What should i do? Early harvest or hope for best?

So it's my first grow and I didnt invest a whole lot as this grown was more learning experience than actually going all out for huge plants, I made some mistake along the way like not adjusting ph for nutes during veg and so when the flowering stretch happened the plants are a bit weak and not as bushy as I was expecting, I'm not expecting a huge yield or anything. But recently my popcorn bud on one plant started having issues and now its moved to the top cola and I'm not sure what to do, first pic is of the popcorn site and what's happening while the other is of the top leaves, I've been flushing the plant all week and taking any steps to prevent heat or light stress, and I've checked over and over and no bugs either. The bud doesnt look close to harvest but I'm afraid if I let it continue then the main cola will start dying off like the popcorn buds have. Any suggestions?

Also I have another plant that isnt having any issue at all and completely healthy

This looks not bad keep her going should be fine

Make sure to pH all water !

Sfrigon 1 said:

Make sure to pH all water !

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I have been using ph kit for all of flower for the nutes, not had a ph issue since veg, it looks good tho? Wasnt sure since I'm pretty inexperienced

Hey dude I'm a new grower too (also been having problems) it looks like heat stress, what's the temp in your tent? And do you have good circulation coz hot pockets could affect certain parts or the plant rather than the whole thing.... but I'm new so hopefully more experienced peeps chime in

K-Bird said:

Hey dude I'm a new grower too (also been having problems) it looks like heat stress, what's the temp in your tent? And do you have good circulation coz hot pockets could affect certain parts or the plant rather than the whole thing.... but I'm new so hopefully more experienced peeps chime in

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Temps are good no lower than 70 at night or higher than 73 during day, I thought the same at first but after rearranging the plant and making sure my fans were getting those spots, they only increased, then I thought nute burn but a week of flushing hasnt stopped it so I'm not sure at this point haha not sure if it normal late in flower but cant find any pics of the same thing so idk

Oh it could be wind burn if your fans are directly on them??

how much ppm u feeding bc I feed super low but I feed everyfeeding so I keep it around 450-550 and if their to green I back it back

looks like an over fert issue to me

It looks like a few things going on - advanced lockout preventing micro uptake and a weak root system, also preventing uptake, possibly from overwatering.
They're not going to recover. Just do your best to limp them to the finish line.

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I just noticed this part of your post.

MikeTahoe said:

a week of flushing

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No more flushing.
Water stress weakens the root system and in peat based media, the pH will dive.
You'll still end up with some smoke but for your next round, invest in a ph and ppm/ec meter.
Each grow you'll learn more and they'll get better and better.

And just or future reference, try to provide more info when asking for help. You'll get much more thorough response from the seasoned growers here.
Grow media
Water source
Nutrients
PPM/EC and pH
Lights
Temps/RH
Genetics
And stage of growth.

HTHS

Tangerine_ said:

It looks like a few things going on - advanced lockout preventing micro uptake and a weak root system, also preventing uptake, possibly from overwatering.
They're not going to recover. Just do your best to limp them to the finish line.

edit.
I just noticed this part of your post.

No more flushing.
Water stress weakens the root system and in peat based media, the pH will dive.
You'll still end up with some smoke but for your next round, invest in a ph and ppm/ec meter.
Each grow you'll learn more and they'll get better and better.

And just or future reference, try to provide more info when asking for help. You'll get much more thorough response from the seasoned growers here.
Grow media
Water source
Nutrients
PPM/EC and pH
Lights
Temps/RH
Genetics
And stage of growth.

HTHS

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Wow thanks man very thorough, yea I kinda just germinated some seeds one day from a really good bag I had and kind of went from there, was not prepared at all beforehand, I got a ph tester from a hydroponics store too late into veg when I realized I was feeding it super acidic water, but it didnt look bad, just not super lush, fixed it for flowering but it was probably too late, ppm I should definitely look into since all I do is use the ratio on the fox farms nutes I have, my other plant is lst and looks great, small yield because bad veg but looking nice without issues

Gond00s said:

how much ppm u feeding bc I feed super low but I feed everyfeeding so I keep it around 450-550 and if their to green I back it back

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No clue on ppm to be honest, first grow so I didnt have all the tools, use 2.5 tablespoons of fox farms tiger bloom per gallon of water

u should always have a ppm meter because its hard to tell if your giving to much because I know fox farms has very high dosses and it really burns the plants

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Gond00s said:

u should always have a ppm meter because its hard to tell if your giving to much because I know fox farms has very high dosses and it really burns the plants

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Good to know I'll definitely get one before I try my next grow, like I said I randomly germinated some seeds one day so I wasnt prepared at all haha had nothing but solo cups and some ehh potting soil, I ended up getting ff soil and nutes and a ph meter throughout the process but next time I should be much more prepped

because the ppm meter really tells u how much your putting into the soil almost exactly super helpful

MikeTahoe said:

No clue on ppm to be honest, first grow so I didnt have all the tools, use 2.5 tablespoons of fox farms tiger bloom per gallon of water

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A teaspoon per gallon runs about 750 ppm when mixed with my 100 ppm water. There's 3 teaspoons to a tablespoon, your mix is 7 1/2 times stronger than mine. Gulp....yikes, that's a bit hot.

randallb said:

A teaspoon per gallon runs about 750 ppm when mixed with my 100 ppm water. There's 3 teaspoons to a tablespoon, your mix is 7 1/2 times stronger than mine. Gulp....yikes, that's a bit hot.

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is it that strong now damn I don't even like going past 700

Gond00s said:

is it that strong now damn I don't even like going past 700

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No it's not that strong actually I just made a batch 5 min ago. I'm at about 355. I misspoke earlier as I forgot about the epsom salts I had in there, lol.

No matter, extrapolating from that.......2 1/2 tablespoons per gallon would be north of 2000 ppm!

Idk I just haven’t used it in a long time once I switched to megacrop I’ve been happy I might switch to jacks doe