So I'm in week 6 of flower and it's my first indoor and I just wanted everybody's opinions on how my bud formation is looking so far? I feel like they should be more swelled and formed at this point? My temps lights on are at 70-80f could get up to 85f if I leave my dehumidifier on full blast and not set it to cut out at a certain rh. Lights out are about 60-70f. RH is 35%-45% Oh and I'm also battling PM so I've been spraying the plants down with alkaline water ph'Ed at 9.5-10 to help with the pm
Just started week 6 of flower how's my bud formation?
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TurboTokes
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Whatever light you are using, is not strong enough.
rickyrozayyy
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I agree with @TurboTokes those buds should be 3 times bigger bro... a buddy of mines is growing sunset sherbet. He's in week 4 and their double that size. Another than that. Real frosty looking tree. Good job @Sam1510
rickyrozayyy
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I think this happened because for the first 3-4 weeks of flower the temps were at 58f-62f lights off and only hitting 65-68f max lights on. I heard cold temps stop calyxes from swelling so much I raised the temps after week 4 to what I stated in my original post. Is there any chance of these swelling up late? I'm using a 600w hps growing 6 plants in a 4x4 area. The light is about 7"-12" from top of canapy
rickyrozayyy
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Or do you think I'm fucked and gonna have some frosty ass popcorn nugs cuz of the cold temps i had in the beginning?
rickyrozayyy
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Man this sucks I was hoping to get at least 8-10ozs I'm gonna keep the temps are 75-80f lights on and 70-75f lights off do you think that would help swell? I've read a lot of threads where people say that they start counting weeks of flowering when the first buds appear(usually 1-2weeks after switching 12-12). If that's the case then I'd be in week 4 of flower and most of the strains I'm growing are 8-9 week strains. I'm just Tryna give myself some hope lol here is a pic of them yesterday. What do u think I'll yield?
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rickyrozayyy
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What's your feeding schedule? What nutes are you using? Also I'm wondering what the root system looks like in those pots. Flower starts from flip... and don't go by what the strain says as far as weeks till finish. I've seen them go longer more frequent than not. If the root system isn't thriving. Your plants definitely won't produce much. I don't wanna say jack your nutes up either. Raising the temp is a start. Not too dramatic tho... maybe bump it 3-5° and see how they react the first couple days. A line I use to help troubled plants root wise is Rapid start by General hydroponics. It's pricey. But I've seen it work time n time again. You'll wanna do a thorough water...but don't over do it. Enough so in 3 days you can water again with nutes... but only 1/4 of what you would usually do.. what I'm trying to accomplish is more frequent feedings after you give them that root boost... followed by 4 waterings a day. Every 3 hours... worth a shot. @zabster151 @Sam1510
westcoast420
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Ya unfortunately at week 6 of flower adding things for the roots really wont do anything. How much are you feeding them and how often? How many ppm? Dont bother trying to guess yeild, it is what it is.
I feed started at 600ppm and went up to 1350 ppm been tapering it down to 850 bout to feed one more time then flush. I water twice and feed once. So every 3rd watering
