Late-Flower Troubleshooting: Reading and Fixing the Finish
A field guide to the failures that show up only in weeks 6–9 — foxtailing, late nute burn, premature or stalled fade, calyx-vs-trichome mismatch, and the bud-rot emergency — with the steering fix for each.
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The problems that only appear at the end
Late flower has its own failure catalog — issues that a healthy plant sailed past in bulk suddenly surface as the canopy densifies, transpiration falls, and the margin for error narrows. The tell is always in the interaction between climate and root zone, and almost every fix is a steering adjustment, not an additive. Use the table as a triage sheet, then work the deeper notes and the emergency SOP below.
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