first time growing cannabis

hi i'm new to growing cannabis and i thought my plant should have more bud on it at 3 weeks into flower.

i'm growing, the diamond girl
in a soil and pirlite mix 75% soil, 25% perlite.
under a 600w hps. no nuterants only water.
veged for 8 weeks from seed
been flowering for 3 weeks

any help would be great

Looks O.K. for 3 weeks into flower. I don't think you are going to get a small final harvest, those buds are going to explode in size over the next 4 weeks.

edit: Look into L.S.T. for your next grow, it will help you get a more even canopy and increase your efficiency/yield.

I think you are looking good there. It;s all about patience now.

PhatJay was right on the money when he talked about low stress training to make a lower, more even canopy. LST is basically bending the plant and tying it down. This creates more top colas.

Lots of bud heads, it works, I'm doing it right now as we speak. Well, I tied them down weeks ago :)

You can compare your grow with mine if you are wondering about how the buds are looking. I documented, with photos, every week of growth. I'm at harvest very soon, 2 weeks max.

I'm in week 11 of bloom by now too... Quite some time. I hope my grow will help you along. The link is in my signature. I went LED.

Take care

you should really feed that girl, it will fatten her up plenty in the next month. just flush before harvest.

Hi I started my first grow about 3 weeks ago now I have just transplanted my two plants into new pots and just wondering about transplant shock if there are any tell tale signs in the last couple of days they don't seem to have grown much if at all, the leaves are stil a dark green colour and are not drooping
Any info would help :)

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Originally Posted by Lewisk91

Hi I started my first grow about 3 weeks ago now I have just transplanted my two plants into new pots and just wondering about transplant shock if there are any tell tale signs in the last couple of days they don't seem to have grown much if at all, the leaves are stil a dark green colour and are not drooping
Any info would help :)

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Might be a good idea to start your own thread as your question is not directly related to this one. Jacking someone elses is considered bad ettiquette. :)

thanx for all the advice guys, my girls are all healthy and i'm looking forward to seeing them buds get bigger. thinking of using nuteriants on my next grow. :rastasmoke: happy smoking peeps.

i have topped my plants about 4 times and have 6 tops which i hope turn into fat cola buds

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Originally Posted by 1thcbomb

thinking of using nuteriants on my next grow.

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You will probably need them this grow. The plants food needs increase during the later stages of flowering. When you stated that you had used no nutrients I thought you meant "so far" which is normal in the earlier stages of a nuted soil grow.

5 weeks left in flowering so if i start using nuteriants now, when would i start to flush? i'm new to this growing lark. has anyone heard of starving plant of both water and light for 48 hours before harvest? i have heard of it but what dose it do? anyone please?? :rastasmoke: