First grow, lowryder 2

Hello RIU community! This is my first post and first grow. I started 4 regular lowryder 2 seeds in late January. 2 turned out to be females, 1 male and one failed to germ. I started them in an aerogarden pro with 3x 26watt cfl. After 2 weeks I transferred the females to my new aerogarden ultra led. When they started to get too big for the stock light hood I added 2 16watt tri spectrum e27 led grow bulbs for side lighting (62 watts led total). After another 2-2.5 weeks I transferred them to their final home in a 2x2x4 grow tent with a 180watt jumbo UFO led grow light ditching the stock led light hood and e27 bulbs. I'm at roughly day 53, things are looking ok. I think i might have some minor ph/nute issues but nothing too serious. It's looking pretty good to me though. Do you think the buds will bulk up more? Compared to most of the pics I've seen of lowryder 2, my plants buds are looking small for around 50ish days. The smaller plant is just starting to flower. I think I got 2 different pheno's going. What do you guys think?

What light cycles are you giving the plant? I've read that Lowryder 2 likes 18 hours of light daily for the full cycle. Were you planning on blooming until the trichs colored up and the hairs turned orange? It's looking like it may want at least 70 days. It might pop a little more but will probably mostly start making the flowers it has denser and more resinous. Have you looked into grams-pre-watt scales for growing? You should shoot for something like .5 grams a watt used, that'd be pretty good your first time. Also consider larger yields will require more light too.

They've been getting 18/6 light since they sprouted. I ordered the 420 scope 60x-100x pocket microscope to check the trichs, I should get it in 2-4 days. Since this is my first grow, I'm not expecting a huge yield, I just want to see how the plants develop from seed to smoke. So far the 180watt led seems to be working alright. I think I'll wait another 10-15 days to harvest, that would be around 65-70 days.

Here's some more pics. The buds still look small to me. Hopefully they bulk up in the next 5-8 days.

I think you did pretty good for your first ever grow.

I harvested the first plant. It could have probably gone another week but I wanted to give the other plant more light. The trichs were 95% cloudy. I got 195g wet. The buds are now being water cured. I couldn't flush because both plants shared a resovoir and the other plant has another 2-3 weeks left.

Hey buddy...

Having experience with the original low ryder, there are a few different phenos.

Switch it up to 12/12 for at least two more weeks. Use a microscope to determine harvest not age!!