HELP! BUD GROWTH SLOWING DOWN - BODHI GRANOLA FUNK

D

dhiz

Member
Hi,

This is my second grow indoors. My first was gg4 which for my first grow wasn't good or bad. I am currently in the beginning of week 5, 1 plant under 3 cheap Amazon LED grow lights, 800W, 600W, and 600W.

Grow medium - Coco mixed with a little perlite
5 gallon fabric pot
feeding is General Hyproponics 3 parts, Calmag, KoolBloom, diamond nector, and Roots Organics HPK Bat Guano and K-Mag Fertilizer, and Flower Fuel for a bloom booster.

PH before every water around 6.0. Watering with just water and calmag every 3rd watering.

I defoliated on day 1 and 18 of flower.

It was vegged for about 6 weeks, and I scrogged the hell out of it. It is now the beginning of week 5, tons of bud sites but the buds seem to have stopped growing or slowed down a lot.

Temps are about 75 to 79ish with humidity around 45-50%.

It is in a 5 x 5 tent but the height is also only 5 ft high. I have limited vertical space so the LED lights are about 8-12 inches away from the canopy.20181008_213132.jpg

Any thoughts? I read that the cheap LED lights take a longer time until harvest. Was thinking of going 10 weeks instead of 8 weeks in flower. Should I just man up and wait?

20181008_213126.jpg 20181008_213121.jpg 20181008_213119.jpg 20181002_220141.jpg 20180930_224524.jpg 20180930_224505.jpg
 
Lordhooha

Lordhooha

Well-Known Member
dhiz said:
Hi,

This is my second grow indoors. My first was gg4 which for my first grow wasn't good or bad. I am currently in the beginning of week 5, 1 plant under 3 cheap Amazon LED grow lights, 800W, 600W, and 600W.

Grow medium - Coco mixed with a little perlite
5 gallon fabric pot
feeding is General Hyproponics 3 parts, Calmag, KoolBloom, diamond nector, and Roots Organics HPK Bat Guano and K-Mag Fertilizer, and Flower Fuel for a bloom booster.

PH before every water around 6.0. Watering with just water and calmag every 3rd watering.

I defoliated on day 1 and 18 of flower.

It was vegged for about 6 weeks, and I scrogged the hell out of it. It is now the beginning of week 5, tons of bud sites but the buds seem to have stopped growing or slowed down a lot.

Temps are about 75 to 79ish with humidity around 45-50%.

It is in a 5 x 5 tent but the height is also only 5 ft high. I have limited vertical space so the LED lights are about 8-12 inches away from the canopy.View attachment 4213482

Any thoughts? I read that the cheap LED lights take a longer time until harvest. Was thinking of going 10 weeks instead of 8 weeks in flower. Should I just man up and wait?

View attachment 4213484 View attachment 4213485 View attachment 4213486 View attachment 4213487 View attachment 4213488 View attachment 4213489
Click to expand...
Give them time. They are just really starting. Also take pics in regular light not purple.
 
R

Ryante55

Well-Known Member
dhiz said:
Hi,

This is my second grow indoors. My first was gg4 which for my first grow wasn't good or bad. I am currently in the beginning of week 5, 1 plant under 3 cheap Amazon LED grow lights, 800W, 600W, and 600W.

Grow medium - Coco mixed with a little perlite
5 gallon fabric pot
feeding is General Hyproponics 3 parts, Calmag, KoolBloom, diamond nector, and Roots Organics HPK Bat Guano and K-Mag Fertilizer, and Flower Fuel for a bloom booster.

PH before every water around 6.0. Watering with just water and calmag every 3rd watering.

I defoliated on day 1 and 18 of flower.

It was vegged for about 6 weeks, and I scrogged the hell out of it. It is now the beginning of week 5, tons of bud sites but the buds seem to have stopped growing or slowed down a lot.

Temps are about 75 to 79ish with humidity around 45-50%.

