Small buds. Will they get bigger?

cocidius · Jul 17, 2022

Hello, I am new to the forum.
This is my second time cultivating(my first time I could not get past the seedling stage :P )

I have this beautiful plant, it is an autoflowering Royal Gorilla. I am growing it outdoors, on my balcony it gets sun from 9am until 8pm.
It's 7 weeks old, about 85cm height(from the soil). The only thing I mixed to the soil was EasyBoost from royalqueen seeds.
She looks very healthy, but I believe the buds are small(?).

Is there hope that they will grow up a bit more before harvesting or do I need to change something to make the grow bigger?

Lockeboxgrows · Jul 17, 2022

I dont have much experience with autos but How long has it been in flower mode? And you said it's 7 weeks old, how long is that strain from seed to harvest?

The swelling of buds comes more towards the end of flower so dont worry yet my dude

mysticepipedon · Jul 17, 2022

cocidius said:
Is there hope that they will grow up a bit more before harvesting or do I need to change something to make the grow bigger?

The secret bud-enlarging ingredient you're looking for is time. I suggest applying another 6-10 weeks.

Bullmark69 · Jul 17, 2022

She is just getting started…..those buds will get a lot bigger. How much bigger depends.
The plant as a whole looks very healthy. As it moves through flower you want to make sure you feed it what it needs. I’m not familiar with “easy boost” but it’s likely nowhere near enough nutrition for the entire life cycle.
I prefer dry organics and it’s the most turn-key way to feed. Go get yourself a bag of EWC (earthworm castings) and dry organic bloom fertilizer……Gaia Green, Dr. Earth, Fox farms dry organic, and many other good brands that will all do the trick.
Every fertilizer will have 3 numbers indicating it’s content percentage of nitrogen (1st number), phosphorus (2nd number) and potassium (3rd number).
During the veg phase the plant needs more nitrogen compared to the other 2.
The opposite is true during flower. It still needs nitrogen just not nearly as much.
Being that your plant has moved through the veg state, you want to apply a fertilizer that is higher in phosphorus and potassium. I use Gaia Green and their flower stage fert is 2-8-4…..their veg mix is 4-4-4.
Usually the packaging will indicate whether it’s for blooming or veg growth…..choose the blooming….again, lower in nitrogen, higher in phosphorus and potassium.
Follow the directions and mix about a cup of EWC with the suggested amount of dry fert….this will usually be about a tablespoon per gallon of soil, but follow the label for top dressing.
Mix the dry fert w/ the EWC and scratch it in to the top surface of your soil. No need to overdo it, just mix it around with the loose particles from your existing medium.
Then all you do is water like you’ve been doing. The nutrients will blend in and the plant will uptake them over time.
You’ll likely have to do this at least twice….once now and again in 3/4 weeks.
This will give the plant exactly what it needs to grow those big buds.
I’m honestly surprised it’s not showing some sort of deficiency by now. But unless you feed it, you can rest assured it will show you how hungry it is soon enough.
Don’t be swayed by impressive packaging and cartoon characters touting the latest and greatest bud building secret recipe.
It’s very simple and if you give the plant what I’ve told you it will do just fine and be happy. Good luck.

cocidius · Jul 17, 2022

Lockeboxgrows said:
I dont have much experience with autos but How long has it been in flower mode? And you said it's 7 weeks old, how long is that strain from seed to harvest?

The swelling of buds comes more towards the end of flower so dont worry yet my dude

The pistils started to appear on middle of the 4th week with the formed little buds to appear at the middle to end of 5th week.

