Wondering why my plants buds are not getting any bigger after the 7th nearly 8th week into flowering

Tracker

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hey thank you for taking the time to help me out with my questions bro i appreciate it so ok the strains that you see are three seperate plants , 1st is a [gelato dream] from anesia seeds, 2nd is a [bruce banner#3] also from anesia seeds, and the 3rd and final one is a [nova og] which is also from anesia seeds so that is the three strains i am growing just now and they are nearing their 10th week off flowering next week end , as for the grow media that im using on them is a 70%coco-30%perlite mix , and the nutes well i used the flora trio on them you know the brown-green-red which are the micro, grow, bloom , trio from [General Hydroponics] and the feeding and watering well i had them in i think 11ltr fabric pots up until there about 2 weeks ago when i transplanted them into 25ltr fabric pots because they got so big while they were just in the 11ltr pot,s that i just felt they weren,t able to grow any bigger because of the size of the pot,s i had them in the whole of their lives right up until 8th weeks into their flowering period so i know i probably should have transplanted them into the bigger pots a hell of a lot sooner but please god they will be forgiving and start putting on some extra size now as i have given them a 250ml of big-bud between them along with the usual GH trio now over the last couple of weeks as that,s all there was inside the 250mill off big-bud to spread over the last 2 week,s going by exactly what it said to give per litre of water into each one you know so anyhow i have just ran-out of all my nutrients there the other day and went and got myself this good A+B plagron type nutrient to give them in place off overdrive as theey only had the overdrive in the big gallon size which i wasn,t able to afford just now so the fella told me that the one i got was just as good as the overdrive i was going to get if not better he Reccon,s it,s a 4in1 type nut especially for the last weeks off flowering so hopfully it does some good and put,s some badly needed size on them for me before i harvest , oh and yes i water them with 3-4 ltr,s every day until i get at least a half ltr run-off from them and that,s been that way now for the last couple off months, now this is where i am going to get some stick over i guess because this is something that i have never quite understood to be honest my friend and that,s this [ppm/ec, thing] so they are something that i haven,t a clue about and seem to be doing i guess ok without them i think anyhow but as for the ph well yes i have a ph tester that i have allways used from day-1 up to this very day which i have allways stuck between 5.5-6.5 so i am hoping that thhem other 2 issues haven,t stopped or damaged my plant,s in any way up to today and maybe i,m wrong and it could be exactly the problem as to why i haven,t seen my plant,s put on the size i am expecting from them up to now, and maybe its not the reason please god its not , as for my temps and RH well my temp,s are usually between 25-31cellseus and my RH is between 55-65% yes i know that,s a bit on the high side which is why i have the extractor fan on at all times which is connected to my 600w hps bulb which is inside a cool-tube and i also have a carbon filter connected to the fan which is taking most but not all of the hot air out of my tent and through the ducking which is attached to the cooltube and through the other side of the cooltube which is connected to more ducking and attached to the airvent in the room so that,s running for the full 12/12 hours each day but my temps and humidity still seem to be kindoff on the high side even with 3 seperate 6inch fan,s stuck up in each corner of the tent along with a 10inch oscilating fan 1 foot up from the ground which is on the whole time the lights are on plus i added another 12 inch oscilating fan right going across the top,s off the plant,s the whole time also which is 12/12 hours per day to so even with all them additions my hummidity and temps still remain on the high side now the rh is not always on the high side like today there it was on 55% simply because our weather where i,m living right now is getting kinda cooler now so they should be coming down every day from here in i really hope anyway, so yes i also installed this led light which is one of them red and blue type led lights that has just the one setting all the time you know its a 1000w led thats no way near a 1000w equivliant type light by any means its just one of them cheap amazon led,s that i bought simply because the person that was selling it had it had it up for sale as a [KINGLED LED LIGHT] which is a decent enough led light but he only wanted 70 euros for it so ofcourse i thought i was getting a bargain of a lifetime and bit the bate only to findout that it had no name or writing on it at all and wasn,t the kingled light i thought it was anyway cutting a long story short i have the 600w hps bulb inside a cooltube and that cheap led light beside it also and by the way my tent is a 5ft / 5ft / 7ft high so there you are my friend i am sorry for going on a bit to much here only i wanted to explain everything in detail as much as i could anyhow so i have also found what i believed to be budrot but just a small bit, now i only think that what it is as its a few small patche,s of rusting spot,s on a couple of the branches but only on the gelato dream and the nova og now they were small enough but i did cut them out off it and i will take some pictures of them so you can see exactly what i,m talking about and you can please god give me your honest opinion on exactly what stage you really believe they are at right now so i can have a better chance of saving them before i harvest them to soon and possibly get no high out of them at all which would be a total shame at this stage believe me my friend so anyhow oh yes just before i go you asked me exactly when i turned them from the 18/6 to the 12/12 lighting and it was exactly on the longest day of the year is the exact day i turned them so i,m not 100% what date that was but hopfully you might know so you will know exactly how long they have been in flower for so thank you ever so much for your time here and i will post some pics tomorrow take care and god bless you all guy,s
ps. sorry i didn,t answer your question about how far my lights were from my plants so i think they are around [1-1/2ft] to[2ft]
Please don't post a stream of consciousness here. Please organize your posts into paragraphs, or better, do bullet points.

