Nutrient Lock ?

[Charbud]

I don't think the strains you picked were bad, it just seems to me that the most potent strains tend to have much smaller yields. I personally don't think the extra strength justifies the weight loss. Especially on small personal grows like ours.

I have to agree with you there although i do like weed that can make me take a seat ! I also like to try as many strains as possible, i find the names really enticing but ye im going to do more research...for example i found my cream caramel seed under the high yield section of the website i buy my seeds from..suprise suprise !!

It was the same strain I used in my 1st 2 grows, I reckon I would have got over the ounce but the cuttings came with thrips, which probably reduced the crop. It is a good yielder and a really nice smoke, but it is very spindly and collapses under the weight of the buds.I decided to go with better genetics this time round cos I was having to use string to hold the branches/buds up. I have also moved up to 2x250w instead of the 125's.

Nice to see the move from 125s to 250s, only better things could come of that. I think i might replace one of my bulbs because apparently the deteriorate over time, like the lumens get lower ? and ive used it for 2 grows so may buy a new one after this one. Thrips ?? Im guessing a disease that you had to cut off but sorry to hear that either way...loss of weight is never a gudden. What was the strain you used ? sorry if you have told me already..bad memory..but it has definitely done you well from what i have seen !

I am growing 4 White Rhino from Greenhouse Seeds atm. The quality of the genetics is mind blowing, they look amazing. I also have another bonsai on the go, also WR but from a cutting (the genetics are nowhere near as good as the ones from GH).

I do think the more money you spend on the seeds definately helps. Like my vanilla kush was about 6.50, not breaking the bank but from a quality seed bank as are yours. That white rhino will be nice, i had some super lemon haze from greenhouse when i was in amsterdam...dropped half the spliff in the while rolling it but didnt want to waste anymore so i just rolled what was left..blew me away...v.potent. getting a bit ahead of myself but i was thinking next grow 4 x white skunk, [pineapple chunk, violator kush, blue cheese] - barneys and silver bubble. Do you rekon it would be better to focus on 4 like you do and go for higher yield ? My logic behind the 8 plants is to have 4 nice strains then 4 cheap plants to make give me some quanitity...think its going to back fire this time round but whats your opinion ? maybe 2 pineapple 2 violator or just 4 of all the same ?

That sounds like fun :thumbsup: I'm up for that. If you are planning to grow bonsai, I think you need to grow from cuttings instead of seeds. The plants that grow from seeds take time to sexually mature and you have to wait until the nodes start alternating before you can consider going into flower. Cuttings are ready to go once they have a few leaves/nodes.

This is true but i havent got space for a mother and to make clones. Hopefully in the future i will but atm not really an option. They wouldnt have to be bonsai, well obviously small but more to do with the tiny pot and how the roots react and it must just look really weird..! But yeh, im looking forward to that aswell, probably more so than my other plans :rastasmoke: