my buds weighed 100g total and now they have lost alot of weight and are really fluffy. I would say outta that 100g I got about 30g dried weight. Is it cause I used cheap ferts?
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my buds weighed 100g total and now they have lost alot of weight and are really fluffy. I would say outta that 100g I got about 30g dried weight. Is it cause I used cheap ferts?
what did you use for lights??
Things that can contribute to fluffy buds are, Using Super Thrive in flower, high temps, lights to high or not enough light intensity or just a theory, possibly light leeks, but the last is purely speculative.
Adieu
Buds will lose much of their weight during the drying process. You should never look at immediate harvest weights as the final weight. Much of your immediate weight comes from water in the veins of the plant. After your plants have had time to dry out then you should weigh them and get your final measurement. What you are describing is very normal and it has nothing to do with anything you did during the grow.
Happy Toking :rasta:
Light proximity and gentics can play a huge roll..
iloveyou
Buds will usually loos well over 50% of weight when dried. I thought you were wondering about the fluffyness more than the weight though. Maybe both?
Adieu
hello weed4life i must say they are right light leakes temps how close your light is all have a part to play ... but i must say i think your buds look yummy.. not to fluufy atal.. i would gladly smoke them:) i allso thought damn my buds have lost so much weight during dryin.. but the smoke is very good so dont worry to much.. what starin is them buds?? nice lookin shit thete m8.. enjoy. also u will get a lot more spliffs out of ur dry weed .. more so then the heavey wet weed you buy on the street:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Weed4Life
Thanks all for your responses. I was using a 400w hps about 12" above plant or lower, temps got up to 86 and I checked for light leakage during first grow and fixed all leaks. I do not know what strain it is except it was Indica. It came outta sum bagseed that I brought with me from California. LMAO mrberrys. Yeah I guess I was it was both, but now I know what to expect. Would hydro improve quantity alittle? Also, I guess it didnt help with the soil being 4.5 during the flowering phase? Hmmm... was that the reason????
Kush- I realized that and I figured I was gonna get about 50% which woulda been 1 1/2 oz but I am happy with my 1st successful indoor grow and the buds are really crystally(whatever) from the trichomes. I have them in mason jars now except two main colas which is still drying.
Why are street buds so compact? is that from compressing? Anywho it was a great and awesome experience and I love watching them grow up and flowering is amazing!!! Thanks all again.
I was using a 400w hps about 12" above plant
BRAVO!!!
ilove you
You said 4.5? are you talking about the PH?
Adieu
I would go with the heat playing a huge roll in the fluffy buds
Fluffy flowers will have more Trichomes then a hard compact flower.
Think about that for a second.
Hard compact flowers (buds) don't get light to the inside of the bud so the only place the Trichomes will grow large and heavy with THC is where the lights are and that is the outside of the bud only.
With light fluffy buds you have more surface area that can hold Trichomes. Trichomes don't add much in weight but they are the only thing you are after anyway. You don't want to smoke plant matter you want the THC the THC is inside the Trichomes.
As your fluffy buds cure they will reduce in size and the sticky buds will kind of glue together and then you will have a great quality bud that will produce a better high then one that is hard and dry.
You did just fine. Tweak your environment and you can have longer buds that will get your dry weight up.
You should be happy you have fluffy buds :).
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Originally Posted by Garden Knowm
Newb question, how far away should a 400 watt HPS be from the plant? I know the general rule of testing the heat with the back of your hand but are there any specifics?
Hi Zoid...
If you are going to use HID lighting, Air flow and ventilation are KEY..
If the light is more than 12 inches from your foliage.. you will be loosing so many lumens (and in MY opninion) that it is a FREAKING waste to be using HID lighting. You might as well swicth to FLUORESCENTS... of course there are exceptions to this rule.. BUT very very few!
The closer the LIGHT.. the BIGGER the buds.. the bigger the yield.. the more BLING..
lloveyou
If you can not get your light within 12 inches of your plants (because of heat issues), it is time to rework your airflow..
and NOW you KNOWM
Should I make this my new sig, "If you can not get your light within 12 inches of your plants (because of heat issues), it is time to rework your airflow." GK
I wonder if we should make this question a pole, Do you have your lights with in 12 inches from your girls?
20%Yes
75% No
5% Looking for a free light to start their grow in parents house without them knowing. LOL
Adieu
drop temps last week to harden up buds
LOL @ BLUE BEAR
NICE
Nice touch on that Zandor never thought of that:thumbsup: but yea it could be Heat/humidity/ genes..... but theres ur answer:thumbsup: