freeze berry from big heads

berten-ernie420

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Day 41 and still no sign of bud, she showed sex, but still hasn't shown any signs of bud making. Any ideas to help her along the way short of changing the light cycle to 12/12 for a week then back to 18/6. I have a photo in with all my autos so I don't want to switch lights just yet. Got her sitting under a 150w hps, kept about 14-18" away from the light to the top of the canopy. Big bushy bitch, but no buds!!
 

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prostheticninja

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I am far from the most experienced grower on this forum so I cant recommend much. But, if you wanted to keep your photo from going into flower if you had to switch your lights to 12/12 you could move it into your house and out of your grow room. Having a big pot plant in the middle of your bedroom inst really ideal, but you would only have to leave it out in the light for a few hours, then stick it back into your tent until the next day. Its only for a week.
 

berten-ernie420

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Where do I start.. I had a stoner moment when posting the thread, meaning i didn't even think about taking the auto and putting it into a closet while the lights are on, after she gets a solid 12 hours. That would trigger flower without changing lights for other plants.
 

billytimmy

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Day 41 and still no sign of bud, she showed sex, but still hasn't shown any signs of bud making. Any ideas to help her along the way short of changing the light cycle to 12/12 for a week then back to 18/6. I have a photo in with all my autos so I don't want to switch lights just yet. Got her sitting under a 150w hps, kept about 14-18" away from the light to the top of the canopy. Big bushy bitch, but no buds!!
I am growing one of these exact plants now and its a disaster. will not do this strain again
 

billytimmy

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What hapened????
4 weeks in it got some nute deficiency for no apparent reason that none of my other plants (various strains not FB) got and I have not been able to resolve for the last 3 weeks.

It looks like total shit, tiny and stunted with small buds and horrid leaf death all over. I am hoping for a miracle at this point I did all I can do for it.
 

berten-ernie420

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4 weeks in it got some nute deficiency for no apparent reason that none of my other plants (various strains not FB) got and I have not been able to resolve for the last 3 weeks.

It looks like total shit, tiny and stunted with small buds and horrid leaf death all over. I am hoping for a miracle at this point I did all I can do for it.
What nutes are u using? Try Comeback or flush with Sledgehammer. What have u fed so far? It should only need one or two feeds depending on the soil you used. Do u have pics?
 

Seedlin

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I finished one at 89 days. She was beautiful don't remember the dry weight but it was 5 or 6 oz at least. Very good smoke. Very sugary fat buds. I was growing a 2 Fast 2 Vast and a Cash Crop, all 3 were sweet. My 1st auto grow. it's in my older thread I think or my last one A Bunch of Em This Time. :weed:
 

berten-ernie420

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typical pro mix soil with foxfarm trio with calmag
Did u start at half strength or full? How many times did feed her?

I finished one at 89 days. She was beautiful don't remember the dry weight but it was 5 or 6 oz at least. Very good smoke. Very sugary fat buds. I was growing a 2 Fast 2 Vast and a Cash Crop, all 3 were sweet. My 1st auto grow. it's in my older thread I think or my last one A Bunch of Em This Time. :weed:
Nutes? Soil? Lights/schedule? Thanks for the input, I was getting worried that she was going too long without showing bud, but u say 89 days, I'm only halfway.
 

billytimmy

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Did u start at half strength or full? How many times did feed her?



Nutes? Soil? Lights/schedule? Thanks for the input, I was getting worried that she was going too long without showing bud, but u say 89 days, I'm only halfway.
started less than half only fed a few times before the issue developed
 

berten-ernie420

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started less than half only fed a few times before the issue developed
I would flush really well, how many weeks till your harvest? Cuz if you still have time before, I would try and recover her. Since ur using the trio pack already, why not go get you a bottle of sledgehammer and comeback n see if u can't get her healthy again.
 

billytimmy

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I would flush really well, how many weeks till your harvest? Cuz if you still have time before, I would try and recover her. Since ur using the trio pack already, why not go get you a bottle of sledgehammer and comeback n see if u can't get her healthy again.
It looks like a phosphorus issue, tried flushing and boosting but it hasnt helped. been nurturing it for 3 weeks without any luck so I have basically given up trying to baby it back.

Like i said, I have a bunch of different strains in basically the exact same environment and this is the only plant not doing well.
 

