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My plants burst out in buds like gangbusters, and I was optimistic for big colas. All of a sudden, bud development has stalled. I haven't seen any development in the last 5 days or so, at a time when buds should be growing and fattening up like crazy. Info below photos.
They are in FF soil. I'm using FF nutes (Grow Big, Big Bloom, Tiger Bloom) + CalMag, watering daily and feeding every other day about 2/3 the recommended amounts. 1000 ppfd in the center, 600 in the corners. Temps 78F daytime, 70F at night. Relative humidity between 40-55%, averaging 48%. Plants are about 5 feet tall.
Now, one thing is that I probably didn't defoliate enough. I took off more than 1/3 of the leaves and lower branches, which was so much that the plants were going into shock from it, so I stopped. And it seems like it has all grown back...twice...but now that I'm 4 weeks into flower I don't want to defoliate again. Still, it's super dense down below. Look...
I have side lights that I removed for the photos, so the lower parts do get light.
But the only thing I can think of for why my buds have stalled is the density of the foliage that I assume is taking energy otherwise used for bud growth.
Any thoughts on this and what to do? At this point, I'm so deep into flower that I don't want to change things up too radically for fear of stressing the plants too much, and one of the strains I'm growing (the one on the left) is known for herming out due to stress during flower.
Will it pick up? Should I bomb it with phosphorous (and by "bomb" I just mean give them a heavy dose, I don't mean going crazy)? This is only my second grow. Am I worrying about nothing?
Thanks for this therapy session. I feel better already.
They are in FF soil. I'm using FF nutes (Grow Big, Big Bloom, Tiger Bloom) + CalMag, watering daily and feeding every other day about 2/3 the recommended amounts. 1000 ppfd in the center, 600 in the corners. Temps 78F daytime, 70F at night. Relative humidity between 40-55%, averaging 48%. Plants are about 5 feet tall.
Now, one thing is that I probably didn't defoliate enough. I took off more than 1/3 of the leaves and lower branches, which was so much that the plants were going into shock from it, so I stopped. And it seems like it has all grown back...twice...but now that I'm 4 weeks into flower I don't want to defoliate again. Still, it's super dense down below. Look...
I have side lights that I removed for the photos, so the lower parts do get light.
But the only thing I can think of for why my buds have stalled is the density of the foliage that I assume is taking energy otherwise used for bud growth.
Any thoughts on this and what to do? At this point, I'm so deep into flower that I don't want to change things up too radically for fear of stressing the plants too much, and one of the strains I'm growing (the one on the left) is known for herming out due to stress during flower.
Will it pick up? Should I bomb it with phosphorous (and by "bomb" I just mean give them a heavy dose, I don't mean going crazy)? This is only my second grow. Am I worrying about nothing?
Thanks for this therapy session. I feel better already.
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