day 36 of flowering, worried about the buds...

[lospsi]

Hello everyone, I am back again..still wondering if i am doing ok..I think that the buds are growing every day just a bit,just entering the 1st day of week 6. How does she look? I am a little worried that the buds are too small.. It has been a LOOONG trip 3 months actually from seed till today and it was beautiful but this patience thing... oh man it's killing me.. So what do you think? Happy growing!

 

[Mr.Vega]

The buds do look small but there could b nany reaasons for this....could just b the strain....for ur first grow looks good tho...nice training

 

[Mr.Vega]

the spacing on ur plant doesnt look too bad....idk what u got for lights but could b bttr could b worse I guess....not too bad over all really.

 

[LetsGetCritical]

Bud, I am the most impatient person in the world. I am hoping growing will teach me some. I'm sure they will swell up towards the end! Just remember, the one thing us first timers have is the ability to improve a lot on the next run. I'm surely doing a few things differently/better next time. Please keep posting pics, i'd like to see these in 2 weeks. Crit

 

[lospsi]

the spacing on ur plant doesnt look too bad....idk what u got for lights but could b bttr could b worse I guess....not too bad over all really.

the strain is jorge's diamonds #1 and from what i can see from a little research has big buds when she finishes, i am growing with a 135 w led hydro blackstar 3w leds from seed to harvest.. thnx for posting..

 

[lospsi]

Bud, I am the most impatient person in the world. I am hoping growing will teach me some. I'm sure they will swell up towards the end! Just remember, the one thing us first timers have is the ability to improve a lot on the next run. I'm surely doing a few things differently/better next time. Please keep posting pics, i'd like to see these in 2 weeks. Crit

Happy to hear this from a first time grower, gives me a lot of support,i have seen your job also you are 10 days ahead from me,good job! so yea next time i am aiming towards mainlining i think.

 

[blowincherrypie]

Plant kinda looks "thin" did you defoliate or anything? Next thing is make sure you don't have any major light leaks (or even a bunch of little red power indicator lights,) and are giving the proper nutes. If I saw your pics I would guess you at about 3 or 4 weeks from switch so you're not too far off. Not sure what your grow space is like, and I know people have done some nifty things with those Bstars, but you might want to look into just a little supplemental lighting as well.

Good luck with whatever and I hope you get a bomb first harvest!

 

[lospsi]

Plant kinda looks "thin" did you defoliate or anything? Next thing is make sure you don't have any major light leaks (or even a bunch of little red power indicator lights,) and are giving the proper nutes. If I saw your pics I would guess you at about 3 or 4 weeks from switch so you're not too far off. Not sure what your grow space is like, and I know people have done some nifty things with those Bstars, but you might want to look into just a little supplemental lighting as well.

Good luck with whatever and I hope you get a bomb first harvest!

thnx bro for the wishes, the plant has been defoliated twice in veg and one in flower, it was very bushy, do you think that my branches are thin?or that it is a thin looking plant? I am feeding with 1 ml/l biogrow and 3 ml/l biobloom at this stage...i have given tha plant 2 times epsom salt and starting feeding her blackstrap mollases 2 weeks ago till the end. It's a closet grow i have a second small plant also. the plants seems to be doing good she is green, no nute burns from the start. I defoliated after the stretch and this had slowed her down for about 5 days, maybe that's why buds are small? I wish i knew i just hope i have a decent harvest after 4 months! we will see..

 

[stickyfingers1977]

Their probably a little small beacause you've cut all the fan leaves away they help the plant burn energy and carbs which in the end gives you bigger buds now its down too your roots do do all the work but that's just my opinion mate

 

[stickyfingers1977]

Oh ! And I noticed you said you were using bio bloom don't be shy to give your girls a little more nutes it won't hurt as long as you don't over do it

 

[ThorGanjason]

I was Aldo wondering about the lights. A lot of the more airy/less dense buds that I see on here are usually a result of improper or insufficient lighting. Your quality looms like it'll be great, even if the yield that you wanted giant quite there.

 

[lospsi]

i will definately order a second ufo, but my plant is getting the best from this light maybe ain't enough? FUCK! i will be very dissapointed if i get an ounce or so after so much long... I also don't have any more tricks in my sleave.. i have got to wait, urghhhh it's killing me!

 

[Sand4x105]

OK... Day 35, now subtract the days between when you turned light switch to 12/12, and the days they first showed buds....
So really, your buds are around 28 days old... and they look fine for first timer plants at 28 days of bud....
So, now you have another week to wait... [the week when plants are converting from veg to bud]...
You, defoliated twice, now do not do that again...
From this point until the end of your bud growth, do not take another fully alive, green nothing wrong with it leaf off!
.....
So, for 28 day old buds on a plant that's been defoliated twice, your buds look:
"Fine"

Good Luck...

 

[Hugo Phurst]

... the plant has been defoliated twice in veg and one in flower, it was very bushy...we will see.

Sorry, but you're "seeing" now. 5 weeks of flower? Looks a lot less mature than that. I hope she recovers for you.

Imo, by removing the fan leaves, you've removed the sugar factories, so there's not a whole lot to feed the buds. Lack of food = slow retarded growth. But that's just me.

Good luck.

 

[xGrimace]

Leaves are your plants solar panels, they provide energy especially in flower thye focus that energy on the buds, so next time, dont go clipping leaves because its just stunting your plant, unless of course they are yellow/brown.

 

[lospsi]

Sorry, but you're "seeing" now. 5 weeks of flower? Looks a lot less mature than that. I hope she recovers for you.

Imo, by removing the fan leaves, you've removed the sugar factories, so there's not a whole lot to feed the buds. Lack of food = slow retarded growth. But that's just me.

Good luck.

So what i have to do from now on just wait a couple weeks more than the estimated time?

 

[LetsGetCritical]

So you are saying 35 days veg, but you might be meaning 35 days since 12/12 ? subtract the time it took for them to start showing buds, maybe 7 or ten days say, so you might be on day 25 flowering? And use the breeders flowering time as a guide only they may go longer. Pretty much what Sand said

 

[lospsi]

So you are saying 35 days veg, but you might be meaning 35 days since 12/12 ? subtract the time it took for them to start showing buds, maybe 7 or ten days say, so you might be on day 25 flowering? And use the breeders flowering time as a guide only they may go longer. Pretty much what Sand said

let me get this clear,i vegged for 40 days 24/0 then i switched to 12/12 but i had serious light leaks for 18 days,my plants were vegging so we come to 58 days veg,then i fixed the light leak and from that day i consider it to be day 1 of flowering, so maybe day 35 of flower isn't so correct.

 

[mrblu]

did you defoliate? dont see any big fan leaves unless its just the strain. if its sativa you could have a long ways to go.

 

[lospsi]

did you defoliate? dont see any big fan leaves unless its just the strain. if its sativa you could have a long ways to go.

yes i have been following high defoliation technique,defoliated twice in veg and one in flower.. if someone in this site has used this method before i would be glad to hear some comments,thnx