampling all these appealing looking buds, and getting not high..
The FastBuds GreenCrack was pretty strong, but I use mainly for sleep, so it didn't work too well for me. 2 out of 2 or their Blackberrys failed after sprouting for me, so I quit using FastBuds. I'm too lazy for journals. I prefer Mephisto over them, but just an opinion, and FastBuds is considered to be an excellent breeder. When I'm in dire need, or can't wait to try a new strain, I'll harvest a few grams early, fast dry it in a food dehydrator until 80% of the weight is lost, and use. It's not as good, but beggars can't be choosers.
Breeders always list harvest times sooner than actuality (well the vast majority of the time). Take it with a grain of salt.
I don't even keep track of days anymore. I just watch the trichomes in late flower. And be aware that some strains turn from cloudy to amber very fast. You really need to check daily! I usually start flushing with all cloudy and a few amber Harvesting immature weed is insane. Mature is SO much better! Sent from my HUAWEI MT7-L09 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
It's been a couple years, but in hydro it grew tall and yielded heavily. It was a nice energetic sativa high.
u should be seeing at least some amber by now, is your magnifier powerful enough to see the clear and cloudy trichs.? (the pics r not magnified enough)