Help - 2 months into flowering, tiny buds - pics
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I'm using a 400 watt HID system bought from htgsupply.com. Two bulbs (400w MH and 400w HPS) that use the same ballast. I switched to the HPS when I went to 12/12. The MH bulb is good (they vegged very well) but dunno about the quality of the HPS bulb. Apparently it's made special for htgsupply. Should the buds be much larger than this when the pistils first start to change color? I've read that they bulk up a lot in the last week or two?
Here's a couple of pics that look slightly better than the others-
Here's a couple of pics that look slightly better than the others-
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Puff
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They look like they should have a bit more growing to go. Your light should be fine. Keep it about 18" away from the plants. You can try to put it closer, just do it in steps. The HPS bulb is supposed to put out more lumens than a MH bulb of the same wattage. Yea they do look a bit small? When the hairs are 2/3 reddish then its time to harvest. Other than that make sure your following a nutrient schedule and feeding them properly. There is still time for them to bulk up.
ceestyle
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dude. TWO MONTHS!
to the original poster - have these plants been on 12/12 for two months straight? if so, there is definitely something wrong with that picture.
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dude. TWO MONTHS!
to the original poster - have these plants been on 12/12 for two months straight? if so, there is definitely something wrong with that picture.Yes, but WHAT? All I can find that causes buds not to develop is PH problems and root-boundness and neither of those are going on. Any ideas?
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They look like they should have a bit more growing to go. Your light should be fine. Keep it about 18" away from the plants. You can try to put it closer, just do it in steps. The HPS bulb is supposed to put out more lumens than a MH bulb of the same wattage. Yea they do look a bit small? When the hairs are 2/3 reddish then its time to harvest. Other than that make sure your following a nutrient schedule and feeding them properly. There is still time for them to bulk up.Thanks for that. Hope you're right
SomeGuy
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How long did it take for them to show sex? If it took a while it might just take a little longer than normal for them to finish. What strain? With Bag-seed its hard to tell how long the plant needs. Something is definitely going on if those have been flowering for 8 weeks already.
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How long did it take for them to show sex? If it took a while it might just take a little longer than normal for them to finish. What strain? With Bag-seed its hard to tell how long the plant needs. Something is definitely going on if those have been flowering for 8 weeks already.The strain is White Rhino (from Nirvana-seeds). Yeah, it did take a long time for them to show sex. The males took about a week and the females about 2.5 weeks. The pistils didn't really start growing all over till about a month into flowering. Maybe it's just that the plants are large and it takes more time for nutes to travel through the system. Grasping at straws
SomeGuy
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I agree. The number of days just gives a rough idea, but every plant is different. Sativas can definitely take alot more time. I have one that didnt even show sex till 3 wks into flower.
Puff
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well, Puff, I'll take your word for it, as it sounds like he's doing everything right ... 2.5 weeks is quite a long time to show sex I guess.
This is me at about 3 weeks under 252W fluoros, just added 150W HPS, so you can imagine my surprise.
Looking good, I cant wait until I have a few plants at that stage. I just transplanted my first batch of female clones. I had to grow 6 freaking plants to get one good female. But that's all you need for clones, 1 good female.
ceestyle
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yessir. then raid her. i've got 15 or so clones to go once these girls are done. an F2, a new strain seedling, and all the rest chips off the old mom. now if only the tiny seeds i pulled out of my white widow eighth from the dispensary would pop ...
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