bongtastic
Well-Known Member
Ok, here's the story:
Have three shortstuff autoflowering strains growing. On day 53. All of them showed preflowers on or around day 36. One is 11" tall. The other two are over 18" tall. The preflowers have barely developed. I would have expected tiny buds by now.
pH is measuring at 7-7.1. I am using Fox Farms nutes. All three have received two feedings of tiger bloom, and I water every two to three days. Every other watering I give them full strength big bloom.
I was on an 18/6 light cycle until just the other day when I switched to 16/8 in an attempt to make them flower.
It should be noted that I started with 6 plants, 1 was male and the other two have already FINISHED. They started flowering on day 17 and I pulled them down around day 47.
It should also be noted that the two plants on the left and right are the SAME STRAIN. (SS #1)
Here are pictures of the final three:
This one ALWAYS droops! What gives?
Found some spotting like this on the droopy plant.
Ok, so I have theorized a few solutions.
A) Rootbound. I never expected the plants to get this big. Roots are showing through the bottom drain holes. The only problem I have with this theory is that both of the taller plants actually grew about 6 inches since they showed preflowers.
B) pH messed up. it's very possible that my pH meter sucks ass.
C) Too much nitrogen. I'm thinking these dwarves don't need as much N as full grown plants, so my FF nutes npk ratio may not be suitable for dwarves.
D) Too hot in the grow cab. Temp can get up to 86 degrees and I have seen it spike to 90-91-92 in the past few days with the heat wave.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Have three shortstuff autoflowering strains growing. On day 53. All of them showed preflowers on or around day 36. One is 11" tall. The other two are over 18" tall. The preflowers have barely developed. I would have expected tiny buds by now.
pH is measuring at 7-7.1. I am using Fox Farms nutes. All three have received two feedings of tiger bloom, and I water every two to three days. Every other watering I give them full strength big bloom.
I was on an 18/6 light cycle until just the other day when I switched to 16/8 in an attempt to make them flower.
It should be noted that I started with 6 plants, 1 was male and the other two have already FINISHED. They started flowering on day 17 and I pulled them down around day 47.
It should also be noted that the two plants on the left and right are the SAME STRAIN. (SS #1)
Here are pictures of the final three:
This one ALWAYS droops! What gives?
Found some spotting like this on the droopy plant.
Ok, so I have theorized a few solutions.
A) Rootbound. I never expected the plants to get this big. Roots are showing through the bottom drain holes. The only problem I have with this theory is that both of the taller plants actually grew about 6 inches since they showed preflowers.
B) pH messed up. it's very possible that my pH meter sucks ass.
C) Too much nitrogen. I'm thinking these dwarves don't need as much N as full grown plants, so my FF nutes npk ratio may not be suitable for dwarves.
D) Too hot in the grow cab. Temp can get up to 86 degrees and I have seen it spike to 90-91-92 in the past few days with the heat wave.
Anyone have any suggestions?