How do you get fat and denser colas???

ok guys, so i been through two very successful harvest(potency), however, both harvest, was grown outdoor, but the second one very last part was finished indoor in led.
First time strain was headband and jack herer both are clone.

second time is blue dream which also was from a clone

both times, potency was awesome, but just was not the weight i expected.

Any suggestions to what i can do to improve my density and yield?

I use coco mixed with perlite.
bloom nutrients are
AN sensi bloom
botanicare hydroplex during late stage
liquid karma
cal mag from GH

I use nutrients every water and try to keep p.h. around 5.5-6.5
each time i add the nutrients i give usually half the suggest amount to 2/3rd

compare to the stuff i get at the dispensary, it is not even half the size of some of the nugs i see, which really frustrates me

anyone?????????????

Get an hps or more light. Make sure your letting them finish all the way before chopping, the last few weeks is when the buds gain alot of their mass and density.

got it, im gonna try and go 9 weeks flowering in my blue mystic and see what happeneds

feeding with molasses can help with weight because of somewhat increased resin production. Also lower humidity will cause more resin production if I can remember correctly

Container size also matters.

Nullis said:

Container size also matters.

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Yep, how big and established the root ball is has a lot to do with it. Marijuana plants in flower also drink up a lot of nutrients, don't mistake a deficiency as over-feeding. I've used the Fox Farms Flowering additives, the solubles, with great success. Another contributing factor is strain. If you want huge colas, grow Power Bud or Big Bud, or Papaya.

Micromaster said:

feeding with molasses can help with weight because of somewhat increased resin production. Also lower humidity will cause more resin production if I can remember correctly

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Thats untrue, molasses isn't absorbed by the plant whatsoever, it is used to feed the microherd
in the media.

Honestly I have never seen any solid weight come out of LEDs. Maybe use them for vegetation or support
lighting. HIDs are just much more efficient per harvest. But LEDs do win in the energy bill.

Co2 co2 co2. The key to perfection.. trust in science.. and of course lots of light and nutes and right temps........

tatamama said:

Co2 co2 co2. The key to perfection.. trust in science.. and of course lots of light and nutes and right temps........

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CO2, light, water and proper nutrition are all equally important, there is nothing that is of more importance than something else.

thx guys=)

Genetics play a lot with the density, that and more light.

Light Light Light, and some more light.

We tried the Led's and got airy, small bud's too. The only way they seem to work is with very short plants (18" finished height) with the light very close to the tops. This limits how much canopy you can cover with each light.

50 watts HID lighting per sq ft is the absolute minimum. 60+ is preferred. This will make a big difference in bud size and density.

Shrubs First said:

Thats untrue, molasses isn't absorbed by the plant whatsoever, it is used to feed the microherd
in the media.

Honestly I have never seen any solid weight come out of LEDs. Maybe use them for vegetation or support
lighting. HIDs are just much more efficient per harvest. But LEDs do win in the energy bill.

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Actually plants do get trace nutrients from mollasses...

darkdestruction420 said:

Actually plants do get trace nutrients from mollasses...

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Good to know. Appreciate the correction.

Although I haven't heard of trace elements and sugar making fatter denser colas.

Experience, knowledge, research, genetics, funding.

Thats how you get the fattest buds... You're on the right path.

1. Learning what makes a plant tick

2. Laying off the rocket fuels (see my sig line).

My outdoor last year, the nugs were not the size I wanted them to be, however, I also didn't give them gravity towards the end because I didn't know about the product, lets see what happened with my next harvest when i feed them gravity the last three weeks of flowering

If your growing indoors you can also add some 2700k cfls or tha 10 dollar grow light floros at Wal mart for side lighting,and you can also do your homework on whts called lollipoping your plants. And tha molasses does help your plants in taste, resin production, and yield but make sure you use unsulferd(spelling?) blacstrap is the best.

actually, i think i got it. Molasses helped a quite bit when i mixed them up among the nutrients.

Check this out =)

https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/399221-led-cfl-grow-pics-taken.html