The longest day of the year is right around June 20, so they have been on 12/12 for approx 70 days now. Usually, that is when my faster flowering indica strains have reached full ripeness. Other genetics go longer.

The pics you've posted dont clearly show details when zoomed in. During the lights on time, turn off the light for a minute, and take some shots of the highest possible resolution, well focused, and with the flash on.

When I harvest, I like to see none or almost no new white pistils, with trichs minimum clear, mostly cloudy and around 20% turning amber.

Good luck! Peace :peace:
 

Budzbuddha

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Maybe im just over reacting but they will be 10 weeks into flowering now at the end of argust but im just worried about the size of them especially knowing that they are going to be losing half their total size after they go through their drying process you know so if you can plz let me know if its natural for them to just stop growing and putting any more size on at this time of their flowering phase and will they make another jump in size anytime before they have to be harvested thank you for your advice in advance
Being they are Sativa leaning plants … buckle up for ride. They finish when they finish.
They look a bit airy too.
 

Budzbuddha

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hey thank you for taking the time to help me out with my questions bro i appreciate it so ok the strains that you see are three seperate plants , 1st is a [gelato dream] from anesia seeds, 2nd is a [bruce banner#3] also from anesia seeds, and the 3rd and final one is a [nova og] which is also from anesia seeds so that is the three strains i am growing just now and they are nearing their 10th week off flowering next week end , as for the grow media that im using on them is a 70%coco-30%perlite mix , and the nutes well i used the flora trio on them you know the brown-green-red which are the micro, grow, bloom , trio from [General Hydroponics] and the feeding and watering well i had them in i think 11ltr fabric pots up until there about 2 weeks ago when i transplanted them into 25ltr fabric pots because they got so big while they were just in the 11ltr pot,s that i just felt they weren,t able to grow any bigger because of the size of the pot,s i had them in the whole of their lives right up until 8th weeks into their flowering period so i know i probably should have transplanted them into the bigger pots a hell of a lot sooner but please god they will be forgiving and start putting on some extra size now as i have given them a 250ml of big-bud between them along with the usual GH trio now over the last couple of weeks as that,s all there was inside the 250mill off big-bud to spread over the last 2 week,s going by exactly what it said to give per litre of water into each one you know so anyhow i have just ran-out of all my nutrients there the other day and went and got myself this good A+B plagron type nutrient to give them in place off overdrive as theey only had the overdrive in the big gallon size which i wasn,t able to afford just now so the fella told me that the one i got was just as good as the overdrive i was going to get if not better he Reccon,s it,s a 4in1 type nut especially for the last weeks off flowering so hopfully it does some good and put,s some badly needed size on them for me before i harvest , oh and yes i water them with 3-4 ltr,s every day until i get at least a half ltr run-off from them and that,s been that way now for the last couple off months, now this is where i am going to get some stick over i guess because this is something that i have never quite understood to be honest my friend and that,s this [ppm/ec, thing] so they are something that i haven,t a clue about and seem to be doing i guess ok without them i think anyhow but as for the ph well yes i have a ph tester that i have allways used from day-1 up to this very day which i have allways stuck between 5.5-6.5 so i am hoping that thhem other 2 issues haven,t stopped or damaged my plant,s in any way up to today and maybe i,m wrong and it could be exactly the problem as to why i haven,t seen my plant,s put on the size i am expecting from them up to now, and maybe its not the reason please god its not , as for my temps and RH well my temp,s are usually between 25-31cellseus and my RH is between 55-65% yes i know that,s a bit on the high side which is why i have the extractor fan on at all times which is connected to my 600w hps bulb which is inside a cool-tube and i also have a carbon filter connected to the fan which is taking most but not all of the hot air out of my tent and through the ducking which is attached to the cooltube and through the other side of the cooltube which is connected to more ducking and attached to the airvent in the room so that,s running for the full 12/12 hours each day but my temps and humidity still seem to be kindoff on the high side even with 3 seperate 6inch fan,s stuck up in each corner of the tent along with a 10inch oscilating fan 1 foot up from the ground which is on the whole time the lights are on plus i added another 12 inch oscilating fan right going across the top,s off the plant,s the whole time also which is 12/12 hours per day to so even with all them additions my hummidity and temps still remain on the high side now the rh is not always on the high side like today there it was on 55% simply because our weather where i,m living right now is getting kinda cooler now so they should be coming down every day from here in i really hope anyway, so yes i also installed this led light which is one of them red and blue type led lights that has just the one setting all the time you know its a 1000w led thats no way near a 1000w equivliant type light by any means its just one of them cheap amazon led,s that i bought simply because the person that was selling it had it had it up for sale as a [KINGLED LED LIGHT] which is a decent enough led light but he only wanted 70 euros for it so ofcourse i thought i was getting a bargain of a lifetime and bit the bate only to findout that it had no name or writing on it at all and wasn,t the kingled light i thought it was anyway cutting a long story short i have the 600w hps bulb inside a cooltube and that cheap led light beside it also and by the way my tent is a 5ft / 5ft / 7ft high so there you are my friend i am sorry for going on a bit to much here only i wanted to explain everything in detail as much as i could anyhow so i have also found what i believed to be budrot but just a small bit, now i only think that what it is as its a few small patche,s of rusting spot,s on a couple of the branches but only on the gelato dream and the nova og now they were small enough but i did cut them out off it and i will take some pictures of them so you can see exactly what i,m talking about and you can please god give me your honest opinion on exactly what stage you really believe they are at right now so i can have a better chance of saving them before i harvest them to soon and possibly get no high out of them at all which would be a total shame at this stage believe me my friend so anyhow oh yes just before i go you asked me exactly when i turned them from the 18/6 to the 12/12 lighting and it was exactly on the longest day of the year is the exact day i turned them so i,m not 100% what date that was but hopfully you might know so you will know exactly how long they have been in flower for so thank you ever so much for your time here and i will post some pics tomorrow take care and god bless you all guy,s
ps. sorry i didn,t answer your question about how far my lights were from my plants so i think they are around [1-1/2ft] to[2ft]
Holy crap that’s a long paragraph… head hurts now.
 
