OldPine
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I'm embarrassed to even create this thread, especially since it's my first on this site. This has never happened to me before, and I'm at a bit of a loss as to how to handle the situation. Any advice you might be able to give will be welcomed with open arms and an open mind.
As the title of the thread suggests, I had a timer go bad on me. Unfortunately, I didn't realize it had stopped working for a couple days because I always vacate and turn lights off in the room that contains the grow space prior to scheduled lights-out. I do this because the grow space itself is annoyingly not completely impervious to light, despite my best efforts, and I have to make the whole room dark to achieve complete darkness. The only reason I realized the lights were on after scheduled lights-off was because I had to sneak back into the room to get something and I noticed light pouring out of the grow space.
I'm estimating that my flowering girls went 72 hours without a dark period based on when I saw negative changes happening to my leaves (curl) and pH levels in my DWC. I'm on flowering day 44 of 54. I know 54 is on the low side, but I'm running C99 and she appreciates a harvest on the early side.
I have reset the plants back on 12/12. The DWC pH is now under control, and some of the leaves that were most intensely heat-stressed and curled like tacos have recovered. For other leaves, I don't expect to see a recovery.
I had what was leading up to be a beautiful and bountiful harvest, but now almost all of my tops have developed fox tails. Also a first for me.
Backstory complete...here, finally, come my questions...
1) Should I extend my harvest date further than the intended Day 54? I expect that I stunted development since none of the hormones were allowed to accumulate during lights off for these three days. Normally, I wouldn't ask this question but Cindy plays coy when it comes to harvest. Unlike all the other strains I've run, Cindy doesn't play by the same rules when it comes to % of amber trics governing the harvest...at least not in my experience. Often, Day 54 comes and I'll only note 15-20% amber trics. The consensus is to harvest at day 54 regardless of this observation. This is what I've done in the past and Cindy rewards me with very cerebral and creative effects.
2) Aside from herming, are there other effects that I should be on the lookout for?
3) As I noted above, I've never dealt with foxtails before. As I understand it, they are a result of the plant ditching efforts in developing the cola from which they grow and they are doing this because of heat damage. Has anyone ever experimented with cutting the foxtails off? Aren't they robbing the cola of nutrients? I also understand that I shouldn't expect the foxtails to develop into anything usable, especially this late in the process. Are the foxtails, in any way, indicative of damage to the cola that could soon show the ugly face of bud rot? Am I overthinking this whole thing?
4) Would there be any argument to harvest early?
I sincerely appreciate any and all advice.
OldPine
As the title of the thread suggests, I had a timer go bad on me. Unfortunately, I didn't realize it had stopped working for a couple days because I always vacate and turn lights off in the room that contains the grow space prior to scheduled lights-out. I do this because the grow space itself is annoyingly not completely impervious to light, despite my best efforts, and I have to make the whole room dark to achieve complete darkness. The only reason I realized the lights were on after scheduled lights-off was because I had to sneak back into the room to get something and I noticed light pouring out of the grow space.
I'm estimating that my flowering girls went 72 hours without a dark period based on when I saw negative changes happening to my leaves (curl) and pH levels in my DWC. I'm on flowering day 44 of 54. I know 54 is on the low side, but I'm running C99 and she appreciates a harvest on the early side.
I have reset the plants back on 12/12. The DWC pH is now under control, and some of the leaves that were most intensely heat-stressed and curled like tacos have recovered. For other leaves, I don't expect to see a recovery.
I had what was leading up to be a beautiful and bountiful harvest, but now almost all of my tops have developed fox tails. Also a first for me.
Backstory complete...here, finally, come my questions...
1) Should I extend my harvest date further than the intended Day 54? I expect that I stunted development since none of the hormones were allowed to accumulate during lights off for these three days. Normally, I wouldn't ask this question but Cindy plays coy when it comes to harvest. Unlike all the other strains I've run, Cindy doesn't play by the same rules when it comes to % of amber trics governing the harvest...at least not in my experience. Often, Day 54 comes and I'll only note 15-20% amber trics. The consensus is to harvest at day 54 regardless of this observation. This is what I've done in the past and Cindy rewards me with very cerebral and creative effects.
2) Aside from herming, are there other effects that I should be on the lookout for?
3) As I noted above, I've never dealt with foxtails before. As I understand it, they are a result of the plant ditching efforts in developing the cola from which they grow and they are doing this because of heat damage. Has anyone ever experimented with cutting the foxtails off? Aren't they robbing the cola of nutrients? I also understand that I shouldn't expect the foxtails to develop into anything usable, especially this late in the process. Are the foxtails, in any way, indicative of damage to the cola that could soon show the ugly face of bud rot? Am I overthinking this whole thing?
4) Would there be any argument to harvest early?
I sincerely appreciate any and all advice.
OldPine
