Big Bud week 4 flowering pics

Florida Blooms

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im so anxious for a comment! Any takers!?

-400 Watt mini sun soaker reflector & digital ballast
-Miracle grow moisture control potting mix
-15 lbs carbon 400 true cfm fan
-4 plants all together + 6 clones
-Vegged for 8-9 weeks
-42 tall inches from soil
 
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natmoon

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IMO the light is to far away from the tops.
If it was mine i would bend the top cola over on the biggest plant and try to get the lamp 8" away from the tops.
All though your plants are looking fairly healthy they are stretched and the buds are small.

The leaf curling that you see is also probably to do with keeping your soil to wet.
Roots/plants need oxygen.
Please don't take this the wrong way i am trying to give you the best advice i can:blsmoke:
 

Florida Blooms

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IMO the light is to far away from the tops.
If it was mine i would bend the top cola over on the biggest plant and try to get the lamp 8" away from the tops.
All though your plants are looking fairly healthy they are stretched and the buds are small.

The leaf curling that you see is also probably to do with keeping your soil to wet.
Roots/plants need oxygen.
Please don't take this the wrong way i am trying to give you the best advice i can:blsmoke:

All very good ideas!!! I will be trying this when i get home from work! Thank you so much for the advice. I'll work on not watering so much... but i mean leaf curling doesnt really affect the yield? or does it? I do tend to water a bit more, about a half a gallon to a gallon every 2-3 days.

8 inches seems too close for me... during veg i had very high temps... i recently got a window AC unit so they have dropped dramatically. So i dont know, ill see if it works tonight.
 

2012

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Thank you very much for your response! Too cool! But what the hell does gasolonish mean?
ok you know when you look on your drive way or a road n u see puddle of gasoline and it has that wierd shiney color look to it well it looks liek that.
 

Florida Blooms

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ok you know when you look on your drive way or a road n u see puddle of gasoline and it has that wierd shiney color look to it well it looks liek that.

oh damn dude, what a fucking compliment!! Thank you so much, i have worked pretty hard and done tons of reading to finally get this far is such a good feeling!:hump:
 

panhead

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IMO the light is to far away from the tops.
If it was mine i would bend the top cola over on the biggest plant and try to get the lamp 8" away from the tops.
All though your plants are looking fairly healthy they are stretched and the buds are small.

The leaf curling that you see is also probably to do with keeping your soil to wet.
Roots/plants need oxygen.
Please don't take this the wrong way i am trying to give you the best advice i can:blsmoke:
All very good advice & accurate too,i would like to add a few things to natmoons list.

Right now i see light being the biggest issue,you should get that light no further than 12 inches from the canopy,no matter what you need to do in order to accomplish lowering the light without frying the plants you need to make it happen,big bud can produce some massive dense buds but without intense light they will be nothing special.

You did not mention nute's,what nute's are you using & have you thought of feeding them molasses,i used black strap molasses on my big bud's last grow & was pleased with the results,it added a small sweetness to the taste & added a bit of weight too.

Your choice of pot size has me wondering also,when natmoon says roots need oxygen he is correct,large pots with large amounts of soil that remains wet for days are not in your best interest,i watched a few things that FDD has done with smaller pots & have mimicked them on this grow,what ive found is that large pots only offer room for roots to grow but they have a serious drawback & that is oxygen delievery to the roots.

Think about this for a second because it goes against the grain of growing in soil,when doing a hydro grow the main benifit is increased growth rate & yeilds,both these benifits are directly related to oxygen delievery & nutrient uptake to the roots,hydro systems are watered at minimum once a day bringing fresh oxygen to the roots at an increased rate over standard soil watering pratices.Smaller pots dry out faster allowing you to water more often,with watering comes oxygen which is more important that any flowering nute's could ever be.

Ive switched over to 1 gallon pots & have noticed increased growth rate in veg,ive not made it to bud with this grow yet but from what i see so far the smaller pots are bringing the speed of the grow more inline with the speed of a hydro grow & totally eleminated the possibility of slowed growth due to over watering or water build up at the bottom of the soil.
 

Florida Blooms

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Actually last night was the first time i have gotten nutes for these guys....

-Alaska fish compost (1-5-0) i think
-Grandma's molasses

Okay, thanks so much, i will lower the light. I bought these seeds for that reason (yield), so that is such good information. I'll try and bend the top on the tallest to match the smaller.

Do you think it would be beneficial to cut more holes in the bottom? Maybe even around the side. They are 10 gal storage containers. I only have 5 slits for drainage on the bottom.... with the lids as the water receptor.

BTW temps are ranging from 83-91 ; 95-100 when the door is closed (which it never is except during dark hours)
 
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panhead

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Actually last night was the first time i have gotten nutes for these guys....

-Alaska fish compost (1-5-0) i think
-Grandma's molasses

Okay, thanks so much, i will lower the light. I bought these seeds for that reason (yield), so that is such good information. I'll try and bend the top on the tallest to match the smaller.

Do you think it would be beneficial to cut more holes in the bottom? Maybe even around the side. They are 10 gal storage containers. I only have 5 slits for drainage on the bottom.... with the lids as the water receptor.
Not only do i think it will help i know it will help,i took 20 years off from growing & forgot most of what i used to know,had to relearn much,the biggest problems i had getting back into growing were caused by watering,both over watering & prolonged water retention of the soil,i had large pots that never dried out,i would dig down 6 to 8 inches & the soil felt dry but on the bottom it never dried out.

What i did was take a 1 inch spade drill bit & drilled holes in the sides of the pots half way from the top,this allowed more air to reach the lower portion of the soil & it also allowed me to see first hand how much water retains at lower levels.

I expanded using these inspection holes to adding them on the sides right at the bottom of the pot,then i could see & feel what the water retention was.

My advice would be to drill as many holes as possible without destroying the integrety of the pot,dont be afraid to drill a shit load of them either,the more air the better,make sure to drill holes at all levels of the container,your soil is staying way too wet & the roots are oxygen starved.

The bud you see in my avatar was a big bud plant grown in a large pot that never dried out,after getting the soil to the point it dried out bud growth speed up.
 

Florida Blooms

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Not only do i think it will help i know it will help,i took 20 years off from growing & forgot most of what i used to know,had to relearn much,the biggest problems i had getting back into growing were caused by watering,both over watering & prolonged water retention of the soil,i had large pots that never dried out,i would dig down 6 to 8 inches & the soil felt dry but on the bottom it never dried out.

What i did was take a 1 inch spade drill bit & drilled holes in the sides of the pots half way from the top,this allowed more air to reach the lower portion of the soil & it also allowed me to see first hand how much water retains at lower levels.

I expanded using these inspection holes to adding them on the sides right at the bottom of the pot,then i could see & feel what the water retention was.

My advice would be to drill as many holes as possible without destroying the integrety of the pot,dont be afraid to drill a shit load of them either,the more air the better,make sure to drill holes at all levels of the container,your soil is staying way too wet & the roots are oxygen starved.

The bud you see in my avatar was a big bud plant grown in a large pot that never dried out,after getting the soil to the point it dried out bud growth speed up.
You're a world of knowledge :hump: 2 easy steps to making my grow better! Great work! Thanks again!!
 

Hank

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Looking good:-) I have 4 Big Bud outside and they are growing well. Keeps us posted.

Hank.
 

Florida Blooms

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So today, i didnt get to turn off my lights at the right time.

The babies got an extra 1 1/2 hours of light.

Anyone know if this will be a problem?
 

purp420

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congrats on grow so far keep posted this is my first grow doing alright need to do better though well good luck
 
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