Shouldnt these buds be fatter right now?

Hey this is my first Grow I have 6 Nirvana Blackberries.....3 I jus threw in there while these were flowering so there 12/12 from seed but yet to show preflowers. But the other 3 are budding currently, shouldnt these be FATTER? I switched to 12/12 on 6/21/11 but took about 14 days to show there sex(07/05/11)....Let me know what you think good or bad i dont care this is all still a learning process....

Looks to me like you started them pretty early in flowering. You can sometimes sex in veg if you wait long enough.

Anyways, there are many reasons they can be a little small right now. Are you getting enough light and is is close enough to the plants? Are you getting enough Co2 or just plain ol air to your plants?

I think they should be a little bigger, but those look like they were started too early to me, should have vegged longer, but that is just a guess based on the pics. Good luck, man. They are not looking too unhappy, just a little behind.

You can't speed up mother nature, but you can sure aide her in providing ample conditions, such as bloom nutes, better lights, rooting medium...

I have a 1000w HPS/MH it's about 20" away from the plant due to my ceiling being high thats the lowest the light will go...I have been giving them nutes Pur Vida Bloom. Also I made the homemade Co2 which probably provides very little but its something and I have a little fan circulating the air around the room.

well they should be a little afrther along but i think its like everyone else said as well, the plants dont want to go into flower too early, i have a grow going on right now as we speak (click on signature if u wanna see it) and in my grow im going from seed this time and its motherfucking slow and i wish i was growing from clone like i usually do but i know if i go 12/12 too early the seedlings wont have enough hormones too really flower yet. its just a waiting game my friend, slow and steady wins the race...your lights, air and nutes are perfect, the co2 thing is cool but fresh air from outside has enough PPM of oxygen for the plants to use, contrary to what other people might tell u...sure CO2 added is better but its not gonna make or break ur plants...just wait it out bro, ur doing great for first grow...

Thanks Maz

I personally flush with plain water, actually I only use rain water, every four days, the day after a flush when you feed them it's like they grow before your eyes. Give it a try, considering that they are still alive after that long then you obviously have things under control. .......I would be more patient it it didn't take so damn long.........

So flush the day after I feed?

Yes, about every third or fourth feeding. I feed every day when they are flowering and every fourth day I just water with no nutes. When I veg I feed every 48 to 72 hours, but that is what my situation calls for. You need to flush now and again to keep the medium clean from salts and force the plant to use it's stored energy. Too much stored energy=nute burn....Too many salts=root lockup...either one will cause slow growth, delayed flowering, or death.

Thanks for the advice Loth. I will most certainly try that!