I don't know whats eating your buds, but I think your nute-lock problem is actually related to using the no pest strip in close proximity to your plants. my buddy put one in his stealth grow and within a week half the plants were dead. At first it looked like nute burn, and then nute lock and then BAM dead. He was able to rescue 2 big ones by removing the no pest strip, washing the walls, ceiling, and floor, and flushing, and spraying the plants with water. I hope this isn't whats going on with you... good luck!
Ok RUI, newbie really needs help here. 4th grow not going so well. Day 50 of flower since the flip. Running DWC, 600w HPS 12/12, 48% humidity. Room avgs 82-84 degrees. Water 71 degrees. PH 6.0 and PPMs under 1000. AN 3part Jungle Juice, kool bloom liquid and bud candy. I think something is eating the tops off the flowers. Each lights on more tops (just the tops) of the flowers are gone. I can find no signs of critters during lights on. No dead bugs on the floor either. I did have what I think was a fugus gnat problem but cured it with azamax and no pest strips. Nothing flying around in weeks. Checked the net pots and did water changes to make sure nutes solution was right because leaves showing signs of stress. 6 more flower tops missing at lights on. What could be doing this? Anyone had this experience? All suggestions welcomed.
It really does look like someone or something is sampling the buds, not much else that would cause it to look that way