Flowering & Reproductive Development
Senescence & Maturity Assessment
Late-flower senescence includes aging and resource redistribution, but stress, root problems, disease, and environmental injury can create similar visual changes.
Key concepts
- Some leaf aging is developmentally normal
- Rapid or patchy decline may indicate stress or disease
- Flower maturity and whole-plant senescence are related but not identical
- Harvest decisions should combine several observations
What to measure or observe
- Track which leaves change first
- Inspect roots and flowers when decline is unusual
- Standardize trichome sampling
- Record rate of progression
Common mistakes
- Calling every yellowing leaf normal fade
- Treating amber trichomes as a universal single-variable endpoint
- Ignoring mold inspection late in flower
Visuals this lesson still needs
- Normal versus abnormal senescence panel
- Whole-plant progression map
- Maturity multi-signal checklist
- Late-flower disease differential