It is in a 5 x 5 tent but the height is also only 5 ft high. I have limited vertical space so the LED lights are about 8-12 inches away from the canopy.View attachment 4213482

Any thoughts? I read that the cheap LED lights take a longer time until harvest. Was thinking of going 10 weeks instead of 8 weeks in flower. Should I just man up and wait?

View attachment 4213484 View attachment 4213485 View attachment 4213486 View attachment 4213487 View attachment 4213488 View attachment 4213489
Click to expand...
Way to complicated with the nutes all the extra crap doesn't do anything. Also don't expect much from those lights actual power draw for all of them is probably less than 600w if you want to stick with led buy good ones. If you use cheaper nutes that would pay for the better light after a couple grows
 
D

dhiz

Member
Ryante55 said:
Way to complicated with the nutes all the extra crap doesn't do anything. Also don't expect much from those lights actual power draw for all of them is probably less than 600w if you want to stick with led buy good ones. If you use cheaper nutes that would pay for the better light after a couple grows
Click to expand...

Which nutes would you keep? I found a lot of good/bad reviews on those BESTVA LED lights. As for the power draw, I agree, it is pulling about 500 to 600W which should be good enough for 1 plant correct?
 
dubekoms

dubekoms

Well-Known Member
dhiz said:
Thanks, I was just comparing my buds to others at week 5 and mine seem very small compared to some of the growth out there.
Click to expand...
Nah your good man. From what I can tell they look really healthy and the lights you're using can only do so much. That wookie cut bodhi uses isn't a huge yielder ime, really dank weed though.
 
D

dhiz

Member
dubekoms said:
Nah your good man. From what I can tell they look really healthy and the lights you're using can only do so much. That wookie cut bodhi uses isn't a huge yielder ime, really dank weed though.
Click to expand...

Thanks for the reassurance. I saw some videos on this LED light and it got some big old nuggssss so I'm hoping for a good result with three. On my GG4 with one of these lights I got about 4 oz off one plant dry.

I was hoping the wookie would help the yelp because the Granola funk is GSC X Wookie 15 and GSC isn't a high yielder either. Have you ever seen Space Monkey or Sunset Sherbet? How are those yields compared to GF? I have a clone of each and if they don't compare to GF for yields I will probably just let them go.
 
Dr. Who

Dr. Who

Well-Known Member
Over "defoliated"
Under powered ("blurple" LEDs don't bloom to potential for shit) lighting

Patience here is part of the story.

Drop that "bloom booster" now or suffer lower THC levels (K and Mg reduce final THC counts) So that means NO extra K or Mg after week 6 ,, PERIOD!

Bottom line. While your buds will be nice and tight (if you can manage waiting that long). They will not be exactly "big". Defoliation was part of that issue, lighting the other.

LED's, GOOD one's (COB). Are expensive and work best for shorter standing plants, SOG and SCROG. So, they would fit you well.

Your adding a Ca/Mg to soil? You can stop that now too. In fact your way over doing it nutrient wise, as far as how many and what for.

The G&H 3 part was enough. You just need to learn how to balance them to the proper NPK value for the plants age in each stage of growth..I prefer the Botanicare KIND line....Stupidly simple and you "need" nothing else. Save the enhancing of tric's and terps for later. Dial in your plants needs by strain..

Next part is that 98% of all breeder listed growth times...Are 2 weeks "plus" slow.....You, as a general rule, add 2 weeks to the bloom period....

Lastly; You never finish buy a "length of time" or a "day count". I understand this is something you have to learn but, You harvest by "look". Some strains do not amber much, some not at all. So, that's not the best way to judge either....It is a big part of it...

You have around 5-6 weeks or even more to go!

Good Luck
 
D

dhiz

Member
Lordhooha said:
Why remove them? They feed your plant they’re responsible for converting nutrients in the soil to grow and feed your plants.
Click to expand...

Read a lot of forums saying defoliate for bigger nugs since the fan leaves cover up the bud sites. Do you think its better to not defoliate?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top