Why did I get such disappointing yields on 2 of my plants?

[green217]

the best way to put it is they never swelled at all. I have a few grows under my belt, by no means am i a professional and i am here to learn. These 2 plants are OG Kush, and Widow. I have grew out the og and it had nice colas. Not the largest but decent sized. That first og was grew with one main cola and secondary colas below. the cutting i took off of it I put directly under my thousand watt HPS. Hoping to gain yeild. I did train this plant in a manner that left a lot of under growth. This is also true with the Widow, both were bush plants in five gallon air pots. One more possible culprit, they both sat in veg room in the dark for a couple days while I did some upgrades to the structure. I have a plant next to them that I used organic bottled nutes and it has nice colas all over it 3 tops and a lot of secondary colas. I just want to maximize yield. Should I be training my plants in a main cola method, with no under growth, and no under growth?Usually plant the size they both were going into flower bring in at least 4zips, maybe a little less. But these barely cleared one zip. and have an ass load of airy non usable other than cooking/hash/etc. So what do you guys think happen. Both plants vegged for around four weeks under a six hundred MH. They flower under a thousand watt HPS.
Thanks for any helpful input.
green

 

[Alienwidow]

My widow and og from GorrilaSeedBank are killin it. Pound for pound with all the other girls. Idk what happened with yours?

 

[green217]

My widow and og from GorrilaSeedBank are killin it. Pound for pound with all the other girls. Idk what happened with yours?

Yeah I think I over train them and just way too many branches.

 

[green217]

Yeah I think I over train them and just way too many branches.

The first OG Kush Iran was nice to nice big thick buds but I grew up with one main Cola. This plant I trained to be more like a bus with multiple colors. I don't know something happened there maybe being in the dark for 2 to 3 days stunted there flower growth when they went in the flower. But shit it sucks

 

[Alienwidow]

Theres no such thing as over training. You have pics?

 

[green217]

Theres no such thing as over training. You have pics?

yeah i got a few, let me see if i can find some

 

[green217]

Theres no such thing as over training. You have pics?

And when i say over train i mean trimming it to a bush an d leaving all under growth shiit i would like to know what i did wrong

 

[Alienwidow]

And when i say over train i mean trimming it to a bush an d leaving all under growth shiit i would like to know what i did wrong

Well if you post pics ill tell you whats wrong.

 

[green217]

Here is the widow in flower, i do not thnk i have a lot of close ups of it. And no I did not harvest this plant any time around the time this pic was taken. I let the pistils recede into the flower

 

[Alienwidow]

Heres my widow. Its not the main plant in the shot, the one next to it on le left. Shorter but very busty in bud.

 

[Alienwidow]

looks like yours would have filled in nice. It didnt?

 

[green217]

Here is the Og

 

[Alienwidow]

That og looks nice. What was wrong there? How big are your growing containers?

 

[green217]

The buds just were small, ok here is a POG that is growing next to both of these plants. Only difference is the POG got organic nutes.
I am thinking that I stunted them with the dark period for like 3 days before I put them in flower. Or I let way to much under growth grow. I have grew the og and it turned out a lot different, and this is a cutting off of that plant


POG:



HEre is some pics of the Og, that one was cloned from above, that put out the small buds.

 

[green217]

That og looks nice. What was wrong there? How big are your growing containers?

five gallon, and I'm getting larger colas outta of 3 gallons. I don't know what i did for sure. Just wish I knw so I can keep from doing it again. The buds were ok, you are right. but yield was low, like stated earlier I believe it will benifit me to grow that strain with four or less main colas and little under growth.

 

[Alienwidow]

five gallon, and I'm getting larger colas outta of 3 gallons. I don't know what i did for sure. Just wish I knw so I can keep from doing it again. The buds were ok, you are right. but yield was low, like stated earlier I believe it will benifit me to grow that strain with four or less main colas and little under growth.

Could just be genetics. Were they freebies?

 

[green217]

That og looks nice. What was wrong there? How big are your growing containers?

This plant yielded no more than `1.5 zips. I'm just saying that is low for me. So I figure I fucked something up.

 

[green217]

Could just be genetics. Were they freebies?

they were from a new breeder both strains, the OG is nice and funky, but I got to more than that out of it. I have five more of the damn things vegiging so I am going to try and just go with just top growth.

 

[green217]

Could just be genetics. Were they freebies?

but this plant put out for me nicely already, I took a clone off of it. It should give me similar to same results being a exact replica of the DNA of the first "keeper" plant. But instead I get airy small buds, no swell.

 

[Alienwidow]

"They look good regardless. Hows the smoke?