024backwards
Well-Known Member
Team,
I need your help. First some information about the grow:
1. Indoor, Soil - 2nd grow
2. Tent 2.2'x2.2'x5'
3. Spyderfarm SF1000 LED lamp
4. Grandaddy Purple female......Today is day 1 of week 5 of flower
5. Mainlined her to 8 colas, veg'd for 8 weeks then flipped to 12x12 lighting. She has looked very strong the entire time. About 3 feet tall
6. Fox Farm Nutrients in use. Feeding 1x/week, she seems to love it
7. I Lollipopped her a day before flipping to 12x12 lighting and then pruned her at end of week 3 flower (per nug buckets tutorial)
8. I was extremely careful not to damage the female pre-flowers as I pruned growth tips during veg. I can see them on the mains now so i know they are still there
The issue is the colas are very small and I am not seeing any flower/bud development lower down the mains that would suggest they are going to get "longer". The colas are about 8 inches long, they look great/getting frosty, but seem small in length. All nodes below them are bare. I can see the pre-flowers but no buds coming from them. This happened in my first grow but I intentionally cut these pre-flowers off during prune, not realizing the negative impact to yield. I was cautious of that this time, in an effort to elongate the colas/improve yield, but something has gone awry (unless I just need to be more patient). I wonder if all those growth tips I am pruning away would become buds and I am mis-understanding the tutorial.
I'll upload a picture tomorrow. Thanks for your help/ideas as to what is going on.
I need your help. First some information about the grow:
1. Indoor, Soil - 2nd grow
2. Tent 2.2'x2.2'x5'
3. Spyderfarm SF1000 LED lamp
4. Grandaddy Purple female......Today is day 1 of week 5 of flower
5. Mainlined her to 8 colas, veg'd for 8 weeks then flipped to 12x12 lighting. She has looked very strong the entire time. About 3 feet tall
6. Fox Farm Nutrients in use. Feeding 1x/week, she seems to love it
7. I Lollipopped her a day before flipping to 12x12 lighting and then pruned her at end of week 3 flower (per nug buckets tutorial)
8. I was extremely careful not to damage the female pre-flowers as I pruned growth tips during veg. I can see them on the mains now so i know they are still there
The issue is the colas are very small and I am not seeing any flower/bud development lower down the mains that would suggest they are going to get "longer". The colas are about 8 inches long, they look great/getting frosty, but seem small in length. All nodes below them are bare. I can see the pre-flowers but no buds coming from them. This happened in my first grow but I intentionally cut these pre-flowers off during prune, not realizing the negative impact to yield. I was cautious of that this time, in an effort to elongate the colas/improve yield, but something has gone awry (unless I just need to be more patient). I wonder if all those growth tips I am pruning away would become buds and I am mis-understanding the tutorial.
I'll upload a picture tomorrow. Thanks for your help/ideas as to what is going on.