Mine got a few amber, but I waited until I saw mostly cloudy..then it was time//no sampling and it may have been luck, but the smoke and rosin has been oerfect..No paranoia and if I hit the pipe enough..I can still fall asleep in the DAYS. Not pressing my luck at night.
All strains are a little different, but Sativa's have a longer season than Indica plants, and I think that they don't show the signs like an Indica plant, as true Sativa doesn't typically have the big coating of Trichomes that you find on a lot of Indica. Hash plants, which are generally pure Indica strains, have tons of Trichomes that can be pressed for hash, while Sativa doesn't seem to have as many. It gets a lot, but they are different and not nearly as many, it seems. I have compared Sativa plants to trees during fall, and the comparison is pretty similar. Sativas will start to show yellowing leaves starting at the bottom of the plant and working it's way up. While this is going on, the smaller fan leaves that grow on the buds will start to change color, often showing purple if the temps drop during late flowering. Like trees, the leaves lose their chlorophyll and show their colors that were hidden by the chlorophyll. The buds are hard to time, since they often look ready after about 8-9 weeks, but they just keep going, getting thicker/heavier and getting greasy feeling. The plant might appear to stop growing, but the buds will keep getting fatter. When most/all of the large fan leaves are dropped and the smaller leaves are changing colors, that is when I take them down. I personally prefer to let them go too long than not long enough, as the flavor really develops at the very end. I've have sometimes left a Sativa just dry in the bucket, since they are really spent after flowering, and sometimes just die regardless of what you do with them. By just leaving them in the bucket for a few months after the lights had been switched yields a really unusual and hash-y tasting bud. Often they will be bright gold due to the chlorophyll being totally consumed from the plant tissues drying so slowly.
TY for that..super enlightening!
I have 1 or 2 Jack Herer's going currently, although I'm not positive if the one male I took down was a Herer or another strain since I got lazy and planted 2 plants in one container and can't remember which was which. I tried a couple different strains this grow besides my original Matanuska strain. I have a Black Diesel, a Train Wreck, a few Matanuska Thunders, a Jack Herer or two, a GC4 (Old Gorilla Glue name?), a Malawi or two...I think that's it. I think I let things go too long in veg mode as they are head level already and just getting into the stretch. The different sized plants is the most difficult thing about growing Sativas, Indicas, and hybrids together Some want to be 8 ft tall, while others are happy at 5. Of course, things could be a lot worse!
I don't grow in hydro, using Promix and composted manure instead. An 8 week veg should be OK, depending on how big you are going to let them get. Sativa's stretch more than Indica strains, so don't get too tall for your lights (Like I have done! :mad:) I'm not familiar with your style of growing, but I use 5 or 6 gallon buckets, watering daily FWIW, I DO see a small difference between identical plants grown in a 5 and a 6 gallon bucket, and the 6 gallon plant was notably larger despite being fed the same rations... so I guess the rule of thumb is the Bigger the Better!
Mothers don't need to be too big, since you are just taking a few cutting from her. A 1 gallon pot should suffice depending on how many cuttings/clones you are making. I have 6 buckets for my Promix grow, and it easily provides me enough for a year. I have an 8 X 12 room and it is filled to the brim, so 4 should be good!
I haven't tried auto's and I generally allow mine to get fairly tall... the result is usually a very large plant compared to SCROG methods. Autos don't grow as big (at least I don't think they do) as regular plants, and mine are mostly Sativa, which also grow tall and large. Depending on the size of your area, you might be able to get more in there than 4, although you are the best judge of this and maybe 4 would be a better start for you.
That seems like a pretty big operation...how big is it? Things look good!
Sativa's like to go longer, but 6 months is about as long as I have had them going to full finish. Indica's will finish before 6 months, usually in about 5 for me. Sativa seems to keep going, and going, and going. At the end, they finish differently than Indica's, which seem to finish suddenly when they are done, while Sativa's seem to slow down before they quit flowering, and start dropping leaves. The leaves that remain might start changing colors, such as purples and reds, but they don't usually get a frosting of the white "snow" that the newer Indica's produce.