Seedlin

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What nutes are u using? Try Comeback or flush with Sledgehammer. What have u fed so far? It should only need one or two feeds depending on the soil you used. Do u have pics?
At that time I had 1 1000k hp light, she was in Miracle-Gro Organic's Choice potting about 70/30 with perlite in a 3 gal home made air pot in my Wal Mart air bags. I fed her FloraNova Bloom (1 tsp per gal.) only with a little Cal Mag plus. Cal mag Plus (.5 tsp per gal). I use well water ph'd at 5.8. I watered when she looked thirsty and she didn't get any food until she was well into flower and not a lot. The soil will fed her for about 90 days, after that I only fed her maybe 3 times. My grow room is 10x10 with 8000btu ac and fans. The only Co2 my ladies get is from me when I'm in there and that's a lot. She was raised in there under the 1000 on 20/4 from day 1. It's all I use. The air pots really made a big difference in my plants more than any single thing I have ever changed. They really work.Try em.:weed:
 

billytimmy

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At that time I had 1 1000k hp light, she was in Miracle-Gro Organic's Choice potting about 70/30 with perlite in a 3 gal home made air pot in my Wal Mart air bags. I fed her FloraNova Bloom (1 tsp per gal.) only with a little Cal Mag plus. Cal mag Plus (.5 tsp per gal). I use well water ph'd at 5.8. I watered when she looked thirsty and she didn't get any food until she was well into flower and not a lot. The soil will fed her for about 90 days, after that I only fed her maybe 3 times. My grow room is 10x10 with 8000btu ac and fans. The only Co2 my ladies get is from me when I'm in there and that's a lot. She was raised in there under the 1000 on 20/4 from day 1. It's all I use. The air pots really made a big difference in my plants more than any single thing I have ever changed. They really work.Try em.:weed:
Why the low 5.8 ph?
 

Seedlin

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Uh excuse me, I was thinking coco, it's my medium of choice. I was turned on to the Organics Choice by a grower on here. Was considering Fox Farm route and he told me it was what her used, I ran it several times in fact and found it to be very effective and economical, my kind of thing. I will be running my next run thru Organics Choice in a few weeks. I liked the results and I like to run em both. I have ran both at the same time, same strains. I didn't see a big difference. I chose the coco because I don't mind the feeding daily, the same thing just increasing the amt as the plant needs it. And I had a shit load of coco I bought to run photos in... I'm doing my latest, another Pinkie run, at about 20 days and current Critical, Girls Scout Cookies, West Coast OG and Crystal Meth at 60 days, in coco. I have some Humbolt County and Royal Queens seeds I'm waiting on as I type. Think I will run them in (6 of them at least) in Organics Choics. 6.8 ph....:weed:
 

berten-ernie420

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Still stretching. Sitting @ even 18" today. Solid 2x2 plant tho. Gna be a bush of buds by time she's fully mature, I just hope she doesn't keep stretching, I was hoping for a short and stocky plant from this one, and maybe a different technique the next run to see a difference. Anyway, ANY yield will do, it being my first grow, but what's better than a SUCCESSFUL first grow. Anyway, looks healthy, no bugs, mites, mildew, mold, has a few spots from some ants that got in, but the colder temps have been keeping most of them at bay. My room will usually stay around 71 with my door open with a 6" exhaust system in place. Door closed, they'll go up to maybe 76, but at night, it drops to about 60. I heard a colder temp will bring out more color and possibly more flavor, its all a learning curve so if it doesn't play out well, ill switch it up next run.
 

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berten-ernie420

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I finished one at 89 days. She was beautiful don't remember the dry weight but it was 5 or 6 oz at least. Very good smoke. Very sugary fat buds. I was growing a 2 Fast 2 Vast and a Cash Crop, all 3 were sweet. My 1st auto grow. it's in my older thread I think or my last one A Bunch of Em This Time. :weed:
Seedlin, I read some of your threads on the freezebery that you grew, beautiful plant btw, but I'm not sure when it should start budding. The website says 8-9 week flower, being an auto, thats basically its entire life (and then some if we go by the breeders suggestion). But here I am, inching closer and closer to the expected date, and surpassed halfway if I go by your date of 89 days. So my question to you is this, if u can remember, when did your f.b. start budding and approx how long after did u chop her. I know a plants life cycle can change with pheno, lights, environment, a shit ton of factors can influence it, I'm just trying to gauge it out. My excitement is turning to anxiety with the uncertainty about why she's not budding. :\
 

Seedlin

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Buddy I have no idea when she started. It doesnt really matter. Patience weedhopper patience. They WILL ALL FLOWER.How long you let them go before chopping is ur choice. I let everything I have done and I have grown around 45 -50 autos, go way over the magic 70-0 days most breededs advertive. I start flushing around 70 days depending on the size and thickness of the buds. To get those big thick heavy colas ihave had some go over 100 days. The key is patience and watch em close every day. I have yet to cut one at 70 days. Take.time to know your girls....
 
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