Extremely few calyxes, what's wrong with my plant

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have a plant that's day 16 in flower, it's been previously vegging for a little over two months. It was a tall plant so I topped it and then bent the main stem sideways allowing The main branches to start growing sideways. Now when I see other people's plants in flower I notice how closely their calyxes are and how so many of them are on a single branch. In my cases there's very few barely 6-7 on a single branch. Is this normal? It's my first grow and I feel so lost. Do calyxes get bigger and bigger? If so, how big do they get? Or new calyxes grow on the same branch?( because I see people with buds with what looks like 30-40 calyxes on a single branch!)

Ps sorry if my questions sound stupid. I'm just trying to learn.

looks like they are just about to finish pre-stretch, after that is when they start to stack calyxs and possibly stretch some more.

Also, you cant judge your plant with others because light output,environment ect can change growth speed.

Looks like it has a lot of sativa in it. Probably a long flowering time.

What are you growing in?
Looks like leaves like what your doing.

SPLFreak808 said:

looks like they are just about to finish pre-stretch, after that is when they start to stack calyxs and possibly stretch some more.

Also, you cant judge your plant with others because light output,environment ect can change growth speed.

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Do you mean there will be new calyx spots growing out? I was thinking two calyx appear at each node.
The problem is everyone teaches all the advanced stuff nobody explains the simple ones.

I'm growing soil using a 100w cob cxb 3590 (3500k). I also attempted to use a scrog just before flowering and after bending the main stem down.

Charsiguy420 said:

I'm growing soil using a 100w cob cxb 3590 (3500k). I also attempted to use a scrog just before flowering and after bending the main stem down.

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they say once in flowering to stop heavy pruning and I agree unless for airflow.
Good setup for one plant
going to take as many days as seed packs says it flowers for from the day you first saw a while pistil roughly so months maybe as much 5 and sometimes longer if ya veg longer
good luck

oldbeancounter said:

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Believe me I've watched countless of videos like these to figure out where exactly the similarities fall, but everyone else has tons of pistil hairs all over their plant even at the beginning of flowering where as mine you can't even see the hairs unlesss you get close.

nxsov180db said:

You sure you switched to 12/12?

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Valid question. Gotta make sure the timer is doing it's job and that there are no big enough light leaks.

That aside, it looks like a sativa dominant plant that will likely take longer to start flowering and longer to finish.

Yes. 100% I did. It's day 16 of flowering today. Timer has been rock solid and I check on it everyday. What about small light leaks? It seemed like an indica dominant to me. I'll take some pictures of the lower canopy under the scrog. It had wider leaves. Much much wider. For some reason in flower now the leaves have become thinner. But then again who am I to question, this is only much first grow and you're probably right.

day 16.......give it time. From my experience the "seed packet instructions" are based on best practice conditions etc. As a noob grower myself I found it takes time to become familiar with the ladies your growing.....the more you grow and tend to them the better accustomed to the individual variances you become, IE your set up compared to the set used to gain the information on the seed packet. I found I was stressing out over any little thing at first....and my first harvest compared to 2 years later was utter shit..LOL
I'd be inclined to keep doing what your doing and LEARN from things that work and those that don't.....then apply those learned skills to the next cycle of ladies...and so on.

Charsiguy420 said:

Yes. 100% I did. It's day 16 of flowering today. Timer has been rock solid and I check on it everyday. What about small light leaks? It seemed like an indica dominant to me. I'll take some pictures of the lower canopy under the scrog. It had wider leaves. Much much wider. For some reason in flower now the leaves have become thinner. But then again who am I to question, this is only much first grow and you're probably right.

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Is this an auto?

