FTCG said:

I'd give her a few more weeks, especially if you are going for couch lock effect.

If you give a plant lower light levels it will take quite a bit longer.

What kind of light have you been providing?

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FTCG said:

Yeah new pistils forming is a sign there is no stress on the plant.

Too much nutrients, to much light mixed with any foliar sprays, or just high temps can turn your pistils brown.

Try to prevent them from browning as long as you can, pistils don't determine whether a plant is matured or not.

The color of the leaves and trichs are much better indicators.

Most my strains take 10 weeks flower under 600w hps bulbs.

The couch lock effect will come when fully ripe. Raising the lights was a good move. Having it too close can stunt the plant. 3 weeks is my opinion.

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Jimster said:

It looks like a hybrid, which can sometimes be tricky to judge. When growing Sativa, the buds put on most off their weight and peak flavor during the last 2 weeks. I also look for leaf discoloring... not like dead leaves, but more like other colors starting to show up, like purples and stuff. A plant usually draws nourishment and energy from the fan leaves, so it's not unusual for them to yellow and fall off. I don't see any color change or yellowed leaves yet. If you feed them a lot, the yellowing can be minimized and the plants want to keep growing. I personally feel it is better to wait as long as possible before harvesting. The buds seem massive and heavy now, but they will lose a lot of weight, up to 90%, in water. The buds look like a Sativa-ish hybrid, so they might not turn out to be the rock hard nuggets everyone seems to enjoy, but it looks healthy and tasty!
One other thing I sometimes look for when deciding to take things down it the growing tips of the main colas. They will begin to get a little more pointy at the growing ends, and sometimes start to produce some oddball leaves, like single or twisted leaves at the very tip. When I see these, it is a sign that the plant is done... similar to what you sometimes see in corn ears that has been allowed to fully ripen at late summer.

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Jimster said:

It looks like a hybrid, which can sometimes be tricky to judge. When growing Sativa, the buds put on most off their weight and peak flavor during the last 2 weeks. I also look for leaf discoloring... not like dead leaves, but more like other colors starting to show up, like purples and stuff. A plant usually draws nourishment and energy from the fan leaves, so it's not unusual for them to yellow and fall off. I don't see any color change or yellowed leaves yet. If you feed them a lot, the yellowing can be minimized and the plants want to keep growing. I personally feel it is better to wait as long as possible before harvesting. The buds seem massive and heavy now, but they will lose a lot of weight, up to 90%, in water. The buds look like a Sativa-ish hybrid, so they might not turn out to be the rock hard nuggets everyone seems to enjoy, but it looks healthy and tasty!
One other thing I sometimes look for when deciding to take things down it the growing tips of the main colas. They will begin to get a little more pointy at the growing ends, and sometimes start to produce some oddball leaves, like single or twisted leaves at the very tip. When I see these, it is a sign that the plant is done... similar to what you sometimes see in corn ears that has been allowed to fully ripen at late summer.

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