When can I harvest my white widow?

[InTheShed]

You would need to check with the folks at Remo on that! We would just be guessing.

I would feed through harvest.

 

[JC Grow]

I am in Toronto Ontario

In Toronto also,same boat.Weather looks Ok until Oct 11th.-12th.Not much rain in forecast.Might even want to go longer than that.

 

[JC Grow]

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[WeTheNorth]

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[JimJonesJr]

Beautiful plants. Widow is usually a good 70 days to ripen. Not the fastest of hybrids but a very nice strain. Those look about 50+ days. Nice job with the outside grow.

 

[InTheShed]

They're looking great! I hope the weather in the north holds out for you.

 

[SoGnotSOG321]

Nice and on the way. Are you stressing them? Mine responded well and the chop is close. GG

 

[Slowpuffer]

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i know for sure that white widow is frost tolerant, but if you can get those leaf disposal bags. lots of times, they'll fit over medium size plants. Or if you can contact a new furniture company. The covers they use to cover a new sofa is very light, even lighter than a sheet, and provides excellent protection from frost. They toss them in trash after delivering sofas. I'm surprised those widows didn't grow bigger than that. I'm in Ma. and about 200 miles south from you, and I have troubles, growing a 70 day strain here. Green house is the way to do it !! Wish i had a spot for one. the other is to cover each plant at every frost and just hope we don't get a mid October foot of snow ?? Good luck !!

 

[TorturedSoul]

When in doubt , follow the manufacturers recommendations.

...to use too much of their nutrient/supplement products, and then to correct the issue by using their chemical flushing product, lol?

We tend to get irate when the pharmaceutical industry sells us stuff, then more stuff to fix the problems stemming from the prior stuff. Plant food companies... not so much .

 

[SeniorMoments]

...to use too much of their nutrient/supplement products, and then to correct the issue by using their chemical flushing product, lol?

We tend to get irate when the pharmaceutical industry sells us stuff, then more stuff to fix the problems stemming from the prior stuff. Plant food companies... not so much .

Hey TS. Well , you bring up a very valid point. Seems a little crazy right ?
Never the less , having researched manufactured cannabis nutrients prior to starting my 3rd and last grow ,
FoxFarm products were in the top 5 or top 10 of “every “ list I looked at.
If one chooses to buy ones nutrients , for whatever reason , rather than cook up your own cocktail ,
then it does indeed make sense to follow their directions.
I tend to look at it as part of their process.
Maximize nutrients for that plant . A flush is part of that process . The results speak for themselves.

 

[SoGnotSOG321]

Hey TS. Well , you bring up a very valid point. Seems a little crazy right ?
Never the less , having researched manufactured cannabis nutrients prior to starting my 3rd and last grow ,
FoxFarm products were in the top 5 or top 10 of “every “ list I looked at.
If one chooses to buy ones nutrients , for whatever reason , rather than cook up your own cocktail ,
then it does indeed make sense to follow their directions.
I tend to look at it as part of their process.
Maximize nutrients for that plant . A flush is part of that process . The results speak for themselves.

Would there usually be tell tale signs of a flushing needing to be done? Or do some follow a schedule and not see any signs? Just on the safe side so to say.

 

[SeniorMoments]

Would there usually be tell tale signs of a flushing needing to be done? Or do some follow a schedule and not see any signs? Just on the safe side so to say.

Fox Farm soil schedule clearly shows when to flush during a 12 week feeding schedule.
Note the blue vertical lines in the schedule.
I extend the veg period so I flush right before I flip to 12/12

 

[SoGnotSOG321]

Great info on those right? So many different things, and they work so well the proof is allover the site. If I wasn't using them, in an organic-ish soil mix that's prefertilized, a flush with the same volume of water like that nutrient schedule suggests isnt advisable correct? I was thinking about getting the one a lot here use instead of the FFo trio.

 

[WeTheNorth]

Bud rot right? Only on one spot. What should i do?

 

[InTheShed]

Cut it out with good margins above and below. Pull the buds above and below away from the stem to make sure there is no rot in them (this will also allow the air to get in there and dry it out).

If you find caterpillars, BT or spinosad spray the plants to kill those suckers!

Keep a close eye on the rest too.

 

[WeTheNorth]

The leaves on the top are turning purple. Also how far away am I from harvest?

 

[TorturedSoul]

Three weeks?

That's just a wild-assed guess; you're probably at a different latitude than I am, so your light schedule will be different.

 

[6thsense]

If you're in the camp of growers who believe you can flush nutrients from the buds before harvest, then it's time to take another look at that. It's actually bro-science and not possible to do. The science is in the first two links of my signature if you're interested.

In short, buds are a nutrient sink and the plant cannot pull nutrients from the buds. The tissue analysis on buds harvested from plants that were on plain water for the last 14 days contained the same nutrient concentrations as those fed through harvest. And this was tested in hydro, so there was no mistaking that the plant might be taking up residual nutrients from something left in the soil.

Flush if you like, but you can't remove nutrients from the buds before harvest.

I flushed my first grow but Im not this time . I don’t understand how flushing is supposed to get left over nutrients out of the plant . Once its in there its in there ? Or am I completely off base

 

[InTheShed]

The leaves on the top are turning purple. Also how far away am I from harvest?

Some plants go purple as they ripen, and in terms of harvest, you should have a loupe to check the trichome heads to see what they look like.

I flushed my first grow but Im not this time . I don’t understand how flushing is supposed to get left over nutrients out of the plant . Once its in there its in there ? Or am I completely off base

You have that correct! You can force a plant to take mobile elements from the leaves to feed the buds, but you can't get those elements out of the buds!

 

[WeTheNorth]

Time to harvest?