How to increase bud size for White Widow and Kona Gold

[greenmedicinetc]

Apologies for re-posting but I think I put this in the wrong forum earlier today.

This is my first grow in winter and in the new room and find the temperature is running about 10 degrees cooler than I want (about 62 degrees).

What should I change if I want to increase the bud sizes of my plants? Should I add another 600W HPS, add a heater to warm the room up more, or lollipop the plants, or something else?

I am using general hydroponics nutrients in an ebb & flow hydro setup.

Any feedback is appreciated. I can say that the medicine I get is tasty and provides a great high. So maybe I should except the size of the yield as is.

greenmedicinetc Reviewed by greenmedicinetc on 01-28-2011. How to increase bud size for White Widow and Kona Gold Apologies for re-posting but I think I put this in the wrong forum earlier today. This is my first grow in winter and in the new room and find the temperature is running about 10 degrees cooler than I want (about 62 degrees). What should I change if I want to increase the bud sizes of my plants? Should I add another 600W HPS, add a heater to warm the room up more, or lollipop the plants, or something else? I am using general hydroponics nutrients in an ebb & flow hydro setup. Any Rating: 5

[Agoblue97]

I really don't know too much about hydro setups, so I won't pretend to know. However, I'm sure bud size and potency is the same in hydro as soil, so from the start of the grow to the final harvesting all effects it. My recommendation is to fill out the hydro troubleshooting form and if the hydro guys on this forum see something that they might change to give you better results they'll probably say something. You might also start a grow log and post that. I've gotten and seen lots of help coming from people on the outside looking in.:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[greenmedicinetc]

Thanks for the tip. Can you guide me to that hydro troubleshooting form you mentioned?

[tikiroom]

Here ya go. :hippy:

http://boards.cannabis.com/plant-pro...ing-forms.html

[greenmedicinetc]

What is your experience level?

Novice. I am on my 4th harvest.

Your Equipment:
.1) Type and wattage of lights. (MH, HPS, CFL's, tube fluorescents, LED's)

Clone Room - 2 cool fluorescent tubes
Veggie Room - 1 400W MH
Flower Room - 1 600W HPS
.2) Distance from tops?

On yo-yo so I can adjust. I try to keep at 12" from tops

.3) Reflector type? (cool tube set-up, bat wing, enclosed reflector, bare bulb...)

cool tube set-up in veggie room

.4) Is there a consistent fresh air supply?

Yes

.5) Do you have an exhaust fan and a circulation fan?

Yes. Both

.6) What are the bulb wattages, kelvin ratings, and schedule?

Veggie - 24hr/day 400W MH
Flower - 12/12 600 W HPS

Your medium:
.7) Specific brand and type of soil, (coco, peat based soilless...) and anything you've added to it. (vermiculite, perlite, worm castings...)

6" Rockwool cubes in dual reservoir ebb & flow tub.

.8) Size of container.

About 24" x 15 x 15"

.9) Did you use peat pucks (or similar) to root clones or germinate seedlings?

No.

Your nutrients and water:
10) Source of water? (tap, bottled or filtered) What's it's ph before adjusting?

5 gallon bottled water. It's PH is 7 but I adjust to 6 after adding my nutrients

11) Method of checking water ph. (ph pen, test strips, aquarium test kit...)

ph pen

12) Method of adjusting water ph. (phosphoric acid, white vinegar, hydrated lime, PH Up...)

PH Up/Down

13) Specific brand and N-P-K ratio for each bottle. List dosages (quantity per gallon) and current feeding schedule.

veggie - General Hydroponics MaxiGro - 10-5-14
flower - General Hydroponics MaxiBloom 5-15-14

14) How often are you watering between feedings, and how much per watering?

15 minutes on/15 off while lights are on.

15) Any additives or tea's? (Superthrive, CalMag, molasses, Mother's Earth...)

No

16) Are your ph levels stable, or do they fluctuate?

Stable

17) What is your ingoing water's ph? ...your runoff ph?

It's Ebb&flow so no runoff.

18) Do you foliar feed? If so, with what, how often, and at what time do you spray?

No

Your growroom:
19) Indoors or outdoors?

Indoors

20) What size of closet, room or hut?

Veggie room - 2x3x6 foot locker
Flower room - 4x5x7 foot room.

21) What are the temps and humidity levels while lights are on? ...With lights off?

Lights on
-------------
Veggie room - 70 degrees, humidity - 34%
Flower room - 63 degrees (it's winter here), humidity - 34%

Lights off
------------
Flower room - not sure. Maybe that is my issue. I will check tonight.

22) Have you seen signs of insects in the growroom?

My first crop had spider mites. Used Mite-Rid and haven't seen another mite since

Your strain:
23) What strain are you growing? (Indica dominate or Sativa dom?)

Kona Gold - Sativa/Indica 80/20
White Widow - Sativa/Indica 60/40

24) From seeds or clones?

clones

25) Is this an autoflower strain?

I am not familiar with this term.

[greenmedicinetc]

I did go get a ceramic space heater and the room temp is now above 70 degrees. I expect this will help. We'll see how the next crop goes.