OLD Strain not yielding like past, Small yield Pro Grower Stumped

ScubaSD

ScubaSD

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I am a vet grower of 10 yrs. I have been growing a strain of kush for a few years with great yields. I have changed nothing, yet the plants are not even yielding half of what they used to.
I did have some aphids at wk3 and treated them with Don't Bug Me, and it solved the issue. They dident seem to go in shock. They look great and the plant growth is of consistent size of past. Also there are less root masses. Now im in wk 5 of flowering, the buds are resonated, dense look well, just small, half the size. I have been chasing my ph daily, but i always have had to w my NFT system ( I use Fox Farms ). Im stumped. Any ideas, or ?

This is another part of this thread I moved it here due to no good responses

I do decontaminate between harvests thorough. I burn sulfur wkly, add H2O2 wkly cu I had rot rot last harvest due to warm res when i was out of town, and flush w Floraclean bi wkly. I also use the same nutes. All this I had great results in past, thats why im stumped, all is same except bud size. Plants r healthy, resonated, dense, lush. Im thinking ether the bug infestation at wk3 slowed root growth, so when flowering started a wk later they couldn't keep up w plants demands (like i said the look great)? I have used a cheep brita UV filter on tap fot yrs. ( i change frequently) I did move frm ON the beach to 3.3 miles inland, but the city h2O quality report frm city r the same. I had to add a dehumidifier due to heaver marine layer than on the ocean. But my adjustments to rm and res temp r good. Any of this info help? R there ny other questions I can answer that cld help u w theory? Thanks a bundle :wall:
 
tsky

tsky

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ye my first thoughts would be is it an old bulb/ballast or mayb clean the hydro system out who knows what may have got into the res or pipes somwhere
 
homebrewer

homebrewer

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I had a similar issue, so I bought a light meter. Turns out the lamp in question had a capacitor that was running at about 75%. $45 later and I'm running like it was day one.
 
Luger187

Luger187

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homebrewer said:
I had a similar issue, so I bought a light meter. Turns out the lamp in question had a capacitor that was running at about 75%. $45 later and I'm running like it was day one.
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did u buy a new bulb first? then when it was dim, figured it was the cap?

howd u find out?
 
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iscrog4food

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do you keep a single mother plant? If not clones of clones of clones can degrade the genetic material. I would still say more likely it is a lighting or enviroment issue though.
 
ScubaSD

ScubaSD

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HomeBre were there any visible, cosmetic, or growth size difference, during ved, and ot fllowering. Pre hood change or just yield restor size. cuz my plants size ext is great, just yield. I changed to XXX Magnum Hood this flower cycle an new bulb, still small dank buds. I do have fluctuation in ph and always have had to adjust often, but alway led it outhave, so ru
 
homebrewer

homebrewer

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ScubaSD said:
HomeBre were there any visible, cosmetic, or growth size difference, during ved, and ot fllowering. Pre hood change or just yield restor size. cuz my plants size ext is great, just yield. I changed to XXX Magnum Hood this flower cycle an new bulb, still small dank buds. I do have fluctuation in ph and always have had to adjust often, but alway led it outhave, so ru
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When all other sections of my garden were producing plants totaling xxx ounces, the bad ballast was under performing buy about 30% in total weight ( I only run 600's so that acted as my control). I, like you, grow clones and come to expect a level of performance from my pots and hydro trays. So I bought a $20 cheapy light meter which helped me solve my problem right-quick.
 
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