Big buds

TreeFarmerCharlie

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Strain? Im a blues lover
LOL! I was being a smartass. I don't stick to any specific strains or "types" because I like to try all sorts of things. So far I've grown AK-47, Dream Weaver, Moby Dick, Sour Tangie, Durban Poison, Bubblegum, King's Banner, Blue Velvet, Northern Lights, Gold Leaf, Purple Haze, OG Kush, and a bunch of random bag seed. I currently have some Topanga Wedding, Banana Orange Daiquiri, and Cherry Wine growing. I'm probably forgetting some strains, but, like I said, I grow a lot of random shit.
 

SheeshM

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Not sure if there is a magic wand for giant buds. Strong lighting, good genetics and a good environment are top three IMO.
 

Dontjudgeme

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I’ve never been able to achieve fat huge buds without supplementing cO2. No matter what I feed it didn’t change the size of the buds unless I used cO2.
 

SnidleyBluntash

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Do some googling for strains that continue to put on new white hairs and calyxs. Kind of like foxtailing, but equally distributed all around the bud. They will keep getting bigger and bigger. The inside will be amber and the outside will be clear but you just want the big donkey dicks right. This is why I myself am interested in a heavy foxtailing strain, grow foxtails as the buds. They keep growing and growing...
 

coreywebster

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First you need genetics that will stack nodes tight, then you need the spectrum to build those nodes tight in veg and then you need lots of light in flower.

Something like bluedream for example then 600w metal halide in veg, will stack closer nodes, closer nodes means more buds per stalk which gives you a fatter cola because they are so close they grow out as well as up.

The opposite been a strain which grows golf balls every few inch and vegging with HPS elongating those nodes even further.

Honestly I would rather not have colas the size of 2ltr bottles, higher chance of rot, its not good if you have to throw half your crop away.

You can pull the same weight by filling your space better with training.

Plus if it goes to market, nobodys buying a cola the size of a 2ltr bottle with all that stalk in it, needs breaking down.
 

jimihendrix1

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Mr Nice Super Silver Haze has a huge yield, and is very fast growing.

Blast it with light, good air flow, and alot of soil,. Veg 40-60 days with all the light you can, and the buds will be huge. We use 1000w Hortilux HPS from seedling-flowering. Not uncommon to ger 20oz from 1 plant. This will also require 20 gallons of soil. We use Promix BX.

Also recommending bending the plants over from an early age, and dont top them. We rely on stretch to fill out when flipped to flowering. Some will stretch 4x. Or veg less, use less soil, more plants per sq/ft and less veg time to look for a phenotype you like. Then reveg, and use as a mother plant.

Mr Nice uSuper Silver Haze has a genetically superior plant structure. Very few strains will have a better structure, and grow as fast.

Connoisseur Genetics Super Silver Sour Diesel Haze is also genetically superior, but probably not quite as good as SSH, but may be more potent, but there are some very potent phenos in SSH.

It is beneficial to boost Phosphorus, and Potassium in weeks 2.5-4 in an 8 weeks flowering strain. Adjust for longer, or shorter flowering times.

Also a Mag/Sulfur boost is beneficial in weeks 5-6. Thee produce better terpene profile.

For chemicals we use
Hydro Farms... Chem Gro

15.5-0-0 Calcium Nitrate
4-20-39 Base Formula
Total mixed formula is 19.5-20-39
Epsom Salts
Monopotassium Phosphate 0-52-34 in weeks 2.5-4 for bloom set

Never starve them of Nitrogen

Weed needs an ever increasing amount of everything until the last 2 weeks.

We also less than full strength, and feed at each watering in Promix BX.
 

xtsho

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Mr Nice Super Silver Haze has a huge yield, and is very fast growing.

Blast it with light, good air flow, and alot of soil,. Veg 40-60 days with all the light you can, and the buds will be huge. We use 1000w Hortilux HPS from seedling-flowering. Not uncommon to ger 20oz from 1 plant. This will also require 20 gallons of soil. We use Promix BX.

Also recommending bending the plants over from an early age, and dont top them. We rely on stretch to fill out when flipped to flowering. Some will stretch 4x. Or veg less, use less soil, more plants per sq/ft and less veg time to look for a phenotype you like. Then reveg, and use as a mother plant.

Mr Nice uSuper Silver Haze has a genetically superior plant structure. Very few strains will have a better structure, and grow as fast.

is also genetically superior, but probably not quite as good as SSH, but may be more potent, but there are some very potent phenos in SSH.

It is beneficial to boost Phosphorus, and Potassium in weeks 2.5-4 in an 8 weeks flowering strain. Adjust for longer, or shorter flowering times.

Also a Mag/Sulfur boost is beneficial in weeks 5-6. Thee produce better terpene profile.

For chemicals we use
Hydro Farms... Chem Gro

15.5-0-0 Calcium Nitrate
4-20-39 Base Formula
Total mixed formula is 19.5-20-39
Epsom Salts
Monopotassium Phosphate 0-52-34 in weeks 2.5-4 for bloom set

Never starve them of Nitrogen

Weed needs an ever increasing amount of everything until the last 2 weeks.

We also less than full strength, and feed at each watering in Promix BX.
You run similar nutes as I do. My base is 4-10-20 a lower NPK than yours but I start adding MKP as soon as I switch to flower bumping the P-K up to close what your NPK numbers are.
 
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