buckeyebonger
Active Member
i have been growing for 10 years and my buds usually are just about ready at 8-10 wks. my current grow is at 8 weeks and is nowhere near where i think it should be. the buds have not filled in and hardened. its taking forever.
i have a couple guesses why, but i'm no expert and don't know for sure. i'm hoping someone else has had the same problem so that i can avoid it in the future.
first, i am constantly adding plants to my flowering room. i have a continuous grow so that i usually harvest something every 3-4 wks. the reason why i had so few plants is that i had a spider mite problem and cleared the room and started over. when my two 8 wk plants were at 4 wks, i turned on a second 600 watt hps so the new plants could get direct light. this brightened the room even though the additional light was not directly over the older plants. could the added brightness have affected the flowering process? i usually have both 600 watt hps on. one was off because i had only 2 plants flowering at the time.
second, where i live had a heatwave at about the same time so the flowering room was warmer. my exhaust fans couldn't keep the temp low enough. for the last 3 weeks it has been at 85f and then goes down to 74f for the dark 12 hrs.
the plants look healthy. but the white hairs have not turned at all yet. usually i am harvesting by now. the calyxs(sp) also have not swollen very much. and the buds are not as dense as normal. in fact, they're not dense at all. plus some of the fan leaves usually are yellow by now indicating that it is almost harvest time. could the lighting and heat cause this?
the plants are ice and ak48 in fox farms soil.. good ph and water readings. i've grown both before and am usually enjoying the harvest by now. IF the buds fill in, it looks to me like it will be 3-4 wks longer. but i'm wondering if they will fill in at all.
i guess i'm thinking that the added light and heat made the plants think it was still mid summer and not fall. what do you think?
i have a couple guesses why, but i'm no expert and don't know for sure. i'm hoping someone else has had the same problem so that i can avoid it in the future.
first, i am constantly adding plants to my flowering room. i have a continuous grow so that i usually harvest something every 3-4 wks. the reason why i had so few plants is that i had a spider mite problem and cleared the room and started over. when my two 8 wk plants were at 4 wks, i turned on a second 600 watt hps so the new plants could get direct light. this brightened the room even though the additional light was not directly over the older plants. could the added brightness have affected the flowering process? i usually have both 600 watt hps on. one was off because i had only 2 plants flowering at the time.
second, where i live had a heatwave at about the same time so the flowering room was warmer. my exhaust fans couldn't keep the temp low enough. for the last 3 weeks it has been at 85f and then goes down to 74f for the dark 12 hrs.
the plants look healthy. but the white hairs have not turned at all yet. usually i am harvesting by now. the calyxs(sp) also have not swollen very much. and the buds are not as dense as normal. in fact, they're not dense at all. plus some of the fan leaves usually are yellow by now indicating that it is almost harvest time. could the lighting and heat cause this?
the plants are ice and ak48 in fox farms soil.. good ph and water readings. i've grown both before and am usually enjoying the harvest by now. IF the buds fill in, it looks to me like it will be 3-4 wks longer. but i'm wondering if they will fill in at all.
i guess i'm thinking that the added light and heat made the plants think it was still mid summer and not fall. what do you think?