Stunt flowering/fattening of the buds?

[JHake]

Hello everyone.

I have an Amensia CBD plant, which seems to be stunt in her flowering process.

Here's the info regarding watering and age of the plant:

1) Had it on a tent during it veg phase. It just didn't fit there anymore, so i moved it outside. I live in Argentina.
The plant was moved outside on March 4th (i harvested my other plants, which had the entire life outside, between 2-10 of April)

2) March 14th: i flushed it a little because she presented exces of nutes.

3) March 19th: i started the feeding/watering schedule using Advanced Nutrients products. I water the plant every other day. One day is nutes/supplements, the other day is just water.
I have: Connoisseur base nutes, Ignitor/B. Bud/Overdrive, Factor-X, B52, Nirvana, Bud Candy.

So now i'm on week 5 since started the schedule described above.

The thing is that i noted almost no progression on the plant on the entire 4th week and nothing this last five days of 5th week.

On top of that, the buds present some brown pistils, it's very smelly and with cleary visible trichomes. Sugar leaves even have some amber trichomes and buds have more than a few that are already cloudy.

Important: i believe it was during week 3, that the weather here switched quickly to very cold days. Since last week it's more warm, although is not summer anymore.

Pictures: uploaded here to the thread.

I think that's all. Any answer will be greatly appreciated. Mostly i want to know what's happening to the plant.

Thanks everyone.

 

[jonl92]

I can't 100% say this is the reason but the days are beginning to get longer which means the sun gives off more red light? so that makes me think since you moved her outside she doesn't see any reason to flower and she has returned to veg. I know here in in Canada and i think the USA as well once July 21st comes the days begin to get shorter and the sun starts giving off more blue light which leads to are plants to start flowering in August. I can't say for sure if this is your issue as idk if the same applys to Argentina for this time of year.

Besides that have you transplanted her, do you check PH maybe she has nute lockout, which is stunting her growth? Plants to flower slower outside then in a tent with 12/12 lighting.

Just some ideas, hope someone else answers this , good luck she looks healthy

 

[JHake]

Hello jonl92, thanks for your asnwer.

Summer ended here in Argentina on March 21. So the plan is/was to be harvesting this plant on May, last month of Autumn. Well, it wasn't the main plan since it started in a tent, lol.

I was cheking older pictures, and seems that the plant showed sex on March 13th. After that a nute exces showed up; i flushed and then started with the bloom feeding schedule on March 19th.

 

[gearshift]

I never grew that strain but,I don't think you have a problem. Her flowering stretch maybe complete and you just need to wait until her trichomes look like what you are after.

 

[JHake]

Hello gearshift. Thanks for your answer. At first it doesn't seem to be a problem, but since i'm not experienced, i don't know what to think about how "mature" the top of the colas seems to be, plus the smell.

 

[gearshift]

Just like you, I am never "sure" either! There many replies on this site that say something like " it is easy to harvest too early, but very hard to harvest too late.
If you harvest early, when most of the trichomes are clear and few are cloudy, the smoke will be speedy and a little "trippy" (heady).
If you harvest when most of the trichomes are cloudy and few are amber, you smoke will be just "perfect".
If you harvest when the trichomes are mostly amber (the trichomes are breaking down) the smoke will be less head and more body. (And you plant will look like it is dying.)
I have experienced this with both indica dominate and sativa dominate strains.

 

[JHake]

It's like the plant skipped the fattening phase and showed signs of maturation too early, or at least that's how i see it. I am hoping that they will still get fatter, but maybe it's not possible Don't know what to expect.

Regarding ph "question" from jonl92: ph was measured and adjusted every time.

 

[Blent]

It's like the plant skipped the fattening phase and showed signs of maturation too early, or at least that's how i see it. I am hoping that they will still get fatter, but maybe it's not possible Don't know what to expect.

Regarding ph "question" from jonl92: ph was measured and adjusted every time.

I think when finishing outdoor at the end of sunner your first concern should be 'am I vulnerable to bud rot'? If the days are getting short and you have long periods of rain or high humidity forecast then you need to be more careful that rot is not already started than caring if you have reached full maturity. Either way you will smoke this plant and it will get you high, if you wait for full maturity then ok, you will get maybe 10 more grams of weight. If you allow the rot to begin you may lose 3grams of weight. Finishing outside in autumn is difficult to manage.
Keep it dry

 

[JHake]

Hello Blent. Thanks for your answer, you named certain factors that i didn't have idea about.
But...autumn here is still warm, not uncommon to be outside at night with only a t-shirt these days. I still have at least 12 hours of sunlight.
The "funny" thing is that autumn indeed started somewhat cold, but only for a few days. Now is warmer.

Plant was moved outside and transplanted to final pot on March 4th.
Average temperature on march was 20°C/68°F; and only a few short rains, and got the plant covered those occasions.

Guess i'll just keep checking trichomes and pistils and harvest when it's time to, and stop worrying on how about i see the buds. It's a little bit disappointing but at least an experience to learn about.

 

[Blent]

Hello Blent. Thanks for your answer, you named certain factors that i didn't have idea about.
But...autumn here is still warm, not uncommon to be outside at night with only a t-shirt these days. I still have at least 12 hours of sunlight.
The "funny" thing is that autumn indeed started somewhat cold, but only for a few days. Now is warmer.

Plant was moved outside and transplanted to final pot on March 4th.
Average temperature on march was 20°C/68°F; and only a few short rains, and got the plant covered those occasions.

Guess i'll just keep checking trichomes and pistils and harvest when it's time to, and stop worrying on how about i see the buds. It's a little bit disappointing but at least an experience to learn about.

Sounds good and yeah... If you still have low humidity then keep going.. strains of all plants vary a lot in regards to their maturity time, I have 2 varieties of blueberry in my garden, one which I get berries from 2 months before the other... Your plant looks good, strong and healthy so you should keep going until you notice other signs of decline and end stage activity such as fan leaf natural attrition and a noticeable swelling of calyxes. Pistles will brown off and new ones can emerge for a long time...
Either way check closely inside the bud mass at least once every 2 days, I stress looking for rot because I have lost so many good colas this way when maturing in autumn... I understand you have a nice climate but it can seriously come out of nowhere.
Good luck

 

[JHake]

Update:
Cut the plant like 12 days ago. Tiny buds, lots of thricomes on leaves and steams. Surely would do some kind of extraction.

Gave her 2x volume watering few days before harvesting. PPMs were like 1800. Read later that is a lot, at least few days before cutting.
Grow shop guy suggested that root system was "small" and the plant just didnt flower much.

Thanks to everyone.