Should I Flush? w/ pics

Can anyone tell me if its on track, cause its day 55 of flowering and i feel like my buds should be ocntracting in now to become actual "buds" and i was told not to flush until my buds actually look like buds and start to contract inwards and swell up with resin, this is my first grow and im using CFLs, so i really dont know what to expect in the oncoming weeks, can anyone whos ever harvested indoors (almost anyone here) help me? i just wanna be reassured it will happen soon and im not behind in flowering by any sorts, my strain is Aurora Indica from nirvana(good service but from word of mouth never ever buying again from there) and it says 7-9 weeks so im expecting upwards of 65-70 days flowering but im in day 55 now so its cutting close, can anyone help?

I flush during the last week of flower some do it at the last two but it's not ready bra. pistils look so young.
Whoever told you to wait until they swell was right. Nice AI mines is just starting to come up i got 3 of em going right now. AI wont finish for at least 7wks and with cfl's like 8.
Wat kind are you using bra?
Oh and for a cfl grow you on track.
Is it smellin pretty fruity?

hell yea its fruity, and i got 10 27 watt 1800 lumen bulbs and just recently added 2 65 watt 5500 lumens for a total of 29500 lumens on 2 plants total, theres another but i didnt bother takin pics of it cause i did like a couple days ago, its fucked like the time seems right to be ready but the pistils i agree thats what i thought, there SO white and they are not even really like twirling inwards and etc

Nice first grow - I flush 2 weeks before harvest. Looks like you have 2-3 weeks left yet. The way to be sure is to get a 30+ power hand held microscope and check the trichomes. Read in the GrowFAQ at the top of the page under harvesting & curing.

also, those discoloring of leaves, is that anything to worry about? some are dead but thats just because they are ones i cut and never actually pulled off,but there is some yellowing, i have a heat issue some days could that be it? or is it nitrogen and nutes too much? cause ive been pumpin them in flowering and they seem to be responding nicely to fat nute ratios

the leaves discolor because dey become useless if it progresses up you got a problem.
I see it's only at the bottom so you good bra. Some just take long than usual U got alot of lumens going so maybe it's just taking it's time. U usin bloom boosters?

i got the advanced nutrients 3 part system, my old hydro guy recommended it to me, i have nothing to compare it to but it seems to be doing its job well

oh i got dat for my gh water-farm and eco-grower cause i aint want da GH nutes. you good post more pics when dey change. Believe me it's doing it's job cause dats a nice ass plant.
Is the other AI a diff pheno than dis one?

yea its purple as fuck, heres the pics from like 3 days ago of the other plant


its just turning purple at the main sites, but the rest are orange and are much more developed than other plant

i see nice pheno you gon end up chopin dat one befo da other. Nirvana speaks da truth when dey say heroin like wallop and big ass colas.

thats what i was thinkin as i woke up this morning, that the purp one will be done like a week before, and ill get to smoke earlier , gonna go hit like 3 bowls in a row though right now

That plant has some serious bud on it. I dont think I have ever seen a plant that is flowering that heavy.
What variety is that?????
Good luck

Looks pretty fat for them cfls good job.

WOW!!!! That is an awsome looking plant. I guess you just proved CFL's aren't crap.

props dude...i love what your doing with cfl's...look great to me,i would watch the trichomes to see when it is actually done. it takes longer with cfls...and then cut ther nutes and water for about 2 weeks, until they are ready to cut completely off..but thats my opinion

yea JMO thats what ive been hearing and i have a microscope to check the trichs, i have been but its fucked i cant differentiate between milky and cloudy on my buds, they look completely the same and have the entire time, but they aren't clear nor amber, i dont know its just my first grow everyone has this pre harvest jitters they're first time,
it sucks that the cfls take like a week longer to finish flowering that a nice HPS setup or w/e, i dont know maybe its the mixed spectrum or something but thats wack, im thinkin about cutting the nutes off in like 4 days-7 days and then start flushing then harvest in 2 weeks, sound good? but yea the cfls do a quite efficient job if placed correctly and the strain is Nirvana's Aurora Indica (Northern Lights x Afghan) not bad weed my buddy harvested his crop early and i get right fucked off of like a 1-2 bowl

start flushinb two weeks before harvest! btw this nugs are da bomb dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im so jealous right now!!!!!!!!!!

johnny5fingers said:

That plant has some serious bud on it. I dont think I have ever seen a plant that is flowering that heavy.
What variety is that?????
Good luck

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i was LST'ing and i fimmed and tyed a little bit, i just had to wrap my entire bushy plant with twine to keep it from squishing against the side of the box, its like 1.4 feet in diameter fully extended, i LOVE LST

wow, thats alot of bud on one plant. very very nice. enjoy

wow very impressive.. your plants are looking real nice im about to start flowering mine today.. not nearly as nice as urs though just some bagseed.. gl and let us know how da smoke is. congrats on a very successful 1st grow