How long till they are done and is this from light burn?

[ViolettaLiz]

I have 2 plants nearing end of flowering. I know I messed up and didn't pinch the top bud when I should have, the 2nd plant doesnt seem to have 1 larger. I also messed up and let them dry out once accidentally. I'm learning. So the 1 bud is larger than all the rest on both plants. I'm wondering about clipping the one large one and letting the others keep growing. Is that a bad idea?

It looks like the taller ones is getting light burn so I'm not sure what to do.

I do have a loupe arriving today but I'm also ready not to go by that since they don't get milky till after harvest. Any thoughts are welcome.

 

[Gmix]

I am having trouble figuring out what you mean

I think you’ve misunderstood something as plants get milky/amber before harvest not afterwards

There’s no golden rule saying you have to pinch the heads ( during veg growth ) and we don’t do it once they start budding so I wouldn’t say you messed up not on that point

I’m not so sure it is getting light stressed it’s putting on a nice color show mind

They actually look quite impressive

How far away is the light and is it dimmed

Heck re reading don’t cut no flowers / buds off that’s like crazy all you’d do is lose yield and mess up mths of work

 

[Grower1974]

In that stage of flower, it’s not uncommon to see what you are seeing. It’s still plenty of distance from the light.

This is a true example of light burn/bleaching. The top of the bud was literally resting on the surface of the diodes at 111°F and getting 2200ppfd. As you can see, a mere 3-4” below the light bar(temperature @ 95°F, 1970ppfd), the buds and leaves are fine.

It’s very hard to actually burn plants with LED’s. You can give them far too much DLI in early/mid stage yes. I’m talking DLI levels above 50+ though.

 

[ViolettaLiz]

I am having trouble figuring out what you mean

I think you’ve misunderstood something as plants get milky/amber before harvest not afterwards

There’s no golden rule saying you have to pinch the heads ( during veg growth ) and we don’t do it once they start budding so I wouldn’t say you messed up not on that point

I’m not so sure it is getting light stressed it’s putting on a nice color show mind

They actually look quite impressive

How far away is the light and is it dimmed

Heck re reading don’t cut no flowers / buds off that’s like crazy all you’d do is lose yield and mess up mths of work

Thanks. I was kinda concerned about the coloring with the close one especially, however it's probably just genetics and putting on a color show as you say. I may be paranoid of screwing it up!!

 

[ViolettaLiz]

In that stage of flower, it’s not uncommon to see what you are seeing. It’s still plenty of distance from the light.

This is a true example of light burn/bleaching. The top of the bud was literally resting on the surface of the diodes at 111°F and getting 2200ppfd. As you can see, a mere 3-4” below the light bar(temperature @ 95°F, 1970ppfd), the buds and leaves are fine.

It’s very hard to actually burn plants with LED’s. You can give them far too much DLI in early/mid stage yes. I’m talking DLI levels above 50+ though.

Thanks so much. That is a great example of the light burn. I didn't realize they bleached.

 

[Gmix]

Yeah they go yellow not to be confused with end of harvest yellowing

Seriously your doing a fine job they will pile it soon and they look good as is
during the last two weeks the buds can almost double in size.

Wouldn’t mind having them in my grow room