a little problem

[arbogast]

Your plants are re-vegging, because they were in flower when you cut/cloned them. Your clones should be doing the same thing now, or very soon. Revegging takes 2-3 weeks, then you'll start seeing normal growth again. Relax and enjoy the show, it's a cool metamorphosis.

PC :smokin:

Thanks for the advice a while back, five of the ladies are about ready now, I will send you some pics if you like, but dont know how to send direct on here, or maybe this is direct, anyway, thanks!

[stinkyattic]

If you see better results from the plants that you have given a bit of moisture-retaining medium, that would indicate that you can add another flood cycle to your daily flood/drain schedule.

[arbogast]

OK, cool, on these I have/had been flooding about every three hours, is that too much? After they were up and going well and into bloom I was using Gen Hydro nuts at about 1500 to 1600...and they came out pretty good, but the buds are not that tight and they are a bit stretched out, not really tight like stuff I have bought before, but I think that in the last stages I had the lights a bit high, and also had some temp fluctuation due to where they are, some too low temps, probably ranging 60 to 85 F over a days time, I will have all that under control next time, sheesh, a lot to learn and control here....

[stinkyattic]

Lights too high and too much N will cause stretching.
That's quite a stiff nute solution. Did you see tip scorch?
85'F isn't outrageous, but 60'F is getting on the low side. Try to keep temp differences less thatn 15 degrees apart.
Do you have some sort of aerator in your reservoir? That's a good thing to stick in there, even a cheap aquarium air stone and pump.

[arbogast]

Well, I was/am using the GH nuts and going by their suggestions, so dont know about N on that, but the clones were from a female that was going down from a PH problem, so when i cloned them, they had to reveg, so they got a bit taller than I would have like before I put them into flower again, but I have a feeling that those temp fluc's might have impacted the flowering maybe, but also, I was feeding about every two hours, would that impact it? I didnt see any tip scorch at all, they just ate it up far as I can tell. It was like 1450 1500 mostly, unless water was down (I am gone some, so it fluctuates a bit up and down..) so it would creep up some with evaporation. I am using some old hand me down lights, maybe they are not as strong as they look, they are 1000 watt halides....but there are two for four plants.

I have big aerator in there, and 3 by four botanicare tray and 45 gallon botanicare res.

I dont know, the buds just dont have a lot of bulk to them it seems like.....if I am flushing now, will I get any more bulk do you think?


Thanks!!

[stinkyattic]

Flowering under halides you don't get the sort of bulk/density that you would under HPS. It's simply a matter of the spectrum. The blue halide light encourages squat vegetative growth, while the red sodium light encourages bud mass.

[arbogast]

Duh, I am an imbecile....here is the light I am using...

430 Watt Philips Son Agro HPS Bulb


This 430 Watt Philips Son Agro HPS light bulb has a 30% increased blue spectrum in addition to the red/orange spectrum needed for fruiting, flowering and budding. The Son Agro lamp offers the benefits of a Metal Halide and HPS lamp since it combines the two spectrums. The Son Agro is ideal for growing vegetables such as peppers and tomatoes. The 430 Son Agro light bulb can be used with a 400 or 430 Watt HPS ballast.

Is that ok, should I change?