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A dilemma with timing
    #16852870 - 09/15/12 06:14 PM (12 years, 4 months ago)

I have a couple 18 gal monos that should be ready to go into fruiting conditions around the middle of this coming week.  My dilemma is that I am leaving town the following weekend for 5 days. 

This is my first grow in quite a while so I'm a little rusty on my timelines, but the way I see it, if put into fruiting conditions when they are ready I expect harvest time would probably be sometime in that timeframe when I'm going to be out of town, and there will be no one around to pick them.

Should I leave them be and let them consolidate for an extra 2 weeks (almost) or should I go ahead and fruit and hope the first flush finishes (not likely right?) before next thursday?

Thanks in advance guys :awedance:


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Re: A dilemma with timing [Re: redrum187]
    #16852890 - 09/15/12 06:19 PM (12 years, 4 months ago)

The tub in my signature (colonized fopr 16 days) took 7 days from when I fruited it for the first flush to reach maturity.

It was a tub from a clone tho, not MS. Genetics play a big role in fruiting times.

Now if u let it go u might have 1000 pins when u get back, or 1000 aborts, or just a really consolidated tub....how long have ur tubs been colonizing and how much spawn did u use?

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Re: A dilemma with timing [Re: PussyFart]
    #16852973 - 09/15/12 06:38 PM (12 years, 4 months ago)

both are penis envy MS -> rye -> Damion5050's coir tek (1 brick coir, 1 gallon water, 2 quarts verm) I used 5 quarts of spawn in one 6 in the other

they were spawned 8 days ago and already show full colonization

on the rye, the myc was super aggressive and took half the time to colonize the quart jars that i'm used to, though all my previous experience was with WBS so i'm not sure if the switch to rye may have had something to do with it

*edit*

This is also my first time using coir/verm instead of manure based substrates, so that could be affecting my perceived timeline as well


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Re: A dilemma with timing [Re: PussyFart]
    #16852992 - 09/15/12 06:42 PM (12 years, 4 months ago)

I've had trays consolidate for 3 weeks with no problem though it did appear knots had started forming despite the limited GE to keep them from fruiting.


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Re: A dilemma with timing [Re: redrum187]
    #16852998 - 09/15/12 06:43 PM (12 years, 4 months ago)

I think you will be relatively safe leaving for 5 days since it's a Monotub. But if I may make a suggestion, put them in the coldest area of your house, they will grow slower. If you have a way to make one room colder, that will work too. Or just leave them out of fruiting conditions, they can consolidate for long periods.

I would hate for you to come back to an over mature pile of goo.


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Re: A dilemma with timing [Re: Tmethyl]
    #16853062 - 09/15/12 06:58 PM (12 years, 4 months ago)

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Tmethyl said:I would hate for you to come back to an over mature pile of goo.



yeah that's one of my big concerns for sure, i've had that happen once before (thankfully it was on a later flush) but its not something i enjoyed cleaning up at all >.<

Thanks for all the input guys, I'll let you know what I decide to do and how it turns out.  Right now i'm leaning towards fruiting one and leaving one to consolidate... You know, for science :smile:


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Re: A dilemma with timing [Re: redrum187]
    #16853075 - 09/15/12 07:02 PM (12 years, 4 months ago)

I have heard PE takes like a week longer to pin....so u might be good just fruiting it right b4 u leave.:shrug:

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Re: A dilemma with timing [Re: PussyFart]
    #16853105 - 09/15/12 07:09 PM (12 years, 4 months ago)

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Notahacker420 said:
I have heard PE takes like a week longer to pin....so u might be good just fruiting it right b4 u leave.:shrug:



Yeah in my experience PE is pretty slow to pin... that's a pretty brilliant idea though IDK why i didn't even come up with that as an option, I suppose that's why I came to you fine folks. :smile:

I'm definitely leaning towards this now


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