how long are you taking them? Are they 7 weekers? The reason i ask is i have testers of apollo x headband, lemon diesel and cali o that i haven't run because bodhi isn't releasing them, i did the bbhp and silver mountain instead. I hear the apollos are very quick.
Well, just from looking at them, they've appeared finished for a week or so. But checking the trichs with a loupe, I'm still not seeing any amber. I started 12/12 on December 26, switched to 11/13 two weeks later. I'm gonna take a really good look at them with the loupe tonight. I have bad eyesight, I'm hoping it's not affecting my ability to see the trichs properly. Like maybe I'm just missing the amber? But yeah, they're definitely in that 7 week range.
Two problems. One, they're not gonna yield super-well, but that's my fault. Because I have four strains running, my canopy is really uneven, so the Apollos were at least 2.5/3 feet away from the light for the last three weeks or so. I set them on some two gallon pots a few nights ago to get them closer to the light, but I think that's a "too little too late" solution. Shoulda done that weeks ago. Also should have staked and tied weeks ago. Dint do that until a week ago today.
And two, I topped them. I get the feeling that they really would've preferred to remain un-topped, probably would've increased the yield. Like I said in my log, I wasn't even planning on flowering these out, just wanted to get them to 60 days and then take clones. Topped them to increase branching so I'd have more options of where to take clones. Then the plan changed and I flowered them without even taking clones.
Whatever. Live and learn. The thing that worries me is that I don't want them to go too long. I like Sativas, afraid if I let them go much longer, they'll end up being too heavy of a high. I'd prefer at least ten or fifteen percent amber. And I would've thought that with the 11/13 light schedule, they'd be done by now. Today is what? Day 45? So we'll see. Like I said, im gonna take a really good look at them tonight, but if I'm not seeing any amber by day 49, I'll probably just err on the side of caution and chop them anyway. I have a decent amount of those seeds left, so I can always do it better next run. Hopefully....