How's it going everyone? So I was hoping that you guys could help me troubleshoot some issues with my indoor soil grows. I'm currently on my 3rd indoor grow. This is my set up:
Veg Tent-
-4'x2' tent
-carbon filter
-multiple small fans
-600w full spectrum LED
-bag of exhale 365 co2
-9 plants in 1.5gal air pots
-large inline fan on roof
-use Pro Mix BX soil
Bloom Tent-
-4'x4' Tent
-carbon filter
-multiple small fans
-1x 1000w led & 2x 150w UFO leds
-bag of exhale 365 co2
-9 plants transplanted into 5gal air pots
-large inline fan on roof
-Pro Mix BX soil
Nutrients / Feeding Schedule-
-All water is tap water filtered thru a small boy with kdf upgrade, then ph'd
-Advanced Nutrients every third feeding
-plain ph'd water every third feeding
-Either cal/mag, molasses, great white or compost tea every third feeding
-vegging plants are foliar fed with photosynthesis plus once a week
-I only feed when the top soil is dry (normally every other day)
So here's my issue. I have been pretty happy with my vegging plants. They grow well and I normally leave them in veg for 6-8 weeks. I also normally top the plants twice. Then I switch them into 5 gal air pots and put them into bloom when they are roughly 2-3ft. Even at the start of my bloom cycle everything goes great. My problem is that both of my previous bloom cycles have lasted around 13-15 weeks. The first grow I didn't know what strains I had, but knew they were all different as I got the seeds from a few different people. The second grow was 2 super mazar's, 3 blueberries, 1 special queen #1 & 3 chronic monster xxl's (all seeds were feminized on the second grow). I, like I'm sure many newby growers do, purchased generic led grow lights from amazon/eBay.
I'm currently on week 3 of bloom of my 3rd grow, and things are about where they normally are at week 3. Tons of bud sites and plants look happy and healthy. I know one of my issues is most likely the generic led's that I'm using. So I just purchased 2x Mars Hydro Reflector 96's today to replace the generic led's that I have now. Those two lights will be going into my 4x4 tent. I also didn't start another round yet, so I'm also using my 2x4 veg tent for bloom. So this time I transplanted 2 of my plants into 12.5gal air pots and put those two in my 2x4 tent and I put the other 7 into 5gal air pots in my 4x4 tent. So I'm hoping that between giving the plants a little more space and upgrading my lights will help with my long bloom cycles. I understand that some strains just take longer than others, but including this grow that I'm currently on, I have gone thru 12 different strains. I don't normally even get cloudy trichomes until week 9-11, and when I do harvest around weeks 13-15 I cut when I'm at 10% amber if I'm lucky.
If anyone actually took the time to read this long winded post, and has any ideas or have experienced this same situation I would really appreciate some feedback or ideas of why my plants are taking so long to finish. Thank you for your time!
Veg Tent-
-4'x2' tent
-carbon filter
-multiple small fans
-600w full spectrum LED
-bag of exhale 365 co2
-9 plants in 1.5gal air pots
-large inline fan on roof
-use Pro Mix BX soil
Bloom Tent-
-4'x4' Tent
-carbon filter
-multiple small fans
-1x 1000w led & 2x 150w UFO leds
-bag of exhale 365 co2
-9 plants transplanted into 5gal air pots
-large inline fan on roof
-Pro Mix BX soil
Nutrients / Feeding Schedule-
-All water is tap water filtered thru a small boy with kdf upgrade, then ph'd
-Advanced Nutrients every third feeding
-plain ph'd water every third feeding
-Either cal/mag, molasses, great white or compost tea every third feeding
-vegging plants are foliar fed with photosynthesis plus once a week
-I only feed when the top soil is dry (normally every other day)
So here's my issue. I have been pretty happy with my vegging plants. They grow well and I normally leave them in veg for 6-8 weeks. I also normally top the plants twice. Then I switch them into 5 gal air pots and put them into bloom when they are roughly 2-3ft. Even at the start of my bloom cycle everything goes great. My problem is that both of my previous bloom cycles have lasted around 13-15 weeks. The first grow I didn't know what strains I had, but knew they were all different as I got the seeds from a few different people. The second grow was 2 super mazar's, 3 blueberries, 1 special queen #1 & 3 chronic monster xxl's (all seeds were feminized on the second grow). I, like I'm sure many newby growers do, purchased generic led grow lights from amazon/eBay.
I'm currently on week 3 of bloom of my 3rd grow, and things are about where they normally are at week 3. Tons of bud sites and plants look happy and healthy. I know one of my issues is most likely the generic led's that I'm using. So I just purchased 2x Mars Hydro Reflector 96's today to replace the generic led's that I have now. Those two lights will be going into my 4x4 tent. I also didn't start another round yet, so I'm also using my 2x4 veg tent for bloom. So this time I transplanted 2 of my plants into 12.5gal air pots and put those two in my 2x4 tent and I put the other 7 into 5gal air pots in my 4x4 tent. So I'm hoping that between giving the plants a little more space and upgrading my lights will help with my long bloom cycles. I understand that some strains just take longer than others, but including this grow that I'm currently on, I have gone thru 12 different strains. I don't normally even get cloudy trichomes until week 9-11, and when I do harvest around weeks 13-15 I cut when I'm at 10% amber if I'm lucky.
If anyone actually took the time to read this long winded post, and has any ideas or have experienced this same situation I would really appreciate some feedback or ideas of why my plants are taking so long to finish. Thank you for your time!
