[StevieRays]

I have a plant that just doesn't seem to be ripening, day 72 and there is loads of white pistils shooting out still. The strain is bubba kush 33. I have a few pictures.

One of the trichomes, they look mostly cloudy to me.



Then the bud, mostly white hairs, the lower buds look more mature than the tops.



Most of her leaves died over the last few weeks, I thought it was just the normal yellowing at the end of flower since I cut the food down. Could the buds have stopped or slowed down due to lack of leaf?

[Sawney Bean]

they certainly look like they need a while longer man, but have you checked those buds for rot, coz they look like classic rot breeding grounds with all the dead leaf matter there

[StevieRays]

Yeah I cant see any rot I have checked quite thorough. I am going to have to take it down quite soon, I need the space for new plants as my other strains grown with it have been finished and smoked.

I will be glad to put an end to this disaster to be honest

[Sawney Bean]

Best of luck with them Stevie, those look some rock solid buds

[flick]

StevieRays, on 01 April 2012 - 10:29 AM, said:

I have a plant that just doesn't seem to be ripening, day 72 and there is loads of white pistils shooting out still. The strain is bubba kush 33. I have a few pictures.

Agree with Sawney Bean on the rot. I'd be looking at the base of those dead leaves inside the bud since that's generally where rot will start. I'd pull em out from the base even if I didn't see rot. As far as the constant flowering....

StevieRays, on 01 April 2012 - 10:29 AM, said:

Most of her leaves died over the last few weeks, I thought it was just the normal yellowing at the end of flower since I cut the food down. Could the buds have stopped or slowed down due to lack of leaf?

Looks like they didn't slow down at all ;-) Don't think cutting the food down caused any problems.

I don't know the strain but they're are more than a few strains that will keep flowering from the tops when they should be finishing. Some plants need you to cut the light cycle back towards the end so they don't keep flowering. Maybe this is what you got. Next time around with this one I would cut down the light cycle to 10 hours or less and maybe turn the lights off when it's close do done. This plant probably has to come down soon though because of the rot potential. May as well turn the lights off until you have to move the plant to see if it reacts at all.

stay free
flick

[StevieRays]

Thanks Sawney and Flick, the rot thing started to worry me a lot so I cut her down today. It looks like it was just the tops that were continuing to grow, the rest looked good when it was off the plant.

Thanks for warning me about the rot, I would rather cut a few days soon than loose it all.

[Sawney Bean]

well done Stevie, nowt wrong with being proactive! Ive had plants before where the tops seem to go on forever throwing out new pistles but the rest is ready, I usually chop em when the majority of the plant looks ready.

Enjoy the smoke when its dried man, hope it hits the spot for you

[Ishmael]

sirbongalot, on 01 April 2012 - 06:05 PM, said:

interesting i have northern lights at 9 weeks and still shooting out white hairs from the main colas, middle doesn't seem to be doing that, been checking trichs and seem to be clearish no brown trichs, could northern lights be 1 of those strains as well.

yeah my nl was like that, white hairs at the tips just kept growing. But it was clearly done.

[flick]

sirbongalot, on 01 April 2012 - 06:05 PM, said:

interesting i have northern lights at 9 weeks and still shooting out white hairs from the main colas, middle doesn't seem to be doing that, been checking trichs and seem to be clearish no brown trichs, could northern lights be 1 of those strains as well.

Hey Sirbongalot,

Your NL could be one of those plants, it could also be an NL that takes longer than you would think it should to mature. Or....

I don't remember the breeder but my first NL seeds came from Emory in Canada. Out of the 10 seeds 1 plant when started flowering never stopped no matter what the light cycle. Tried to clone it and it was having none of that since even the clones started flowering while rooting under 24 hous of light. Guess I had an auto before they were made for selling. I'm not saying you have something like this just letting you know that you can end up with a lot of different characteristics from the same strain.

When I first started growing I had no access to seeds like now.My first grows were done with plants I found hunting thru bag seeds for the most part. I learned early that if a plant is taking to long to finish that shortening the light cycle can help a lot with some.

If you feel the plant is taking to long and that you might have a constant “top flowerer” that won’t cooperate cut off it’’s light privileges. Leave it in the dark at least a couple of hours longer. If you’re sure the plant is done other than the new top growth you can leave it in the dark 24 hours for a few days or more as well.

Make it cooperate, you’re mother nature, wield your power ;-)

stay free
flick

[MR PHENO]

thats funny my last grow sage n sour did the same also just when i was about to chop she started to throw out more pistols she fox tailed like mad from then on extra couple gram of bud i suppose MR PHENO

[flick]

sirbongalot, on 01 April 2012 - 06:59 PM, said:

hi flick, its northern lights from nirvana 8-9 weeks, i know that means nothing, i done slh in 10 and thats a haze. so reducing light could be a idea i'll give it 1 more week, when you say reduce the light set it a 10hrs light on.

Yeah, 10hrs or less. If it's a 8 to 9 week plant according to them and you're at 9 now you might want to turn off the lights completely for a few days too. Sounds like the plant could be ready based on what you said and is just one of those that keeps shootin' pistols out. Watch the trich's if you can- if you can't take a test bud and make a judgement on the buzz.

Hope your NL is a good one....I too have some Nirvana NL growing at this time. None flowering yet though.

stay free
flick

[chalkywhite]

Just something I stole from Ed ...

"Some sativas and sativa hybrids require a longer dark period at the end of flowering to fully ripen their buds. Outdoors, this happens in due course as the nights lengthen in the fall. Indoors, change the lighting regime to 14 hours of darkness/10 hours of light to promote ripening. This is especially helpful in finishing low latitude varieties that don’t reach maturity in their native lands, where there is no winter, until the middle of the short-day season."