Just turned 6th week of flower-buds are small :(

jordan5star

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just hit my 6th week of flower. Have 4 uk cheese cuttings in coco, running a 600wt bulb. Nutes being used are shogun a&b, pk9/18, shogun boost, A/N revive to keep healthy and also top shooter. 1.2x1.2tent in 20L rhizopots.

Few leaves are slightly yellow but would expect that as its only 2-3 weeks before flush.

Have topped from early veg. Veg'd for 3 weeks.

Buds just arent looking like there gonna be decent sized colas please help
 

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BobCajun

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That's about right for 6 weeks actually. It takes 10 or more to get full size. Also did you see the mature plants that the clones are of? Because if you just bought the clones sight unseen then it could have come from a shit pheno. You'd be surprised how many people will sell clones of anything and call it whatever, or just take cuttings from plants randomly, not even screening for good phenos.

Basically there's a bunch of profiteering scumbags around taking advantage of newbs by selling them shit, either seeds or clones. Probably 90% of seeds sold these days are shit, from my experience, just garbage plants. Personally, I would want to see a pic of the actual ripe plant the clones came from, and not a fake one either, before I buy it. Maybe you didn't even buy yours, I don't know. BTW what's 1.2x1.2 tent? 1.2 meters?
 
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jordan5star

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It should only be a 8 week flower though shouldnt it? And yes 1.2mx1.2mx2m buddhabox

Im hoping they pack on the size. Hairs are all white still . I was thinking are they bad clones
 

dirtWeevil

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those look fine, when did you start counting flower? When you flipped or when they showed gender? Most 8 week strains I've had actually take about 10-11 to fully finish, those times are general guides
 

jordan5star

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I started as soon as i hit the 12/12 cycle. Is it best to just wait until the plants tell me there ready?
 

chemphlegm

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well, if your nutrient shogun instructs you to use pk, AN, and topshooter I'd drop them a line with your issue for starters ....then you could look at lights, temps, air quality,
air movement, humidity, c02, watering habits, substrate drainage. If those are all in check no worries...just your genetic choice.
my uk were larger but too many factors to consider for that comparison, like who sold them to you, what seed batch, how old etc.
 

dirtWeevil

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it's debatable when to start counting but usually you go by when the first pistils start to show after flipping, usually takes 10-14 days after you switch the lights, so if it were mine id call it 4 weeks of flowering
 

jordan5star

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I have just mixed things up slightly with nutes to try different things. Shogun is just a-b,pk,boost. I used revive as i thought the plants may be shocked . Use top shooter twice a week at a ML a litre, temps range from 25-29degrees and humidity is between 40-48. Lights are fine. Give each plant 2 litres every other day with minimal run off. Intakes a 5" close to a window so good air plus a fan in the tent. I just generally think its bad cuttings. Just cant get them anywhere else :(
 

BobCajun

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Oh they'll fill in. It's just a stretchy pheno. The buds look like they'll be well shaped, just there's a fair amount of stem between them.
 

jordan5star

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Was hoping to get 2.5-3 oz per plant theres a few more colas in there but couldnt fit them in pic. Touch wood
 

MichiganMedGrower

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They look good if not a little behind but there are many variables.

Best to start counting at the switch because most breeders do. But they estimate with the shortest flowering pheno they have and can grow it perfectly I would hope.

That looks like a nice sativa leaning pheno. Could be very nice but they tend to take 10-12 weeks to finish. They can yield heavy a stretchy pheno like that. Big long buds.
 

kratos015

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To echo everyone else, things actually look fairly standard to me. You just hit week 6, that's when things are going to finally start filling out for you. I'm at week 6 currently as well, although some of my buds have filled out a bit more that's because I'm growing in larger containers and using CO2.

But again, you're looking really good and things look exactly as they should. For next time, if you want larger buds I'd upgrade the light for sure. A 600w does best in a 3ftx3ft sqft area, your OP says you're in a 1.2x1.2 (meters I'm guessing?) which is just shy of 4ftx4ft sqft area. You'd get much better results out of a 1000w light for sure. If you're wanting those big fat buds that you see some people post on here you'll definitely need to get yourself a 1000w bulb for sure. Increasing the size of your pots/root mass will also help with getting bigger buds. Just veg for less time if you're concerned about running out of room. If it took you 3 weeks of veg to get the plants that big in 20L pots with 600w light then 25-30L pots (I'm in the States, don't know liter sizes for a 7g pot, sorry!) under a 1000w light could potentially give you the same growth with 2 weeks of veg. Even though the plants would be grown to the same size, the plants would have larger root masses and an extra 400w of light to play around with resulting in larger and denser buds.

Again, to echo everyone else, does look more like a sativa pheno to me. Looks just like my sativas do right now, all of my indicas are starting to get brown pistils where as my sativas still have mostly white pistils. Might end up being a 9-10 week strain instead of 8-9 weeks.

You should be able to pull 2-3oz per plant from that set up though. 4oz per is also quite possible depending on your skill and the strain, the girls certainly look healthy enough to pull 2-3oz each and you definitely have enough light for it. I'm not going to say for sure (just because I never like to "guarantee" yields) but if I had to guess you should pull 1/2lb total quite easily. A 600w can pull 1/2-1lb depending on the strain and grower.

Hope it all goes well and keep at it, looking good my man!
 

GrnMonStr

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What type of lamp were they under for those 3 weeks? The only thing I can think of is maybe a couple extra weeks in veg with a focus on root and stem development, and hoping in return you get larger buds. Other than this and as others have said it looks fine all in all.
 
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