Some advice on a lemon haze with trichomes that just seem to stay clear.

Hi all,

first off thanks for all the resources, i came here 4 month ago on a google search for Soilless tomatoes. I did not have weed on the docket of things i was going to grow, but your passion and advice to others made me want to try the challenge !

I wonder if i can lean on your experience, should i give her some love for another couple of weeks or get harvesting?

ive had tons of trouble with this one, and im using her as a "learn as you go". The trouble might be due to the fact I broke its neck a little early and me choosing DWC, Auto Flower, and I've never done either before (facepalm).

notes:
Yes i know she has lots of everything on the leaves, one constant lock out or deficiency after another (im good at flushing now at least)
Autoflower lemon haze.
DWC (im moving them around in the pictures normally got light and heat insulation over the bucket)
5 gallons
enough air stones.
ph average of 6.4 rising slighty
PPM: 600-800
Week 12 ish (since seed)
about 8-9 weeks of flower (package says 65 day of flower)
pistils been dark for a week or so.
trichomes under the loop its all super clear (90X)

here it is and i appreciate any advice on if she is ready.

They look good, but never believe the breeder estimates for flowering, at best they’re optimistic, at worst they’re guesses! They’ve got some time to go, but without close-up of the trichs, I can only say that some of them look to be cloudy (3rd pic). But they could all swell more.

Norlovestogrow said:

Hi all,

first off thanks for all the resources, i came here 4 month ago on a google search for Soilless tomatoes. I did not have weed on the docket of things i was going to grow, but your passion and advice to others made me want to try the challenge !

I wonder if i can lean on your experience, should i give her some love for another couple of weeks or get harvesting?

ive had tons of trouble with this one, and im using her as a "learn as you go". The trouble might be due to the fact I broke its neck a little early and me choosing DWC, Auto Flower, and I've never done either before (facepalm).

notes:
Yes i know she has lots of everything on the leaves, one constant lock out or deficiency after another (im good at flushing now at least)
Autoflower lemon haze.
DWC (im moving them around in the pictures normally got light and heat insulation over the bucket)
5 gallons
enough air stones.
ph average of 6.4 rising slighty
PPM: 600-800
Week 12 ish (since seed)
about 8-9 weeks of flower (package says 65 day of flower)
pistils been dark for a week or so.
trichomes under the loop its all super clear (90X)

here it is and i appreciate any advice on if she is ready.

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I'm not big on autoflowers, and if it's truly lemon haze, it's a sativa dominant strain. For photoperiod, that means it could be 12 - 16 weeks. I'm not sure for autoflowers though, but I can't imagine it's too different.

after way too much time trying to take a picture through a loop, I’m done on that for tonight.

I’ll take a look at that branch fresh in the morning.

I’ll keep her going, part of me just wants her done. my little drama queen has got me for a few more weeks.

Is it actually lemon haze… could be really sticky oregano for all I know! I’ll panic again in a month and keep checking her.

Thanks so much.

Norlovestogrow said:

after way too much time trying to take a picture through a loop, I’m done on that for tonight.

I’ll take a look at that branch fresh in the morning.

I’ll keep her going, part of me just wants her done. my little drama queen has got me for a few more weeks.

Is it actually lemon haze… could be really sticky oregano for all I know! I’ll panic again in a month and keep checking her.

Thanks so much.

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Oregano takes way longer to grow lol.

You might chop the top bud earlier, but the lower stuff looks to be almost all white pistils, pretty underdeveloped and quite a ways from ready.

going to apologize now for not replying to posts as I should. I’m feeling old and the mobile gui is making me feel older.

ha! It’s true my actual oregano was seeded on the same day, it’s so small and cute still.

I was actually going to try cutting the top one this weekend and buckling down to deal with the root rot. My jack herer is doing so much better on the same nutes, so excited for my debrief and try to figure out what I did different.

thanks again for the input this is a lot of fun!

Looks to me like you have a Manganese problem, I would check your ph make sure its within range. this plant has a very long time left.

gooshpoo said:

Looks to me like you have a Manganese problem, I would check your ph make sure its within range. this plant has a very long time left.

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Thanks manganese was not on the radar. I do daily ph ec checks and the variation isn’t bad. Seeing a ph drop and ec is slowly dropping. 5.8-6.6 ppm is dropping about 50 parts in 24 hours ph .2 ish sometimes more. I know there is algae of some types and I’m doing a full sanitize ( finding hydroguard in can has been hard) today got the Ro flush airating now.

if you see something or need more info please let me know

Hydroguard works better as a preventative, imo. If you got algae bloom, pool shock will be more beneficial.