Hi all

Here i have one white rhino in its 8th week 12/12 ........Most of the branches are soooo bent with the weight of the buds i'm afraid they will snap, I cant tie them up as the buds are in the way and i dont want to disturbe them.

Also i have a marleys collie on veg that is now reahcing 3ft and out grown the tent so i need to put her on flower a.s.a.p.

so then guys do you thik the rhino is ready enough to chop this weekend???..........Here's some pics to help you help me

thanks

eta: sorry about the pic quality

1st pic is hard to see its so frosty . fucking nice plant sir. i'd chop

id say a little longer bro.....give em 9 week n see...or y not snippperty snip a small tester off??

looks fucklin sweet tho dude,...baseball bat'esque or what...

Cheers mark so you think 8 weeks is good enough for her, she's still throwing new pistols out

if it was me i'd go another week to 10 days. but hey thats just me

you WILL enjoy the extra time bro im sure.

Looks nice, but let her get over the finishing line.

Peace,
GG

Thanks to all for the advice, Do you think the marleys collie will be ok in front of the window for 10 days as she wont fit in my 12/12 room or veg room

eta she wont fit in the 12/12 rom untill the rhino is out

That is some seriously sweet bud you have there mate
If that was me no matter how tempting it seems i'd try wait it out for as long as i can
But its your plant and its whatever you think mate

Pass the doobie to the left hand side

Mad

cheers pal any opinion helps

That one looks great, I would leave it another week at least.

how long was the flower time?if it was 8wks then take her,check out sum seed websites if u not sure shd tell u there. get urself a magnify glass and look at those crystals close up,they turn an orangey colour wen ready,also jus feel the buds man,if they feel hard and ripe then they done.be sure to coincide ur flush time so u nt flushin wen u past the harvest point

hi there philw...i let my w/r go ten weeks less a day and she was gorgeous in all departments...well worth the wait!

just for your info the trychomes dont turn amber on every strain.

the pistols on his plants are nowhere near 80% orange.

i stand by what i said a week to 10 days left, also bear in mind they put on the most weight in the last 2 weeks.


doesnt matter how long the flower time was, if they aint ready they just aint ready.

atb cropman

E2A in the the words of our very own owderb, no advice is better than bad advice.

chop it mate marleys collie sounds like a nice plant

withnailed

Was just about to say the same thing.

let her go longer and just top the marley JD or tie it down

White Rhino is our version of a decidedly good White Widow cross. This plant has heritage of Afghan, Brazilian and Indian. White Rhino is good for medicinal use because of its high THC content. The taste of this smoke is sweet and slightly heavy, a good bong smoke. Watch the maturing phase closely. After the flowers mature, wait for the onset of white crystals which will cover the flowers, in about 2 weeks, then harvest.
º Flowering: 53-66 days
º Height: 125cm indoor/ 155cm outdoor
º Yield: 160g indoor / 400~500g outdoor or greenhouse
º Indica/Sativa: 55/45
º Harvest: Mid to end of Oct.
Flowering time is 8-10 weeks respectively. Although the flowers will appear to be ready after 8 weeks, the extra two weeks is to allow THC to spew out of the glands leaving a coat of white on your nugs. You must be patient with this strain unless your wasting your time. TO EVERYONE WHO GROWS THIS STRAIN I'M BEGGING YOU ALL TO WAIT THE EXTRA TWO WEEKS THAT IS NEEDED FOR THC PRODUCTION!!! -Ganja-k
found this on couple different places that sell w/r

jayzhaze, so your trying to tell me that someones plant is ready by what its said on the back of a crisp packet.

so there is no experience needed, it must be so cause it says on the packet.

if you get a 420 scope i would guarantee that the trychomes on those plants are clear and not ready.


but of course everyone else who has given proper advice in this thread obviously have no experience and nor do i

well obviously not becz if u read that again one place is tellin u its 8wks an the other is sayin 8-10wks an a think sum1 here said he did 10 wks an was fine so wat i wd take from that is they wd probably b best taken at 10 wks,or even flush at start of 9th wk so she gts 10wks and 4 days. if uve done w/r why dont u jus tell us how long he shd fuckin give them then

i already "fuckin" have, another week to 10 days, from what i can see.

why didnt u say so then instead of sayin this?

id go another week myself

wtf ive given my opinion. as you have stated in another thread you are on your first grow.

so how would know when something is ready? and this gives you the right to give bad advice (refer to your first reply in this thread)

i think its you who need experience and theres plenty for you to read on this site from plenty of people far more experienced than myself.

i can only give advice that is in my opinion and will only answer questions that i think i know about.

i suggest you actually know what your talking about, incase you ruin someones months of hard work.

