How Can I Thicken Up My Budz?

TheSmallz

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7 weeks Into Flower On My Second Grow And She's Just Not Impressing Me is Their Anything I Could Do To Help Her Fatten Up? I Was Generally Expecting a QP but Now Im No So Sure. Please Help

- The Kid
 

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Failmore

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Increase yield by topping and training to fill out the space. They look great to me. They don't look like they are at 7 weeks tho. That looks like week 4 to me so you have a long way to go.
 

Skoal

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Yeah they look hella young.

I know you can buy big bud nutrients to help stack on the weight. Also I’m not sure but I’ve read somewhere that molasses helps fatten buds too. Not sure how accurate that is.
 

TheSmallz

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Increase yield by topping and training to fill out the space. They look great to me. They don't look like they are at 7 weeks tho. That looks like week 4 to me so you have a long way to go.
I Understand I Only Topped Her Once I Should Have Done More. But Really? She's Definitely 7 Weeks In Though. Would It Hurt Too Give Her another 7 Weeks In Flower??
 

Failmore

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I Understand I Only Topped Her Once I Should Have Done More. But Really? She's Definitely 7 Weeks In Though. Would It Hurt Too Give Her another 7 Weeks In Flower??
Dont worry about putting a hard limit on time. When the hairs are almost all brown start checking the trichs. Harvest when the trichs are turning amber. The more amber the more couch lock. So it depends on personal preference how long you let it go. Some strains go 12 weeks or more. Also dont worry about overall yield to much. Your a new grower. Worry about that later. If you get .5g a watt be happy
 

TheSmallz

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Yeah they look hella young.

I know you can buy big bud nutrients to help stack on the weight. Also I’m not sure but I’ve read somewhere that molasses helps fatten buds too. Not sure how accurate that is.
I Thought So Too That's Why I'm Worried Because Its Definitely Been 7 Weeks. Really? What Kind Of Nutrients ?? & I've Been Doing The Teaspoon Of Molasses diluted In a Gallon of Water every 3 Days over The Last 2 Weeks.
 

TheSmallz

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Dont worry about putting a hard limit on time. When the hairs are almost all brown start checking the trichs. Harvest when the trichs are turning amber. The more amber the more couch lock. So it depends on personal preference how long you let it go. Some strains go 12 weeks or more. Also dont worry about overall yield to much. Your a new grower. Worry about that later. If you get .5g a watt be happy
Okay I Wont. Its Just Hard To Be Patient Ya Know :wall: & Thank Youu That's Great To Know. Yeaa I Know More Experience Will Make Me better Grower. & Is That What They Say? .5 a Watt? I'm Using a 200w for this Grow
 

Failmore

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For an hps system 1g watt is considered really good usually. For LED I am not sure what is considered good. Is that 200w from the wall or just what the light is listed as? What kind of light?
 

TheSmallz

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For an hps system 1g watt is considered really good usually. For LED I am not sure what is considered good. Is that 200w from the wall or just what the light is listed as? What kind of light?
I'm Using An LED & florescent Bulb Set Up. I Have 2 65w Florescents at 6500k mounted Horizontally & a 200w LED Mounted Over Head. I'm Not Sure Of The Actually Power Pulled From The Wall To The Lights.
 

Renfro

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Remember that with LED lighting we want warmer canopy temperatures than we do under HPS. HPS puts out about 60% of it's photons in the infrared area, IR light warms surfaces it touches (leaves). To achieve optimal leaf surface temperatures under LED lighting we need a canopy temperature up around 83 - 86F where under HPS we might aim for 79F.

Cool leaf surface temperatures will slow the growth rate, plain and simple.

That is one factor that LED growers often overlook.

QUALITY LED lighting takes about 35 watts per square foot in flower (thats actual watts), if it's a blurple LED then you probably need more than that, like 40 - 50 depending on the quality of the light.

Know that overfeeding doesn't help, and most of the yield comes in the end when the flower is becoming denser so never chop early, wait it out.

Hope all that info helps you in your quest.
 

Failmore

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I'm Using An LED & florescent Bulb Set Up. I Have 2 65w Florescents at 6500k mounted Horizontally & a 200w LED Mounted Over Head. I'm Not Sure Of The Actually Power Pulled From The Wall To The Lights.
I think your doing great for what you got going on.
 
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