Ripe in 6wks? Possible?

[Gamberone]

Hi, this is my very first grow so even if I read many guides etc I still have doubts especially in front of such oddities

Here the setup:
Aeroflo 28
1x 600w hps
1x 600w mh
18 plants in
2 strains, The Church (GHS) and SLH (GHS)

The plants are in flower from 41 days (so almost 6wks), the slh (sativa dominant) is certainly not yet ready, instead the the church seems ripe to my eyes but the seller say that the flowering usually take 8w a 2w difference seems too much...
anyone can give me his advice?



some trichomes view









And this is the SLH

 

[Green_science]

The first picture of trichomes, most definitely indicate ripeness, however, I notice they are on a leaf, which is not always going to accurately tell you how ripe you're flowers are.
What additives you been feeding the church, and how is it's yield looking?

Have you given them anything that may induce ripening?
How many look like this, you may have a fast finishing pheno.
Are you positive it is "the church" where did you obtain seeds from, the calyx do not look swelled as some pics of the strain I just google'd,

Your'e temps are/have been a little high, this may have helped toward the accelerated ripening/smaller yield

 

[Crooked8]

Trichomes on outer leaves turn amber first ime. Once they start turning amber on calyx formations tell the real ripeness.

 

[frankenstein2]

It is very possible for your church to be done at six weeks. I know from first hand experience. I once ran a sealed hydro ebb and flow room, with co2.When your environment is perfect and using hydro lot's of eight week strains can be taken at six weeks, just depends on the high your after. I had a power kush from dinafem that always looked done at six weeks. So one time i took a group of them at six weeks. I could tell the difference, and the smoke was quite as potent as usual, but i did not have a single complaint. I was actually asked how i got the buds so dense. And as long as were talking greenhouse strains, i had a super lemon haze pheno that i always took at eight weeks on the money. This is normally a ten week strain according to greenhouse, sometimes nine. So if i can shave two weeks off a ten weeker, and have done it with an eight weeker, it's definetly possible. The other thing that i think helped me out a lot is that i was running my lights at 10/14, ten hours of light, 14 of darkness. When you do the math, in an eight week period the plants are actually getting an extra week of darkness. I don't know how your running your set-up, or what extra's you have, but this is how it worked for me when i was able to pull some strains at six weeks. For the fact of the matter i had a g13 labs pineapple express that i could take at six weeks too, never did cause i like my pot to put my dick in the dirt. So after all that, yes you can take some strains at six weeks, it just depends on a multitude of factors.

 

[Alone]

From the looks of things....this is the plant telling you its time to start the flush with plain water for 2 weeks.
When my plants look like your first pic....I start the 2 week flush, and the flowers ripen up beautifully in that time.
Even if you could harvest now, the 14 days of waiting and flushing will reward you more than you know.

 

[frankenstein2]

From the looks of things....this is the plant telling you its time to start the flush with plain water for 2 weeks.
When my plants look like your first pic....I start the 2 week flush, and the flowers ripen up beautifully in that time.
Even if you could harvest now, the 14 days of waiting and flushing will reward you more than you know.

Couldn't have said it any better myself

 

[stihgnobevoli]

see all those white pistils? means it's not done yet.

 

[Easy7]

Stress can cause early amber trichs, get a shot of a calyx for us.

 

[BasementGrower]

id start the flush.. also.. but id be checking over all the bigger nugs and branches to make sure its all gettnig ripe.. i had a strain.. that liked to be harvested tops and then the rest.. the tops got ripe.. but the bottoms werent really.. if u wana make sure u get the right amount of amber/cloudy/clear .. check everything.. and leave trichomes turn quicker then bud trichs.

 

[BasementGrower]

ur going to gain ur weight the next 2 weeks it looksl ike.. so

im also testing with my friends grrow.. Defoliation a week before flower.. and defoliation after stretch.. to see what yields more..

 

[TLoft13]

actually getting an extra week of darkness. I don't know how your running your set-up, or what extra's you have, but this is how it worked for me when i was able to pull some strains at six weeks. For the fact of the matter i had a g13 labs pineapple express that i could take at six weeks too, never did cause i like my pot to put my dick in the dirt. So after all that, yes you can take some strains at six weeks, it just depends on a multitude of factors.

What does this mean? You have to keep your penis stoned so he doesn't controll you all the time?

 

[Mt Toker]

I don't look at trichomes that much when I harvest, mostly try to pull them when they are stinkiest, which takes some experience with strain. I let a White Widow go 82 days once and it turned out fantastic, don't be afraid to let them pack on more weight. You can see some cool stuff happen in really late flower.

 

[Alone]

What does this mean? You have to keep your penis stoned so he doesn't controll you all the time?

It means a very powerfull strain that knocks him to the ground face first. Laying down on your belly is "putting your dick in the dirt."
Its an expression for what a very strong strain can do to you.
OR....like an ostrich when scared, his dick sees an ugly chick and he puts it in the dirt to hide.

 

[soursmoker]

lol yeah i agree, start flushing now for atleast 2 weeks and you will be way better off!

 

[Gamberone]

sry for the delay, so...

thanks to all for the answers, let's see in detail

@Green_science
I got the seeds from greenhouse seeds, the strain name is "The church" for sure, I'm not using any additive, only ghs flora series npk 1-2-3, since this is my first grow I can't answer to the yield question, idk how much big should be the buds and yes the temps are high, 80/82 F° during the day 66 at night

@Crooked8
You are right, looking at the calyxes the trich are most cloudy, only circa 20% are ambry

@frankenstein2
Nice info here, ty.
I'm not using any extras and my light timing is 12/12, the only factor as Green_science point out are the high temps.

@Alone
Ty, this will surely be what I'll do, I'm unexperienced and I don't want to lose perhaps a #% of thc or yield to be impatient, also in the beginning i was planning to do a 2wk flush, but this thing puzzled me.

@Easy7
I got a Ca deficiency in mid-bloom so this may be the case, ty

@BasementGrower
ty for the info, I will check