Lower branches and bud sites not producing

running 7 chemdawg 4 , 4 weeks into flower , these plants have powdery mildew which I'm controlling , plants r 20 inches tall the tops are producing well , below say 6 inches there are no buds no white hairs the small leaves seem deformed and lighter green ... just bout at the bottom of the colas we're there is more spacing is were this shit Starts , I cut it all out and left what was well produced , is this caused by the mildew or something else ...

I run super soil feed with teas use azos and mikos. Had been spraying with neem oil before that in veg was using milk and water before I got the neem .. the harvest before this grow the lower buds of the same strain had turned like a light beige and the tops were nice and froasty ... I pitched the mothers and just started over with new mothers and took clones off a plant that was in flower to not have a gap between Harvest ... the 3 I got in there with the chems have no sign of powder mildew .which is weird bc they was cloned and raised side by side , only 2 weeks older then the chems ... anyway .. I can get pics later just didn't no if anyone knew if I had something
Else goin on or if
The mildew was the issue

No , most indoor plants dont grow much in the bottom half. If you use enough watts you can develop lower buds with vertical lighting like double d.

*BUDS said:

No , most indoor plants dont grow much in the bottom half. If you use enough watts you can develop lower buds with vertical lighting like double d.

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some one say c02 and vertical lighting

No that ain't it I've got lower buds on plants twice the size of these chemdawgs that are in flower now those r delicious candys those buds r way below 4 foot of the light

Those r the chemdawgs and there like mayb 2 foot from the light at the bottoms
Of the plant these bud sites r nothing just like dead ends . U see the hairs on the candys in the first pic nothing close to that it's like them
Lower buds r not even flowering yet ... .. I run 2 1k lights my room temps r 78 at the top of plants 3 fans , and humidity is 45 to 55 percent .. plenty of air flow being pulled in ... I believe my room setup and environment is near perfect , night time temps are 68degrees 40 percent humidity ,. Vertical lighting mayb just
Moved into this new flower room so imma play with training before I start adding light

Shadytrees88 said:

No that ain't it I've got lower buds on plants twice the size of these chemdawgs that are in flower now View attachment 3924066those r delicious candys those buds r way below 4 foot of the light

View attachment 3924067 Those r the chemdawgs and there like mayb 2 foot from the light at the bottoms
Of the plant these bud sites r nothing just like dead ends . U see the hairs on the candys in the first pic nothing close to that it's like them
Lower buds r not even flowering yet ... .. I run 2 1k lights my room temps r 78 at the top of plants 3 fans , and humidity is 45 to 55 percent .. plenty of air flow being pulled in ... I believe my room setup and environment is near perfect , night time temps are 68degrees 40 percent humidity ,. Vertical lighting mayb just
Moved into this new flower room so imma play with training before I start adding light

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Every strain will be different some just don't fill out some do, differnt training regiments, feed schedules etc.

Think once I take some pics of the issue it will be different . These r literally deformed sugar leaf and no bud site just like a growth spot bottom 1/3rd