Please don't post a stream of consciousness here. Please organize your posts into paragraphs, or better, do bullet points.

The longest day of the year is right around June 20, so they have been on 12/12 for approx 70 days now. Usually, that is when my faster flowering indica strains have reached full ripeness. Other genetics go longer.

The pics you've posted dont clearly show details when zoomed in. During the lights on time, turn off the light for a minute, and take some shots of the highest possible resolution, well focused, and with the flash on.

When I harvest, I like to see none or almost no new white pistils, with trichs minimum clear, mostly cloudy and around 20% turning amber.

Good luck! Peace :peace:
yes, you are so right my friend I am really sorry for going on a bit too much I have a bad habit of that so I will in the future just make my point and no more thank you for your reply back with your opinion about what stage you actually harvest your plants at, that is good food for thought my friend thanks once again.
 

NoWayOut

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Hi guys i would really appreciate some help on finding out why my buds have stopped putting on any more size after just 7 weeks into their flowering phase so plz any ideas as to how i can bulk them up more would be very grateful to all of you guys cheers
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not all grows are equal , some of my grows took longer than the expected time frame to come to fruition. Just let it do its thing, looks good
 

MustGro

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@dnnywilldo2 you’re sucking the air from the room through your cool tube right? Are you exchanging the air in your tent? If your plants are sitting in stale air they’ll never make big buds, the co2 will be all used up.
I ran cool tubes before and I had the intake up high in my grow space so the in-line fan pulled the hot growroom air into the cool tube and exhausted it along with the heat from the lights. It also pulled fresh air into my grow space. If you aren’t exhausting the air from your tent then you’re not pulling fresh air into it.
 
@dnnywilldo2 you’re sucking the air from the room through your cool tube right? Are you exchanging the air in your tent? If your plants are sitting in stale air they’ll never make big buds, the co2 will be all used up.
I ran cool tubes before and I had the intake up high in my grow space so the in-line fan pulled the hot growroom air into the cool tube and exhausted it along with the heat from the lights. It also pulled fresh air into my grow space. If you aren’t exhausting the air from your tent then you’re not pulling fresh air into it.
yes thats exactly what i am doing with my setup also the very same as what you are talking about , and i have 4- 6inch fans up on each corner of the tent along with a 10 inch fan near the floor of the tent blowing upwards while oscliating all the time, along with one 12inch fan blowing across the tops of the plant,s the whole time the lights and everything is running which is for the 12/12 hrs per day i wanted to attach a few upclose pics of my trichomes that i took just there the other day i would be grateful to you if you could let me know when you think just by looking at them i mean when you think they might start going amber as i dont want to harvest until they are at the 70/30 you know 70milky 30amber well that,s what i was told would be the best time to harest especially since i,m looking for the couchlock effect from these plant,s so whatever advice you can share with me is very much appreciated thank you.
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MustGro

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Well I’m glad they’re getting enough co2. Most folks on here are fans of running their plants for a long time in flower. They still look early to me yet. I’d be gentle with the lights and nutes and let them go a bit longer hoping for a pop at the end if it was me.
 

sirtalis

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You're looking at the trichomes of the sugar leaves. Look at the trichomes on buds instead and report back what color they are.
 
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