Buds not growing much....help please.

Hiramklarke

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Hey all, thank you in advance for any potential assistance. I am currently running a few different strains under a 400w hps. Air conditioned environment with fresh air daily. I have half in a soiless media Promix #1 with added perlite. And the other half in a mixture of promix#1 and a light potting soil They are all roughly 6-7 weeks since preflower and the buds have seem to be on a stand still...i am feeding them every 1-2 days ph water of 6.2 when buckets become light but alternating between watering and feeding. I feed them the recommended dose which burns them a small bit so i kno im feeding enough but i just cant seem to get these ladies to swell up. Granted that i kno sativa strains flower longer i expected aftee my silver haze run a bit more by now....im feeding her a line of epsoma which has a npk value of 1-2-2....i recently switched up to a epsoma bloom booster which has a npk value of 1-3-1 and still have yet to see much bud girth....am i missing something here or am i just being impatient?
 

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Hamuk

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They look nice and healthy but if you're not sure about nutrient solution I'd pick some inexpensive A&B Bloom solution to get you started.
I'd also recommend buying or finding a download for Teaming with Microbes.
Very informative and a good read
 

Yodaweed

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Hey all, thank you in advance for any potential assistance. I am currently running a few different strains under a 400w hps. Air conditioned environment with fresh air daily. I have half in a soiless media Promix #1 with added perlite. And the other half in a mixture of promix#1 and a light potting soil They are all roughly 6-7 weeks since preflower and the buds have seem to be on a stand still...i am feeding them every 1-2 days ph water of 6.2 when buckets become light but alternating between watering and feeding. I feed them the recommended dose which burns them a small bit so i kno im feeding enough but i just cant seem to get these ladies to swell up. Granted that i kno sativa strains flower longer i expected aftee my silver haze run a bit more by now....im feeding her a line of epsoma which has a npk value of 1-2-2....i recently switched up to a epsoma bloom booster which has a npk value of 1-3-1 and still have yet to see much bud girth....am i missing something here or am i just being impatient?
They look really healthy, you just got a medium to low yielding plant, I wouldn't change what you are doing looks like you are doing a fine job, sometimes it just doesn't yield like you want it to, next time use a larger container and run a genetic that grows larger flowers.
 

Richard Drysift

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They look good..it's early still. There's nothing you are doing wrong they take time be patient but if your are unsure hit em with THA DEW!!! Lol that pic of all the dew bottles almost made me pee my pants thx for that
 

Hiramklarke

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6 to 7 weeks since preflower? Not sure what you mean by that....

How long ago did you flip to 12/12??
Switched to 12/12 7-8 weeks ago
Plant didnt show sex for almost 3 weeks later....i measure tje beginning of flower when the preflowers begin.
 

Hiramklarke

Active Member
They look good..it's early still. There's nothing you are doing wrong they take time be patient but if your are unsure hit em with THA DEW!!! Lol that pic of all the dew bottles almost made me pee my pants thx for that
I actually dont get the joke...lol...whats the mountain dew about? Haha
 

SSHZ

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Strong sativa genetics sometimes use other signals to start flowering along with the 12/12 light of course, but dryer soil, change of N-P-K ratios, root boundness all can help things along.

Next time start with the lights at 11 on/13 off and things will progress more quickly.....
 
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