E2A oh and when you think yours are ready, if you like i'll give my opinion on those to.

i know wat im talkin bout mate i know alot of growers who been growin for 10s of yrs only problem is i havent grown it myself, and the advise i gave wrks for most older easier to look after strains not these f1 hybrids or hybrids of f1 hybrids that u get these days.again another reason why alot of ppl,where i am neway, are goin bk to normal seeds u cd gt 10yrs ago

Seed websites ? Almost all seed companies pitch their finishing times a little on the wishful thinking side of the fence.And even if their information is generally correct surely phenotype variation means that you can't be guided by a set figure? Surely the best way to tell if a bud is ready is by looking at each plant individually and assessing its state ? I have and personally there's at least a week, if not more to go'



As cropman stated many strains of cannabis's trichromes do not turn orange so by advising someone to wait until then they could well leave their plants too long and risk budrot or other problems.

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Again I'm afraid that is no measuring stick of readiness...some buds are rock hard at 6 weeks,some strains never have rock hard buds.



If you looked at his profile you would see he is growing in compost and so would have absolutely no need to 'flush' anything

Sorry jayzhaze but bad advice is no good to anyone, and what you have written is bad advice.This place is a wonderful learning tool, full of hundreds of pages of knowledge, it may be worth you taking some time to read some of them...and I'm with cropman,actual growing experience is far more relevant than anything written in a book or said by a seed company.

yeah explain plz why u dont nd to flush wen using soil? is it coz the soil stops the plant from getting all the nutes? and wats bad advice to 1 person is gd advise to another.

Thanks withnail, i also agree with you as feeling the buds means nothing my cheese buds are rock hard at week 4-5 but the rino seems to throw out buds for fun then from week 7 it has only just starting going hard.................

...................Thanks for your advice as it is always welcom

eta you guys should listen to whitnail he's a very good adviser and when ever iv followed it iv had great turnouts

i use the biobizz range which you dont have to flush because it is all organic therfore no chemicals to flush out

thanks for your input mate advice taken i will be leaving her atleast 7 days maybe 10 depending on how my collie likes it infront of the window

so do you think chopping the main cola off and raise the plant closer to the light for the smaller buds to get more light could be abetter option

Crackin first grow Phil very impressive

Just leave her alone mate, I wouldnt be choppin nothing off until shes ready..and shes ready when shes ready blurb on seed packets is a guideline, as others have suggested get yourself a jewellers loupe, or a cheap microscope to check out the resin, unless your after a very light hit then dont cut nothing off while the majority of the trichomes are clear, infact rather than me poorly try to explain have a look here for Havesting and Curing,
again welldone mate she looks terrific enjoys ya fruit

Rj

You don't need to 'flush' in soil because soil acts as a buffer, meaning the plant doesn't absorb more nutrients than it needs if everything is done correctly,so no excess of nutrients to build up.In fact if you flushed for the last 2 weeks like in hydro you would be starving the plant and without a doubt losing final yeild.

No whats bad advice to someone isn't good to another, it doesn't work like that, I mean giving hydro advice to someone growing in soil is just wrong.I'm sure you are only trying to help jayzhaze which is commendable but bad advice is detrimental to everyone and not something that should be left unchecked.

Lovely looking plants philw......i'm with all the others - at least another week maybe more.

Hey, gonna but in here...I was advised to flush for the last 7 days even though Im growing in compost. Im using hesi nutes so not organic and am in john innis. should I not flush after all?

Judging by the pistils I'd say let it go a bit longer. I'm no pro but from what I've heard you should have more dried pistils.

Of course the trych method is supposed to be surefire. Cloudy or amber.

Good growing man! I hope mine is half as successful .

As far as I know the no need to flush advice if for peeps using organic nutes. As you say Hesi aren't organic so I would try and check what others using those nutes do and follow their lead.

walob