my first grow .cali orange & cheese why so small buds?

these are pics of my first attempt
the cali orange are flowering 3 weeks
the cheese are flowering 1 week . i made a mistake when the cali started flowering i cut all the fan leaves off could this be the reason the buds are so small?? is it ok for me to start using co2 at this stage. heres a few pics of me cheese they only started flowering 8 days but only two foot in height

i am using a 400watt hps
vegged for roughly 6 weeks why are the buds on my california orange so small are they ruined now cause i cut all the leaves off can anyone give me some help thanks

why did you cut ALL the fan leaves? that is there "solar panel" as some say here. that is how they absorb sun for the most part if you cut those they loose a large amount of ability to take in more sun light. also there are many many factors as to why the buds are so small.

I agree about the fan leaves...However it looks like you still have some flowering time to go.

i veged my cali orange for 8 weeks and got almost 2 oz from it. also plants need co2 all their life not just during one cycle

maurice*del*taco said:

why did you cut ALL the fan leaves? that is there "solar panel" as some say here. that is how they absorb sun for the most part if you cut those they loose a large amount of ability to take in more sun light. also there are many many factors as to why the buds are so small.

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only started growing and some muppet said to me to cut away all the leaves for buds to get light which is a fuckin stupid thing to do i know now ya learn by your mistakes and i will never make this one again . is it not gonna do much more growing so

caliorange said:

only started growing and some muppet said to me to cut away all the leaves for buds to get light which is a fuckin stupid thing to do i know now ya learn by your mistakes and i will never make this one again . is it not gonna do much more growing so

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+ rep for learning from your mistakes.

well me caliorange still the flowers aint growing much since i butchered all the leaves . the little buds that are on them look and smell like gorgeous bud now covered in crystals and all white hairs starting to change t orange strings dose anyone have any ideas? should i just chop an smoke and save space for others ? or live in hope and maybe they might take back off? but my cheese are flowering about 1 week and are flying their budding from everywhere but there all roughly only two foot tall will these grow much more in height from now and harvesting or when u start 12 / 12 dose growing stop really new to this. any tips at all are welcome and appreciated. im gonna put a c02 bottle in me grow room later today is this a good idea during flowering

has an one ever used iguana juice bloom i have been using last 6 weeks since plants started 12/12 cycle and one of my mates thinks this is only an additive its not the actual feedthat it needs is this true