Flower Week 8 is over, and this seemed like it was going to be a pretty quiet week... until this morning. Unfortunately, I noticed what looked like potential bud rot on a few of the colas. I’m not 100% sure that’s what it was, but at this stage of the grow, I’m not willing to take any chances. I removed all the affected colas immediately. Visually, it definitely messed up my beautiful 8-tower structure a little, which is painful to see after spending the entire grow building and maintaining it. 😅 But in the end, we’re at the finish line, and protecting the rest of the flowers is far more important than keeping her looking pretty. If it really was bud rot, I can only hope that it hasn’t spread any further. For now, I’m keeping a very close eye on everything. Looking at the trichome development, she still seems like she could use another week or so. However, with several rainy days coming up, I’m seriously reconsidering my original plan of completing the full 9 weeks of flowering. At this point, pushing her through bad weather simply feels like an unnecessary risk. Unless the Berlin weather changes, I’ll probably have to harvest her slightly earlier than originally planned. Other than that, I’m just excited to see how this whole experiment turns out. We’ve made it this far, and regardless of the final result, I’ve already learned something important for the next run. Next summer, I’ll induce flowering around 15 days earlier. The second half of August simply seems to put the final stage of flowering too deep into the danger zone when it comes to rain and humidity. Eight weeks down. Now it’s just a matter of deciding exactly when to call it. 🌸✂️