Melvanetics Buckeye Purple and Super Buckeye grow

i planted the seeds for these plants on new years eve. i have been dealing with some temperature issues this winter as it is cold as heck here but they are coming along i think. looks like some nute lockout possibly due to the temps. i am growing in roots organix soil in 3 gallon felt pots. they were started in solo cups. i use tap water that i let sit out for a day or so before using. i have a 4x4x2 tent with one 4 ft 4 bulb t5 and one 4 ft 2 bulb t5. i have 4 10000 kelvin bulbs and 2 10000 kelvin with uva. the temp now is around 75 with an rh in the mid to upper 30's. the temps were in the low 70's before i put in my 2 bulb fixture. they are on 24 hour a day light. i have given them light feedings so far(1/3 to 1/2 the recommended dose of gh gobox). i topped all 3 plants and i am lst'ing the supers. the breeder said the purple does not like training. the purple is lagging in size so that works out well anyway . the smallest one is the buckeye purple. the other two are super buckeyes.

subbed, looking good and nice strains!

my buckeye purple is not looking happy at all... the super buckeyes are doing quite well though. not sure what is going on. looks like she might need some nutes to me but i thought this strain was not a big feeder. my water i am using is around 6.3 for ph. the temp is now in the mid 70's. the rh was a bit low at 28 when i got home this morning. and feedback would be awesome...

first 2 pics are of the BeP between first burnie then the smaller super buckeye. then the BeP, burnie the super buckeye, 2 more of the smaller super buckeye, a side shot of the BeP and one of burnie.

6 weeks from planting the seeds. i started to give the buckeye purple foliar feeding. it may be optimism but i think it is looking happier. i have also started to use water with a higher ph(about 6.6) though the breeder has recommended i go the other way. the super buckeye is looking hardy as ever. hoping i can flip them at 8 weeks but i am not optimistic on that. i only have the one grow area so it is all or none unless i decide to have a houseplant for a while...

i think the buckeye purple is getting better. we have been feeding with a foliar mild nutrient spray. the super buckeyes are monsters. we started giving the purp some darkness to try to stimulate some stretch today. we are also working on tying the supers down but it is a chore. a good chore...

in an effort to encourage the buckeye purple to stretch out a bit, i gave the plant about 6 hours of exposure to a 26 watt 2700 kelvin bulb. it is back in the tent but i swapped out 2 of the 10000 kelvin bulbs for 2 3000 kelvin bulbs. so i have 2 10000 kelvin with uv a bulbs, 2 10000 kelvin w/o uv and 2 3000 kelvin 4 ft 75 bulbs. i know the 10000 kelvin bulbs are supposed to keep the plants kind of compact so i wonder if they have been part of my problem if the plant has a genetic predisposition to be short and squat anyway.

also, i believe the spritzing of the buckeye purple with diluted nutes for a foliar feed is helping. i am getting quite a bit of new healthy growth going. or it could be the ph. or the lighting. or the plants age. or aliens are helping out. i don't know. i change too many parameters too frequently to be able to call any of this scientific method...

the buckeye purple is starting to look healthy. it needs to do some catching up to the super buckeyes though. they supers are getting alternating nodes now so i think they are ready to flip to 12/12 but since i don't have separate veg and flower tents, they will need to be patient...

thinking i will probably flip the super buckeyes next week sometime and wait on the buckeye purple until it gets bigger. the purple is coming along but it is still not growing very quickly. i think the purple looks like it is not getting enough nitrogen. maybe i will give it a slightly stronger dose of nutes next watering...

todays pics. the buckeye purple is on the road to recovery and is getting bigger. the super buckeyes are getting ready for flipping to flower. if anyone has any experience with them and knows if they stretch much(or if it is phenotype dependent) please let me know. i was planning on flipping this week and seperating out the buckeye purple to veg for a couple of weeks more but i still have a bunch of height in my tent and may want to veg them all for a week or two more. the super buckeyes are showing some nice purple stems. i am happy about that...

out of the country at the moment so my sons are tending to the plants. still have not flipped to flower yet as i think the super buckeyes have more head room even in the event that they stretch a lot in flower. i hope i am right. the buckeye purple still has a ways to go. still...

probably will flip the supers next weekend and veg the purple for a few more weeks.

I know this is a very old thread but I'm currently running buckeye purple myself and I'm doing a Lil research. Yours were looking great very bushy bet they had a ton of budsites would like to hear how they turned out if ur still on here