It's photo. I vegged it for 2 months and I wish it came with instructions. Unfortunately it's a bagseed. I still don't know how calyxes work though. Is it just one calyx that swells and covers an entire node or should I expect new ones to sprout soon?

buy better seeds good genetics make all the difference

the stacking is ok looking abit lanky but is probably a sativa not a plant id grow indoors

plant in photo has the claw too much nitrogen or is over watered

fibers are turning brown could be pollinated or sine of stress too hot or humid

small light leaks are bad if the plat is prone to tuning hermaphrodite but if its a good genetic they are not going to affect much

that plant will end nice if you're lucky but next grow if you buy a quicker growing strain you could finish two grown in the time that one will take to finish. i bet 12 week flowering plant

I looked into the nitrogen issue you mentioned and it seems the run-off ph is around 5.50 and 1750ppm. I'll try to use water only for the next week or so.

I also have clones from the same plant that I took before flowering. Would it work if I put them straight into flowering so I don't run into height later on? I've also topped it to give it more of a bonsai growth.
Thanks again for all the help!

Roots do not like light. that clear cup is not helping you.
I suggest to make sure you have plenty of drain holes in bottom of something to replant those in that blocks light to plants roots.
Another plastic cup little bigger would work or a pot from dollar store or amazon etc if need be.
Yes your clones once rooted can go into flower right away.
You can grow anything indoors as it depends on how much light you have and what size planter you use to keep the plant in.
Lots of people, me included have grown sativa indoors.
Buying seeds may help next time as then you know what you are growing and can get help via google if need be by breeder on how best to raise, feed and how long will be needed to grow a plant to how strong the THC content that plant genetics my have.
The ppm you mentioned is super high.
Distilled or RO water helps a lot of you have it.
If you were able to make clones I am sure you will do fine.

don't worry about size of plant chances are it wont be huge just LST or top it if it gets to tall for your setup sativa are all some guys grow.
good luck

This plant is still stretching in the preflower stage. You may have switched the lights to 12/12 16 days ago, but it takes time for plants to TRANSITION from veg to flower. It is not instant, it depends heavily on the grow environment, and the genetics of the plant.

Your plant seems to have some sativa in it, which is one reason it is taking longer to transition. I wouldn't even consider your plant "flowering" yet, not in my garden. By the end of the week it will probably have more significant growth indicating that it has actually began to flower, but it still could be 10-14 days before it really looks like its "flowering".

Then once that happens, I would bet money that you will need to let it flower for 12-14 weeks for it to properly mature and have some nice buds.

Charsiguy420 said:

It's photo. I vegged it for 2 months and I wish it came with instructions. Unfortunately it's a bagseed. I still don't know how calyxes work though. Is it just one calyx that swells and covers an entire node or should I expect new ones to sprout soon?

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Where each node is you will get a calyx either side to begin with.

Then the buds will begin to form where your new growth normally would be.

Only once you transition fully to flowering the veg growth slows down and your flowers (buds) begin to form.

Like everyone else has said you’re 16 days into 12/12 cycle.

Your plants take time to adjust to this cycle and actually begin flowering.

In nature the days progressively get shorter allowing the transition to happen over a few weeks until they begin flowering properly.

In artificial environments we switch to 12/12 but the plant does not straight away and continues to veg during the first 7-21 days hence what we call the “stretch” which is the plants transition to flowering.

jondamon said:

Where each node is you will get a calyx either side to begin with.

Then the buds will begin to form where your new growth normally would be.

Only once you transition fully to flowering the veg growth slows down and your flowers (buds) begin to form.

Like everyone else has said you’re 16 days into 12/12 cycle.

Your plants take time to adjust to this cycle and actually begin flowering.

In nature the days progressively get shorter allowing the transition to happen over a few weeks until they begin flowering properly.

In artificial environments we switch to 12/12 but the plant does not straight away and continues to veg during the first 7-21 days hence what we call the “stretch” which is the plants transition to flowering.

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"In artificial environments we switch to 12/12 but the plant does not straight away and continues to veg during the first 7-21 days hence what we call the “stretch” which is the plants transition to flowering."
never knew that
excellent advice