Whats Wrong ? Buds Not Getting Bigger

Fahn2k

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Thanks a lot everybody. This is my 3rd failure I guess, well at least this time I did hit the flowering stage :)
Got 3 auto seeds too, will keep trying.
No Shit, you cheaped out on the light, then you pumped the plants with a chemical bath of nutes trying to increase what yield or quality, or both. The problem is you could have both with a good light and home depot miracle grow. Time and time again people will tell you the most important purchase is your light, spend as much as you can on a good light. As far as nutrients go, if you added enough nutes to basically kill those plants I wonder what it would have smoked and tasted like, are you trying to grow a cancer stick? I know I'm going in hard on you but if you didnt have the cash to do it right the first time how much cash do you have now? How much is your time worth? FFS, put some shoes on that dog! Break down and buy a good light, not some cheap budget shit but a decent light with at least 200 watts at the wall. Then grab some FFoF along with some Tangerine Dream auto seeds. Don't add any nutrients until week 5 and even then only add a general purpose plant food/fertilizer that cost less than $10. Use it once in week 5 only. Then wait, wait, wait for it.........6-7 weeks from seed to finish and your done.

Now wait, wait......wait for it.....dont get greedy or impatient.....wait...control your humidity while it dries. don't trim the leaves. You want the pant to dry over a course of a week to 10 days for best results. Your not done yet, cure your shit for a few weeks while resisting the urge to dig in. Don't worry about LST, Pruning, PH just let the plant do what it does best, you tried three times so your way doesnt work so take yourself out of the equation. :) Leave the leaves alone while it grows, think of it like a car, the light is your gas, the leaves are your engine. the more gas you put in the more power you get. Your leave are where the photosynthesis happens.

Many on this forum will tell you a better way, that's fine but you need to make it through a grow as simply as possible with the least amount of input. Once you make it though a complete grow, start the next and add to it by prunning the bottom. Make the pant look like a lollipop. Then try some LST. Keep a grow journal on the second grow, that way you can go back and look at what you did and make improvements on the third grow. You didn't make three mistakes, you had three catastrophic failures. There is no telling how many mistakes you made getting to the catastrophic failure point.
 

Fahn2k

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Here's my funky 1st grow. It's not that great overall but I'm a newbie too. Yes I could have lst'd, pruned, and countless other things. But to me the most important thing was to finish and build confidence. Learn along the way. Look at the stretch between nodes. All of the plants seem to be falling from the weight of the buds, but the buds aren't that big. So what happens next? On my next grow I'll pay attention to root growth and stalk strengthening. Light control, lst and pruning. Ain't no overnight experts. That thing in the bottle used to be the top of one of my plants. My original fan fell and chopped it to pieces. That's the only survivor, I haven't killed it for sentimental reasons. It's the same age as the other grown plants. Week 7 of bloom. You're not alone
 

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Hollatchaboy

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Ok …. Well I’m gonna chime in “ my opinion “ and hoping others will add their own flavor to help you.

1. New light is a given … later when shopping , check out “ Quantum “ style lighting . Flat design , high quality diodes , white light.
Avoid blurple ( old tech / heat ) …. Quantum style boards allow more vertical clearance and some come with dimmer capabilities
to help with new seedling start ( mild power ) to full grow.

2. Maybe look into a 2x2 tent if possible …

3. Improve air circulation…. Looks like that computer fan will not cut it. Moving air thru plant helps growth and plant strength.

4. Work on your feeding / watering practices… that alone can wreck you.

Don’t get discouraged…. We all started somewhere.

Didnt notice that second plant originally , I believe that one might get saved. I would stop feed ….. water only ( as needed only )
to allow plant to slowly work thru the excess and perhaps recover ….. by doing this you will know it is salvageable because it will begin to pick up and grow …… let it do what plants do. If no progress say after 2 weeks or if it stops up taking water or just stays looking bad
…… toss it.

By no means is this way the only way …. I’m just trying to help you.
I agree with all the above, except step one should be, read, read, read, and read some more about growing. Read as much on this forum as you can about whatever growing style you've chosen. Then research all the equipment you'll need to grow in that style.
 

Jeeztro

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If you only knew about this site before things got fuck'd up and you started googling.... lol.
I actually did know about this site, I have a previous post also where things were great :) My fault was that I was going out of town, and rushed the watering before the plane leaves. Obviously I have waited to the last moment. I actually did know I overdid the nutrients on the last pour, but I just had to leave.
The other failures were worse actually, the 1st grow, I dropped my 250W lights on the plant and I noticed that a day later when I came back to home.
The 2nd was even worse, I was trying to keep the grow cabinet in my balcony (closed with windows etc but still a balcony) and it was very cold, around 6-7 celcius / 42.8 f and I bought a heating fan. Somehow that heating fan faced towards to the intake exhaust, so as you might guess I pretty much burned the plant.

I told this before but living in a country where it's strictly illegal, it is kind of hard to do it in open areas or with tents etc. So it makes it much harder to obtain proper products, even buying auto seeds was risky was hell.
 
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