roundplanet
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Up my bud's, have tried Maple Syrup, and the three step by fox farm's, Open bla bla, Beastie Buds, and Cha Ching. Any and all other idea's. And thanx in advance for the feed back.
How do I Fatten
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growweedtoday
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The way to fatten buds, in order of precedence:
1.) Make sure there are no nutrition/pH/other problems. This means not giving too many nutrients as well as preventing deficiencies. Plants that get too many nutrients often have lush green foliage/leaves, but don't tend to make huge buds. In my experience, the best way to maximize your buds is to feed your girl the minimum nutrients that she can take without showing deficiencies. In this step I also include basic things like making sure that the temps are right, and that there's adequate air circulation in the room.
2.) After you've taken care of step one, then the biggest limiting factor in bud size is your light intensity. Basically, the more intense the light, the bigger your buds. What sort of lights are you using?
3.) The next biggest limiting factor is your plants genetics (the cannabis strain you're using). I didn't realize how huge of a difference this would make until I did a side-by-side grow of White Rhino, some bagseed I found (supposedly Pacific Haze), and a free seed I got from Attitude Seeds for a strain called "Cole Train." The White Rhino grew wide and bushy, and started making average sized buds, the bagseed grew sparse and tall with small buds, but the Cole Train literally EXPLODED with buds, even though they were all growing under the exact same conditions. I haven't harvested it yet, so I can't vouch for the smoke, but I can definitely see that the buds are literally twice the size of the buds on my White Rhino plant, even though I started flowering it 2-3 weeks later. The main cola of my Cole Train girl is dripping wth crystals and is as thick as a coke can and about 10 " long. The only issue that I've had with the Cole Train is that it eats nutrients like a monster. I have to give it half again as much nutrients as the other plants or it's leaves all start getting yellow. I don't mind since it's making so many buds. I've ordered more Cole Train feminized seeds from Attitude for my next batch. Long story short, the strain matters more than you might think.
4.) The last thing I know of that actually works (I saw someone conduct a side by side experiment with 20 cannabis plants), is to add mollasses to your nutrients. The grower I knew added 1 teaspoon of mollasses to every gallon of water for every feeding during the plants entire flowering phase. This was compared against 10 'control' plants that didn't get mollasses but everything else was identical. The buds were the same size for most of the grow between the two groups, but the mollasses group had buds that fattened substantially more during the last two weeks of flowering and ended up beating the control group by quite a bit.
I've also heard that adding sugar to your water can help your buds grow bigger though that's not confirmed by any experiment. I know that sugar is one of the main ingredients in formulas used to promote tasty fruit in plants. I use Clearex for the last two weeks of flowering my cannabis to improve the taste of my buds, and occasionally during the flowering stage as an additive to help prevent nutrient salts from building up in my growing medium. The main ingredients in Clearex are sucrose and glucose, so I don't bother adding sugar to my nutrients, I just add the Clearex.
There you have it, everything I know about making huge buds. =)
1.) Make sure there are no nutrition/pH/other problems. This means not giving too many nutrients as well as preventing deficiencies. Plants that get too many nutrients often have lush green foliage/leaves, but don't tend to make huge buds. In my experience, the best way to maximize your buds is to feed your girl the minimum nutrients that she can take without showing deficiencies. In this step I also include basic things like making sure that the temps are right, and that there's adequate air circulation in the room.
2.) After you've taken care of step one, then the biggest limiting factor in bud size is your light intensity. Basically, the more intense the light, the bigger your buds. What sort of lights are you using?
3.) The next biggest limiting factor is your plants genetics (the cannabis strain you're using). I didn't realize how huge of a difference this would make until I did a side-by-side grow of White Rhino, some bagseed I found (supposedly Pacific Haze), and a free seed I got from Attitude Seeds for a strain called "Cole Train." The White Rhino grew wide and bushy, and started making average sized buds, the bagseed grew sparse and tall with small buds, but the Cole Train literally EXPLODED with buds, even though they were all growing under the exact same conditions. I haven't harvested it yet, so I can't vouch for the smoke, but I can definitely see that the buds are literally twice the size of the buds on my White Rhino plant, even though I started flowering it 2-3 weeks later. The main cola of my Cole Train girl is dripping wth crystals and is as thick as a coke can and about 10 " long. The only issue that I've had with the Cole Train is that it eats nutrients like a monster. I have to give it half again as much nutrients as the other plants or it's leaves all start getting yellow. I don't mind since it's making so many buds. I've ordered more Cole Train feminized seeds from Attitude for my next batch. Long story short, the strain matters more than you might think.
4.) The last thing I know of that actually works (I saw someone conduct a side by side experiment with 20 cannabis plants), is to add mollasses to your nutrients. The grower I knew added 1 teaspoon of mollasses to every gallon of water for every feeding during the plants entire flowering phase. This was compared against 10 'control' plants that didn't get mollasses but everything else was identical. The buds were the same size for most of the grow between the two groups, but the mollasses group had buds that fattened substantially more during the last two weeks of flowering and ended up beating the control group by quite a bit.
I've also heard that adding sugar to your water can help your buds grow bigger though that's not confirmed by any experiment. I know that sugar is one of the main ingredients in formulas used to promote tasty fruit in plants. I use Clearex for the last two weeks of flowering my cannabis to improve the taste of my buds, and occasionally during the flowering stage as an additive to help prevent nutrient salts from building up in my growing medium. The main ingredients in Clearex are sucrose and glucose, so I don't bother adding sugar to my nutrients, I just add the Clearex.
There you have it, everything I know about making huge buds. =)
Bosejammin
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what an excellent excellent post. I never thought of that theory as far as keepin them relatively hungry....just a great post/
Spanishfly
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This is the OUTDOOR forum.
JayTrinity
Active Member
I fed the hell out of my plants and some are showing 5 pounds right now.
I have extraordinarily intense light and optimum growing conditions.
(Im a beginner) perhaps its done better other ways, I just don't know.
I have extraordinarily intense light and optimum growing conditions.
(Im a beginner) perhaps its done better other ways, I just don't know.
Dr. Greenthum
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2 tablespoons of backstap molasses per gallon. every other watering....thats its...enjoy
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I still have 2 and half weeks left. Should I feed with some molasses a time or two?
roundplanet
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