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AND you may just be chopping too early to achieve the results we crave (personal grows). I select strains based on many things.Cause it has to do with scheduling. Running rooms 9 weeks and reloading as soon as you chop will get you like 4.8 grows a year per room. All depends on what you are trying to accomplish. I wouldn't go off what a seed pack says. You might be selecting a different pheno then what he/she/it was. But I def select strains based on this criteria. I have plenty of dank 10 weeks I just dont choose to run since there are plenty that can take it's place. Efficiency is how you cut the most cost and save the most money on expenses with. This is an expensive game and your expenses only go up as the lights and rooms go up along with flowering time.
Flushing too long might crisp up the leaves some. As long as it isn't spreading into the leaves right next to the bud you are fine. You don't smoke the leaves.
If I harvested according to breeder schedules, I would have badly messed up some plants after months of work. My latest example is a Jamaican Dream from Eva Seeds..Data says 49 days..She's now at day 50 and I may begin flushing this week ..(maybe 2 +weeks more to go!). I would not even think of putting it into the compost bin if I harvested now. Another was Purple Badlands from Greenpoint Seeds..They say 56-60 days..70 days later and she was done to MY perfection! (Depending on the mix, I go for 60% cloudy with the rest being a mixture of amber, cloudy, clear). I am very sensitive to Sativas, so I go for more amber there.
I have tried to flower strains that ripen at different times on purpose. I also grow for some seeds..That completely changes my plans, since I usually have to wait an xtra 7-10 days to allow the seeds to ripen on the plant. That causes me to chop those with seeds in stages; something that I used to do when I needed more than 2 - 3 qt jars per strain for us to smoke, make rosin, edibles etc. Now it's only quality and seeds.
The seed thing began as something to help curtail my expensive seed buying habit..Now it's worse! I stay within the state plant limits for MMJ card holders, and I always want more! Made a separate setup just for breeding too..