How much LONGER on an OUTDOOR GROW? Pics.

This is my 5th grow but first outdoor grow. I'm growing 3 strains. Purple Hindu kush, Platinum Tahoe OG and Sunset Sherbet.
All the plants began to flower weeks apart so I don't really know how far along each is.
I'm in Oregon and it's starting to rain more and more and even though the plants are covered there has been a little mold so I would like to harvest as soon as I can.

MY QUESTION, I would like your opinion on how far away from harvest I am?

Here are some flower and trichome pics.

Purple Hindu Kush





Platinum Tahoe OG






Thanks for your help!
J

Check your weather forecast, long term and short term. This could be decisive (or divisive) as to your harvest time.
They look ready to me...but I like earlier bud....rather than too late.
Always harvest sooner, if you expect mold to eventually become a problem.
(I'm no expert, just thinking logically... and I'm stoned.)

midiot said:

Check your weather forecast, long term and short term. This could be decisive (or divisive) as to your harvest time.
They look ready to me...but I like earlier bud....rather than too late.
Always harvest sooner, if you expect mold to eventually become a problem.
(I'm no expert, just thinking logically... and I'm stoned.)

Click to expand...

I honestly thought they were done by the trichome pics too. I have never grown these strains before but I kept waiting for them to swell up and turn yellow, but they are still fluffy and bright green. Except the one purple Hindu. That yellowed a few weeks ago.
It's hard to see the trichome pics I posted but there are about half 75% cloudy, a quarter 100% cloudy and a quarter amber.

Thanks for the help
J

That first pic looks a heck of a lot like a bud thats completely full of rot from the inside out...maybe its just the color?

Tiky said:

That first pic looks a heck of a lot like a bud thats completely full of rot from the inside out...maybe its just the color?

Click to expand...

That purple Hindu has looked like shit since I planted it. It was a random seed a buddy gave me. So I'm amazed I got anything out of it. But I have cut a bud off and inspected it and every thing looks OK. It's just fluffier than I would of expected.

Are you looking at the trichomes from the leaf?
That second pic is still a couple of weeks from being done imo

ganga gurl420 said:

Are you looking at the trichomes from the leaf?
That second pic is still a couple of weeks from being done imo

Click to expand...

I took samples from as close to the bud as I could get and looked at them throught my 60x microscope.

That first picture is screaming russet mite infestation but I'm guessing you already know about that from all the foliar residue on the leaves? The anthocyanin's are hiding the damage on the flower, if it wasn't a purple strain it would be more obvious.

Tiky said:

That first pic looks a heck of a lot like a bud thats completely full of rot from the inside out...maybe its just the color?

Click to expand...

waterproof808 said:

That first picture is screaming russet mite infestation but I'm guessing you already know about that from all the foliar residue on the leaves? The anthocyanin's are hiding the damage on the flower, if it wasn't a purple strain it would be more obvious.

Click to expand...

I honestly thought it was mites in the beginning too. But after spending to much time looking at the leaves through a microscope and spraying the plants religiously I can honestly say it is not from bugs. I was told it could possibly be do to genetics. I found out this was a bag seed so I don't know much about it.

First one is definitely rotted out....sry for the bad news.

GanJaGawD said:

First one is definitely rotted out....sry for the bad news.

Click to expand...

I'll chop it down and inspect it tonight. Purple hindu is quite good at resisting mold so I would be surprised if it was since the buds have stayed dry. I'll let you know what I see.

waterproof808 said:

That first picture is screaming russet mite infestation but I'm guessing you already know about that from all the foliar residue on the leaves? The anthocyanin's are hiding the damage on the flower, if it wasn't a purple strain it would be more obvious.

Click to expand...

Trichs aren't falling off like pollen. Not russets.

Trich dont fall off with russets. You can have an infestation and have flowers that look OK.

I'd put money that this plant had russets at one point. If it was genetic the leaves would be like this from the seedling stage.

waterproof808 said:

Trich dont fall off with russets. You can have an infestation and have flowers that look OK.

I'd put money that this plant had russets at one point. If it was genetic the leaves would be like this from the seedling stage.

Click to expand...

Alot of kush strains do get kind of krinkly like these, but this plant looked like shit even in early veg. I could of had mites in the beginning and maybe I just kept them at bay by spraying 3 times a week.
I did cut a bud up and it looks fine just fluffier then I like.