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I'd leave the leaves until they really need to be removed. How long has it been in flower for? Bud doesn't look very big, remember it shrinks in size a lot once dry. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

This becomes more difficult and there is no way to guarantee that its actually mature and ready for harvest, so a thumb suck at best. You need a loupe or microscope to be precise and know for sure. The buds will form, then fatten and pistils become small, then a few weeks and ready for harvest. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

I germinate in paper towel then once it has a tail I put it into coco and ensure the coco had sufficient water to not dry out too quickly but not to drown the seedling. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

Perhaps@Chris Jay would know. I know he likes his local land races. I think majority of us do not grow land races. They often need quite a bit of work in terms of breeding and how pure as they really? Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

Welcome back. Good to have you back@StickyD420 Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

I always check the trichomes and harvest based on the trichomes alone. I tried florakleen before and simulated something similar to ripen, didn't notice a difference. I do not flush anymore, waste of time. If you want to try them go for it. The trichomes on the sugar leaves do mature quicker than the trichomes on the bud itself. Those plants look as if they may require a bit longer to mature. Based on my experience, which is limited with autos, they still require the same amount of time as a photoperiod to flower and mature. They just go into flower by themselves. I'd give it a week or 2 then check with microscope, I too use a microscope and cut small pieces of the bud off and check the trichomes that way. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

I'd let her finish flowering. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

So flower is going well, some plants already seem to be performing really well, others not so much. Some are merely average at this point, hopefully they improve but not convinced. LSP, so far appears to be a very poor performer. Possibly a very long flower strain considering it went into flower same time as the others but still loads of pistils and not a lot of bud, not much frost either. Sugarcane, looking superb as expected. Frosty AF! Time will tell how quick she ripens and how well she yields. Frosted Apricots, not bad but does not look anything too special to be honest. Looks more or less like the average quality bud. Not in the most prime position in terms of lighting though but doing well. I did not take pics of the others, some are a bit difficult to get to. Jelly breath looks similar to the Frosted Apircots, Slurricane seems to be a bit frostier but its really in there and I cannot quite get to it at the moment. lol All the above strains are around 37 days / just over 5 weeks into flower.

Quick update on the autos... OG Kush. I am really liking this auto so far! Pluto Cut: LSD-25: Gelato... I really hope this is a once off or it starts to haul ass. Not that impressed with it in veg so far. All of them together:

Where could one take a look at their collection @Golden-Goose A quick google search for "Lucky Dog Seed Co" does not really bring up much in terms of their entire collection / range?

Looking really good @Totemic It Tortoni typically a faster flowering plant or not really? How long on average until they'd be ready for harvest? I know the different phenos may make it a bit difficult to say, but what average have your noticed? 9 to 10 weeks?

What coco is it that you are using BTW? Try again, make sure the light is not too close to the seedling as well. Also a seedling does not have a fully developed root system yet, so you do want to be careful not to drown it and at the same time be careful not to let the medium dry out too quickly. In 20L pots, I usaully add roughly 200ml or so of water to the around where the seed is and the surrounding area (not the entire 20L pot) and then once it has started to show the first true leaves then I will start slowly keep the rest of the medium damp. Coco holds a lot of water, with perlite less so and perlite helps add some aeration. Nothing wrong with using 100% coco though. I do not baby my plants, no humidity dome for my seedlings, they go straight into the veg tent which generally has higher RH due to the other plants already in there.

A plant can hermie, but never heard of a sex change... who would pay for the sex change anyways? So either the plant is male or hermied.

Does not look male to me, but wait a bit longer.

At the moment I am really liking the Sugar Cane I have in flower, but have some other strains which I am flowering for the first time and they are still early days in flower so that may change. I have big hopes for the Bananium!

How about R1200 per fan and I will pay for shipping.

This is something which has intrigued me, unfortunately I do not have the means to see what is actually happening with the microbes. Do you have a link to the article? Is it the nutes themselves which have a negative affect on the microbes or is it perhaps the lack of a food source for the microbes?

So you do not PH your feed with BioBizz? In coco, one certainly wants to adjust PH and there is nothing to buffer the PH unlike in most soil - but you know this already. What makes life easier for me in terms of adjusting PH is my automatic watering system and when I mix nutes, it is in larger quantities and then the full quantity of nutes gets PH'd and lasts a few days before I need to do it again. Does not take particularly long to adjust the PH, but it is an extra step. About an extra 60 seconds to adjust the PH. If adding silicone though, it can throw things out of whack a bit but just requires a bit more PH down. When I was growing organically, I ended up with PH lockout and had to start adjusting the PH of my nute mixtures. So for me, I have kinda been doing it regardless of whether its organic or not. I have said it before in other threads, for the average home grower who does indoor grows. I do not see much benefit in growing with organic nutes and in soil. I know it is the most popular way for the average home grower, but I do feel marketing is partly to blame for this. I won't be going back to organics anytime soon, not for my indoor plants and currently I do not grow outdoors.

Nah, someone else took it.

An older mix, but still great.

Perhaps this is a good opportunity for some home growers to scrap the organics and move over to the dark side with some fully synthetic nutes

It is cool in that regard, however I find Tapatalk to be very iffy with certain forums. Some forums I just no longer consider using unless I can browser them on my PC. Logs me out of them, does not load on tapatalk and times out but is perfectly fine on PC.

Has anyone managed to stick a quantum sensor under these household lights and what how efficient they actually are? Possibly vary between brands and spectrum too.

Interesting, prices are all over the place. I think if I had to get soil, I'd go for ff or Organics Matter still over the 420 mix. Perhaps if a few more give it a try, we can get some more info and see how it does Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

I got the 90 / 10 ff coco, so far it seems decent but so does the BioLeaf which is easier to find up here in Gauteng and cheaper. So I'm leaning towards the BioLeaf at the moment, will continue to monitor and see if I experience any issues. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk