Help! buds not fattening?

OG Doge · Mar 24, 2020

You should drop you ppms to under 500 for a couple weeks, then down to 250 and eventually 0 ppm last 3-5 days.

OG Doge · Mar 24, 2020

JoeBlow5823 said:
Keep calm and stick to the plan, you have an amazing looking grow there guy. You sound pretty new to growing and new growers dont usually grow anywhere near that well. People that really grow dont usually count the first 2 weeks or so as "flowering" time.

That can be true, it really depends on when you plants start throwing flowers. Most strains in soil can take up to two weeks.

Some strains in hydro throw flowers after 3-4 days.

Darknes01 · Mar 24, 2020

JoeBlow5823 said:
Keep calm and stick to the plan, you have an amazing looking grow there guy. You sound pretty new to growing and new growers dont usually grow anywhere near that well. People that really grow dont usually count the first 2 weeks or so as "flowering" time.

yap, very very new lol, 1st time growing and i decided to build my own RDWC system and using lucas formula. I know im freaking out a little too much since it is my 1st time but at the same time i want to learn as much as possible , so here i am picking up on any clues u guys might give

thank you everyone for helping.

Darknes01 · Mar 24, 2020

OG Doge said:
That can be true, it really depends on when you plants start throwing flowers. Most strains in soil can take up to two weeks.

Some strains in hydro throw flowers after 3-4 days.

wow awesome info. i keep records and photos. I just checked and i flipped the lights on the 7th of Feb and flowers show up in my photos on the 19th of Feb , aka 12 days later. So i guess it would be smart to count the weeks starting from the 19th of last month right? if so then i guess im finishing up week 5 of flower and got 3 or 4 more to go

JoeBlow5823 · Mar 24, 2020

Darknes01 said:
wow awesome info. i keep records and photos. I just checked and i flipped the lights on the 7th of Feb and flowers show up in my photos on the 19th of Feb , aka 12 days later. So i guess it would be smart to count the weeks starting from the 19th of last month right? if so then i guess im finishing up week 5 of flower and got 3 or 4 more to go

Yeah i would guess 4 more to go. Maybe 5 depending on how ripe you want them. They should fatten up a lot over the next couple weeks.

rkymtnman · Mar 24, 2020

Darknes01 said:
wow awesome info. i keep records and photos. I just checked and i flipped the lights on the 7th of Feb and flowers show up in my photos on the 19th of Feb , aka 12 days later. So i guess it would be smart to count the weeks starting from the 19th of last month right? if so then i guess im finishing up week 5 of flower and got 3 or 4 more to go

this would be a good time to order a jewelers loupe or a USB microscope. you'll need to check the trichomes to make sure you harvest at the correct time.

Darknes01 · Mar 24, 2020

rkymtnman said:
this would be a good time to order a jewelers loupe or a USB microscope. you'll need to check the trichomes to make sure you harvest at the correct time.

yap got both of them actually lol. its so much fun looking at the trichomes

rkymtnman · Mar 24, 2020

Darknes01 said:
yap got both of them actually lol. its so much fun looking at the trichomes

aren't they cool to look at? i love taking a snapshot and send them to my buddies in non legal states. rub it in a bit. the sticky icky, lol.

Darknes01 · Mar 24, 2020

I have been giving Calmag about 1ml per gallon since the start, should i stop doing that now?

rkymtnman · Mar 24, 2020

i feed mine until the 2nd to last day so i disagree with most of these replies.

Darknes01 · Mar 24, 2020

rkymtnman said:
i feed mine until the 2nd to last day so i disagree with most of these replies.

calmag as well or just the base nutrients ?

rkymtnman · Mar 24, 2020

Darknes01 said:
calmag as well or just the base nutrients ?

normal feed routine just at a lower EC. i don't use cal/mg unless needed which is rare.

i got this advice a long time ago: buds put on the most weight the last 2 weeks, why starve them?

Darknes01 · Mar 24, 2020

rkymtnman said:
normal feed routine just at a lower EC. i don't use cal/mg unless needed which is rare.

i got this advice a long time ago: buds put on the most weight the last 2 weeks, why starve them?

Well said.

Darknes01 · Mar 24, 2020

rkymtnman said:
aren't they cool to look at? i love taking a snapshot and send them to my buddies in non legal states. rub it in a bit. the sticky icky, lol.

Here are a few pictures

Snoopy808 · Mar 24, 2020

fragileassassin said:
itll depend on the strain, but it takes some time to transition and stretch before it starts to flower. Usually takes about a week and a half or so sometimes a bit longer. I start counting once I see some good little pistil clusters pushing out.

Well stated!

Snoopy808 · Mar 24, 2020

OG Doge said:
OGs can take 9-10 weeks to finish, they will fill out more.

Looks great, keep doing what you're doing.

Yep SFV OG is not fast!

PhatNuggz · Mar 25, 2020

this works well < $17

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Darknes01 · Mar 25, 2020

Ok here are the stats after 24hrs of no water being added.
3-24-2020 ppm 730 ph 5.8 @12pm plain RO water top off closed
3-25-2020 ppm 780 ph 5.7 @12pm
was missing 5 gallons of water, after adding back the 5 gallons
ppm is now 670 and ph is still 5.7

Looks like ppm increased and ph dropped a little.
What does this mean now? Im trying to figure out what ppm level my plants want. so should i not give them more then 780ppm when doing a water change or adding back nutrients ?
does anyone know what this means for me

Thank you all

ounevinsmoke · Mar 27, 2020

Darknes01 said:
I flipped to flower on 2-7-2020
just completed week 6 of flower and i cant tell if my buds are growing at normal pace or something is wrong?
I feel like for this stage they should be more connected but looks like i have a lot of gaps in between the flowers.
is this normal?
I was told this is San Fernando OG strain " got 8 clones from a friend "
On 3.12.2020 i did some good amount of trimming to expose more of the mid buds to light and after that they started not to eat as much as they where eating before.
** currently they are consuming about 50 to 80ppm ( on a 500 scale) per day and my ph was dropping daily by about .1 , last 2 days ph stabilized and actually went up by .1 today to 6.0

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What lights are you using? Those pants look good!

Darknes01 · Mar 27, 2020

ounevinsmoke said:
What lights are you using? Those pants look good!

I have them under 2 "fluence spydr 2p"

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