First grow, need opinions on how im doing

Jarredlp1989

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I'm already in week 6 of flowering. I got this plant as a clone, it is a Grand daddy purp. I read online it only has a ten week flowering time, are these buds gonna getucu bigger? An how much longer you think it has till it's done?
 

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Delztronics

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I'm already in week 6 of flowering. I got this plant as a clone, it is a Grand daddy purp. I read online it only has a ten week flowering time, are these buds gonna getucu bigger? An how much longer you think it has till it's done?
Those look pretty underdeveloped for 6 weeks of flowering.
 

Jarredlp1989

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There is a lot more lights in there then what is shown. Theres 4 of the cfls, one 600watt plant light that's like a purple color, and I got a HPS t10
 

Lordhooha

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I'm already in week 6 of flowering. I got this plant as a clone, it is a Grand daddy purp. I read online it only has a ten week flowering time, are these buds gonna getucu bigger? An how much longer you think it has till it's done?
There is no way that is week 6 of flower. When did you start counting? Did you count when you flipped to 12/12? Also are you in a tent If so how big. What's your environment look like temp/rh and all that. What medium are you in and how are you feeding.
 

Richard Drysift

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They look more like 2 weeks into flowering. A shitload of crappy low watt lighting enveloped in tinfoil does not work as well as a single high watt grow light. It's also grossly inefficient; you are pulling down a lot of power for very little output. Running all those lights together is also adding excess heat and needlessly.
Ditch those cfls altogether at this point. Cfls are good for vegging seedlings or very small plants/clones but they are probably just adding more heat than anything else. The reason you need to tie them all kind of ways is because they were vegged under low wattage and got too lanky; too much space in between nodes. You want tighter nodal stacking so your plants will grow nice long fingers of bud later on.
A lighting upgrade would help your grow a lot. I suggest getting at least a 400w hps or equivalent decent quality LED; wattage is what drives bud mass. Lose the foil and get either panda film or build "walls" out of plywood and simply paint them flat white. Also get some good airflow on your plants with say an oscillating fan earlier in their development so the stems get nice and sturdy to support the heavy buds later on. To answer your Qs: yes the buds can and should get bigger but without higher wattage lighting the final bud size is severely limited. You've got another 6-8 weeks at least maybe even much longer. Finishing times go right out the window with insufficient lighting.
 

Jarredlp1989

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They look more like 2 weeks into flowering. A shitload of crappy low watt lighting enveloped in tinfoil does not work as well as a single high watt grow light. It's also grossly inefficient; you are pulling down a lot of power for very little output. Running all those lights together is also adding excess heat and needlessly.
Ditch those cfls altogether at this point. Cfls are good for vegging seedlings or very small plants/clones but they are probably just adding more heat than anything else. The reason you need to tie them all kind of ways is because they were vegged under low wattage and got too lanky; too much space in between nodes. You want tighter nodal stacking so your plants will grow nice long fingers of bud later on.
A lighting upgrade would help your grow a lot. I suggest getting at least a 400w hps or equivalent decent quality LED; wattage is what drives bud mass. Lose the foil and get either panda film or build "walls" out of plywood and simply paint them flat white. Also get some good airflow on your plants with say an oscillating fan earlier in their development so the stems get nice and sturdy to support the heavy buds later on. To answer your Qs: yes the buds can and should get bigger but without higher wattage lighting the final bud size is severely limited. You've got another 6-8 weeks at least maybe even much longer. Finishing times go right out the window with insufficient lighting.
Thank you! That's exactly the kinda stuff I been waiting to hear. It's my first grow an I'm sure you know what it's like looking for info on it. Alot of ppl who have done it once and this k they know everything. I'll get a better light right away and try to salvage what I can .I do have this huge 100w florecent bulb I'll post a picture of what it looks like with this msg. Would this work at all? But I definitely will get better lighting. Also I go either a deficiency or I'm over doing it on something. I'll post a pic of a leaf that was affected.
 

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Jarredlp1989

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There is no way that is week 6 of flower. When did you start counting? Did you count when you flipped to 12/12? Also are you in a tent If so how big. What's your environment look like temp/rh and all that. What medium are you in and how are you feeding.
I'm feeding about ever three days with humbolts golden secret and the a and b two part. And Humboldt's plant enzyme. It's a box a build out of plywood. I got good ventalatven that actually gives the plant a very good breeze. I been working with 60°-78° with a 50-65% humidity. I started counting my flowering time from the day I put it in 12/12. Couldn't find much info on how to track that. But glad I came here and asked. I needed to hear this stuff
 

Bud1284

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I'm feeding about ever three days with humbolts golden secret and the a and b two part. And Humboldt's plant enzyme. It's a box a build out of plywood. I got good ventalatven that actually gives the plant a very good breeze. I been working with 60°-78° with a 50-65% humidity. I started counting my flowering time from the day I put it in 12/12. Couldn't find much info on how to track that. But glad I came here and asked. I needed to hear this stuff
You also got some leaves clawing - Could be heat stress or over fert.

If you are in soil, lay off the nutes and keep it say at every other watering. Watch it out and see the response.

good luck!
 

Coloradoclear

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Not sure where your at in the country but, Craigslist is a great source for used grow lights . . . lots of people "try" to grow and give it up quickly
 

Lordhooha

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I'm feeding about ever three days with humbolts golden secret and the a and b two part. And Humboldt's plant enzyme. It's a box a build out of plywood. I got good ventalatven that actually gives the plant a very good breeze. I been working with 60°-78° with a 50-65% humidity. I started counting my flowering time from the day I put it in 12/12. Couldn't find much info on how to track that. But glad I came here and asked. I needed to hear this stuff
It's getting a little cool at lights off. How big is the area your growing in? you most definitely need better lighting.
 

Richard Drysift

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Thank you! That's exactly the kinda stuff I been waiting to hear. It's my first grow an I'm sure you know what it's like looking for info on it. Alot of ppl who have done it once and this k they know everything. I'll get a better light right away and try to salvage what I can .I do have this huge 100w florecent bulb I'll post a picture of what it looks like with this msg. Would this work at all? But I definitely will get better lighting. Also I go either a deficiency or I'm over doing it on something. I'll post a pic of a leaf that was affected.
That light would be good for seedlings or small clones but what you want is something like what hot rod posted a link to. I suggest nothing less than a 400w or LED equivalent if its of a decent quality. Don't see anything wrong with the leaves but maybe it's just from the lighting being hard to see...
 

xtsho

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$129 600 watt dimmable 600/400/250 with wing reflector, ratchet hangers, and timer. I use the same light with a sealed hood.
 
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