Dark green leafs are a sign a perfect healthy plant. Foxtailing mainly comes from heat stress.good point mentioned earlier.if she hasn't showed any signs of drinking less.keep feeding her as U are keep her green.she will naturally fade on her own and show U she is ready;) all the best from me.happy growing everyone
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Always learning here on AFN!
:smokeit: hey Paul! ...overall she looks fine, just treat her like the long cycle auto she is... shift your nute emphasis toward more K than P in the last stage on bloom; S(sulfate, commonly compounded with nutes), and certain micro's play big parts in terpene production so don't "starve" her to try and force more rapid finishing, that really isn't how it works...
Do mind the N input though, too much of that can negatively affect the bud quality.

The common misperception is that auto'ing and speed are tightly linked...they aren't. "Auto'ing" simply means they will bloom under any light hour regime, long or short, and that's it! The life cycle speed is another thing more tied to the parentage and breeding/selections during their making.
Many commercial auto growers want long veg' times and life cycles to boost production... Many home growers want the opposite!
Some pheno's in cultivars that are more mainstream in life cycle times may still have the occasional lagger...
Shoddy hasty breeding is notorious for this as well. I recall dozens of instances when I ran Sick Bay here of auto's from several breeders (new ones especially) putting out early F generation works that were inconsistent to say the least; some were still actually photoperiod sensitive and had to be treated as such to finish them... :doh:

IMO, auto's that need more than 10 weeks or so to finish have lost their advantage over normal photo' types. At say 12 weeks, one might as well have grown the photo version and saved $$ on power costs...

** off to work, more later :thumbsup:
 
Day 111. Back after a weeks vacation. Still some water in the GroBucket reservoir. She’s slowed down on water intake but still no yellowing in the leaves. Realisticly I should chop this plant but it’s kind of a fun experiment. Rock on, sister friend!
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Day 111. Back after a weeks vacation. Still some water in the GroBucket reservoir. She’s slowed down on water intake but still no yellowing in the leaves. Realisticly I should chop this plant but it’s kind of a fun experiment. Rock on, sister friend!
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Getting thicker!

That's interesting there was still any water in there, I don't think I've had an auto in a GB that after a few weeks from seed wasn't emptying the reservoir every 24-48 hours until harvest. Curious how long that sipper will go from the looks of it and age :cheers:
 
@ Mozzy. In anticipation of being away, I top watered a few days in advance and filled the reservoir before leaving. Probably not the best plan but there’s ideal and then there’s real. Gotta do what you gotta do! I do follow your grows. It’s a small community of GroBucket growers. I may try the Earthbox Jr’s next time around. We’ll see.
I checked the trichomes today, 80/ cloudy, 5/ amber, 15/ clear. Close.
 
Well all good things must come to an end! Day 119, harvest time. Bud expansion complete, 90% cloudy/10% amber trichomes. I had my doubts along the way, but the nugs are solid and heavy. I’ll post the final weight when cured. Thanks for the encouragement and great advice!
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