Are my ladies slow bloomers?

RottieLvr

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My girls have suffered from nutrient lockout since I flipped them 31 days ago, due to low soil PH. I flushed them, then fed them a light dose of EJ, but a week later they hadn't improved. Most of the sugar leaves on the bud sites turned yellow, curled up, and died.

I decided the best thing I could do at this point is stop feeding EJ and start feeding Jacks Classic Blossom Booster with de-chlorinated tap water. The first time I used it, I fed them 1/4tsp per gallon of tap water. They perked up almost immediately. I bumped it up to 1/2tsp per gallon water this morning. It's really dry here so they want water about every three days. The runoff pH was 6.4 and the TDS was 559.

How do they look for being probably close to three weeks since they started flowering? Peace
 

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newGrows

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That TDS seems really low for such a late stage of flowering. I had a similar problem during veg and it turned out to be caused by not feeding enough nutrients. At that time it was magnesium calcium and nitrogen, might be different during flower.

How did you get so many branches? Topping? How many times?
 

RottieLvr

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Yea, I topped them two times during veg. The TDS is low 'cause I flushed them. I'm feeding them a lower dose of Jack's till I get the TDS up around 800 or they tell me to stop Can you tell by the pictures if they are as far along as they should be, or do they seem behind?
 
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newGrows

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I might be able to if I knew what strain you've got there. Different strains really do look wildly different especially during flowering.

Best I can say now is that the upper branches that have more discolored leaves still have more buds than the lower branches that have green leaves so I think the plant probably lost a little growth but is still going to turn out ok.

Did you top those plants at that first node (closest to the ground) where you have what looks to be 6 or 7 colas within a half inch (vertically) of each other?
 

RottieLvr

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I'm growing strain hunters money maker from seed. I had northern lights too but one didn't sprout and the other was a male so I chopped it. I topped these girls late two times above the fifth node. I also topped a couple of the side stems. There are at least twelve main stems including four top colas at least nine inches long.
 
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