need some advice on my plants

[ticklemebink]

ok the 1st one is juicy fruit clone and looks like its doing great. slow but its gettin there.

2nd is Mountain kush clone and its lookin good also but at the bottom where it roots, its split in 2 ways and its flowering almost into the dirt. real tiny buds. it never grew tall, just wide.

and the other 2 smaller ones have tiny buds but i threw them back into veg since it wasnt comparing to the 1st 2 plants. but the leaves are so tiny on them. one is white widow and the other is shiva skunk.
what can i do to get them moving. i use the big bloom, and grow big for veg and the big bloom and tiger bloom for flowering.

any info would help. its getting annoying not knowing why they are so slow.
nd all of them seem mad slow compared to what i see other people growing.
we have the 400 watt halide and high pressure sodium and all that jazz.

ticklemebink Reviewed by ticklemebink on 06-02-2010. need some advice on my plants ok the 1st one is juicy fruit clone and looks like its doing great. slow but its gettin there. 2nd is Mountain kush clone and its lookin good also but at the bottom where it roots, its split in 2 ways and its flowering almost into the dirt. real tiny buds. it never grew tall, just wide. and the other 2 smaller ones have tiny buds but i threw them back into veg since it wasnt comparing to the 1st 2 plants. but the leaves are so tiny on them. one is white widow and the other is shiva Rating: 5

[ticklemebink]

and the hairs are already turning brownish color. but the bud is so small!?!?!?

[RockyMtnDezL]

I would move your lights closer, keep the hps on them and keep a steady light schedule. You can put em back into veg, but your plants look ready to go IMO. How much of the nutes are you using, how often? How many watts are you running?

[TheWellnessShop]

patience is the key to growing this plant. The reason the White widow is slower is because its a longer flowering plant. Putting the plant back into veg when stigmas are already turning orange will just slow down trichome production at a point in the plants life where it is too late to veg. How long has the plant been in flower?

[ticklemebink]

patience is the key to growing this plant. The reason the White widow is slower is because its a longer flowering plant. Putting the plant back into veg when stigmas are already turning orange will just slow down trichome production at a point in the plants life where it is too late to veg. How long has the plant been in flower?

it was in flower for a good month and 1/2.
should i throw them back into flower?
as for nutes, i was following the foxfarm schedule. but the past 2 weeks i gve them a break from the nutes cus i didnt know if the nutes go into the bud and ruin it for smoking. kinda wanted them a bit more naturale if ya know what i mean.
you guys know best! should i put them back in flower mode?

[moody420]

You were in flower cycle for 4 1/2 weeks and then you put them back into veg? You more than likely stressed the hell out of your plants. I usually don't touch mine once in flower. It's a very delicate time for the plants and the most important. I would try to put them back into flower cycle and see what happens. They may hermie on you and you could have wasted all this time. But it's a learning experience and we all have to go through it.

also, with the nutes.....you should find a feeding schedule. You shouldn't be using Big bloom on vegging plants. I believe fox farm has a feeding schedule online if you are going to use their line of nutes. But it sounds like you are pretty unsure about how all that works, so just do a little more research and you can figure out what will work for you.

All those strains are going to grow at different levels. Some are indicas and some are sativas. WW for example is a heavy indica and will finish right around 8 weeks of flower.

Like I said, you will learn....you just have to get some more experience and do some more research. This board is excellent and has helped me alot. Just hang in there and you will figure it out! good luck man! :jointsmile:

[ticklemebink]

You were in flower cycle for 4 1/2 weeks and then you put them back into veg? You more than likely stressed the hell out of your plants. I usually don't touch mine once in flower. It's a very delicate time for the plants and the most important. I would try to put them back into flower cycle and see what happens. They may hermie on you and you could have wasted all this time. But it's a learning experience and we all have to go through it.

also, with the nutes.....you should find a feeding schedule. You shouldn't be using Big bloom on vegging plants. I believe fox farm has a feeding schedule online if you are going to use their line of nutes. But it sounds like you are pretty unsure about how all that works, so just do a little more research and you can figure out what will work for you.

All those strains are going to grow at different levels. Some are indicas and some are sativas. WW for example is a heavy indica and will finish right around 8 weeks of flower.

Like I said, you will learn....you just have to get some more experience and do some more research. This board is excellent and has helped me alot. Just hang in there and you will figure it out! good luck man! :jointsmile:

cool, thanks. and im a chick ;-P

[moody420]

cool, thanks. and im a chick ;-P

haha....sweet, me too! :jointsmile:

[irydyum]

Few questions. Have these plants been in the same container their entire life cycle? What type of soil is that? What are your watering habits, how often/much? Do you have a way to monitor pH?

How long did the plants go back into veg for?

Don't worry about brown "hairs". The average life span for a pistil is only around 30 days. I usually start to see dead pistils from day 30 through harvest, but it has absolutely nothing to do with ripeness of MJ. Pay attention to the trichromes that form on the leaves and buds. They will start clear, then go milky white, and finally as they begin to degrade, they will go amber from oxidizing. When you harvest is up to you. I typically harvest when trichs are all cloudy white with just a speckle of amber. There are as many opinions on this as there are growers, it'll take time and multiple harvests before you know your preference.