Bullmark69 said:
She is just getting started…..those buds will get a lot bigger. How much bigger depends.
The plant as a whole looks very healthy. As it moves through flower you want to make sure you feed it what it needs. I’m not familiar with “easy boost” but it’s likely nowhere near enough nutrition for the entire life cycle.
I prefer dry organics and it’s the most turn-key way to feed. Go get yourself a bag of EWC (earthworm castings) and dry organic bloom fertilizer……Gaia Green, Dr. Earth, Fox farms dry organic, and many other good brands that will all do the trick.
Every fertilizer will have 3 numbers indicating it’s content percentage of nitrogen (1st number), phosphorus (2nd number) and potassium (3rd number).
During the veg phase the plant needs more nitrogen compared to the other 2.
The opposite is true during flower. It still needs nitrogen just not nearly as much.
Being that your plant has moved through the veg state, you want to apply a fertilizer that is higher in phosphorus and potassium. I use Gaia Green and their flower stage fert is 2-8-4…..their veg mix is 4-4-4.
Usually the packaging will indicate whether it’s for blooming or veg growth…..choose the blooming….again, lower in nitrogen, higher in phosphorus and potassium.
Follow the directions and mix about a cup of EWC with the suggested amount of dry fert….this will usually be about a tablespoon per gallon of soil, but follow the label for top dressing.
Mix the dry fert w/ the EWC and scratch it in to the top surface of your soil. No need to overdo it, just mix it around with the loose particles from your existing medium.
Then all you do is water like you’ve been doing. The nutrients will blend in and the plant will uptake them over time.
You’ll likely have to do this at least twice….once now and again in 3/4 weeks.
This will give the plant exactly what it needs to grow those big buds.
I’m honestly surprised it’s not showing some sort of deficiency by now. But unless you feed it, you can rest assured it will show you how hungry it is soon enough.
Don’t be swayed by impressive packaging and cartoon characters touting the latest and greatest bud building secret recipe.
It’s very simple and if you give the plant what I’ve told you it will do just fine and be happy. Good luck.

The easyboost is meant to act for 10-12 weeks (50g of it per 10L of substrate). I have friend that recommended it to me, she uses it on her plant, she had a few good batches.
My fear is giving more nutrients and end up overfeeding it

GNick55 · Jul 17, 2022

that needed to be transplanted like a month ago or should of been started in a much bigger fabric bag..
buds will not get big and won’t be many of them for that reason..

Moshmen · Jul 17, 2022

She’s also not getting enuff light for a autos full potential - there has been some kind of stress which has slowed bud growth ? The 3 finger fans are a sign of stress imo

cocidius · Jul 17, 2022

GNick55 said:
that needed to be transplanted like a month ago or should of been started in a much bigger fabric bag..
buds will not get big and won’t be many of them for that reason..

This is a 19L fabric bag. Do I need a bigger one, 25L maybe?

Moshmen said:
She’s also not getting enuff light for a autos full potential - there has been some kind of stress which has slowed bud growth ? The 3 finger fans are a sign of stress imo

It could be that, since I really only on sun light. I did had a few days of cloudy weather. Or maybe it can be because of the heat wave here were I live in the last weeks.

GNick55 · Jul 17, 2022

cocidius said:
This is a 19L fabric bag. Do I need a bigger one, 25L maybe?

It could be that, since I really only on sun light. I did had a few days of cloudy weather. Or maybe it can be because of the heat wave here were I live in the last weeks.

bigger helps but you should of transplanted better as too having the top of the soil closer to the top of the bag, you still can top off and probably should..
yes a better growing environment would also help out..

Moshmen · Jul 17, 2022

cocidius said:
This is a 19L fabric bag. Do I need a bigger one, 25L maybe?

It could be that, since I really only on sun light. I did had a few days of cloudy weather. Or maybe it can be because of the heat wave here were I live in the last weeks.

They (autos) like at least 16 hrs of light a cycle - they will grow with less but…..

Break45 · Jul 17, 2022

Light produces bigger buds at the end. Nutrients help too.

cocidius · Jul 17, 2022

GNick55 said:
bigger helps but you should of transplanted better as too having the top of the soil closer to the top of the bag, you still can top off and probably should..
yes a better growing environment would also help out..

Thanks I will top it off.
I will be moving to another home soon and I am planning on building a grow tent to grow my next plants.

Thank you all for help and advices!

Falon.xxl · Dec 3, 2025

cocidius said:
Thanks I will top it off.
I will be moving to another home soon and I am planning on building a grow tent to grow my next plants.

Thank you all for help and advices!

how did the plant turn out?

JIMKSI64 · Dec 3, 2025

With the plant so stretched out node placement so far away and just a window grow I would not expect much growth. You need light to power a plant. You have minimal.
This can be a great learning grow. From some of the statements you are going to find out what happens when you jack the nutrition up but have no light to process the nutrition.
7 weeks in picture of an autoflower in my tent

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