if you are using 5 gallon buckets, make sure to water frequently. give some nitrogen if the soil is just plain soil, bucket plants need nutes often. i grow in 5 gallon buckets and use a fert mixed in water. i also use bone and blood meal mixed into the soil at the beginning. it only lasts for the first month then they need more nutes. just make sure to water at least every five days if no rain, and flush at the end of budding, then let dry out good before harvest. worked for me last time. grew an indica strain (bagseed) and got three ounces off of her, she was about five feet tall and beautiful, purple/pink hairs when in the cool, fall air!!! Best bud I ever grew!!