Hey all. . . . In need of a little advice here. Basically, my buds are not as potent as I'd like and are much lower than the genetics threshold. I'll do my best to describe my methods and hopefully there's someone out there that can assist! Bud description. . . light and airy, not dense nugs. Showed good THC formation during flowering and when cut. They were cut with about 60% of the pistils darkening. Thanks in advance. . . . Methods. . . . Plants were started from seed. . . . Northern Lights #1, OG Kush, Blue Dream at approx 30 days of age they were put into flowering at 18"-20" tall (it may have been too early for the sativas) Medium/Fert - composted manure mix with vermicompost and hi calcium lime as a ph adjuster. Foxfarm 4-3-4 at 2.5 cups per 1 cubic foot of medium. Potted up to 3 and 5 gal pots for flowering from 1 gallon veg containers. High phos fertilizer used with water during flowering. Environment. . . . Closed growing environment. A/C for cooling. Air cooled lights. running two 600w hoods for two 3x3' areas. CO2 @ 1500ppm supplied by a CO2 Generator. Humidity 30-55%. Temps 85-90 degrees daytime, ~85 degrees night time. (issue?) Problems I ran into during grow. . . ph adjustment issues and fluctuations in ph of well water. naturally alkaline well water. adjusted with sulfuric acid solution, but i did have errors that may have caused significant ph fluctuations. Light burning as well? During flower and at harvest many of the plants had seen significant 'burning' of main cola fan leaves, but still produced solid 14" colas. Water quality. . . started out with RO water that was not PH adjusted. Switched to PH adjusted well water because RO unit could not meet capacity. Potential issues. . . . Light burning Temperature issues? PH fluctuations Fertilizer burn?? Don't think so. This stuff is not the med grade that I was shooting for. Any help getting there?
Harvested too soon. The stigma color is only an indicator of when to start looking at the trichomes. Harvest the buds when you start seeing amber trichomes, not by the stigma color. Many different factors can turn the stigmas brown before the plant is ripe. PW
If I had a pic I'd send it. . . . I used this as a guide. . . and thought I was in the third category
Too hot, not vegged long enough. Lol at a month. You just wont see the plants full vigor like that ime. But the hot 90s temps are stressin your flowers
but with co2 @1500 you can run as high as 95 and be ok. . . that is my understanding. . . clones off the same plants that are now in flower look frigging awesome compared to first batch from seed. so yeah, i didn't veg long enough. doubt they were sexually mature either.
Benefits of Adding Extra CO2 Bigger Yields, Faster Growth - If you've maxed out the other limiting factors (especially light), CO2 can make your plants grow up to 20% faster, produce bigger plants, and enhance your yields. Higher Temperature is Okay - Maintaining 1200-1500 PPM of CO2 in the grow area allows growers to keep temperatures much higher than normal. For growers with hot bright lights, this makes it easier to keep temps at a range their plants will like. Security - CO2 enrichment can be beneficial for security since you're not venting out smelly air (you must seal off the grow area for CO2 supplementation to be effective) Disadvantages of Adding Extra CO2 Need Bright Lights - As far as light intensity is concerned, it's recommended that plants receive 7,500-10,000 lumens of light per sq foot for CO2 enrichment to be effective. To give you an idea... \tExamples: \t~600W HPS in a 3'x3' space \t~1000W HPS in a 4'x4' space Must Seal the Grow Area - In order to keep CO2 near the plants, you must seal up grow area so it's airtight, which can make it harder to manage temperature and humidity Cost - It can be expensive to get started if you want to inject enough CO2 into your grow area to be effective. The best setups in the long run are a bit pricey to get started with, though they become a lot cheaper once you've got your initial supplies. http://www.growweedeasy.com/co2
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