buds not getting thick

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  • ryan003

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    May 6, 2025 at 7:17 am

    Well what’s your grow style, grow medium, strain, ppfd,vpd, nutes. Need info. I probably won’t have an answer because I’m on my first grow but someone will

  • melonfarmer

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    May 6, 2025 at 7:21 am
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    A picture tells a thousand words.

  • Thickems

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    May 6, 2025 at 7:35 am
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    Temps and light intensity have a big role in that. I have got light fluffy and foxtail with to high surface temp from to much light.

    • smoky

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      May 7, 2025 at 9:06 pm
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      My temps in all four tents 73 to 75 … 1.0 vdp

      In bud tents and perfect pH both in soil and water… We have some of the best water in the world…. Where I’m at…

      • makeshattergreatagain

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        May 17, 2025 at 3:31 am
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        Increasing your temps to 78-85 will increase the stomata size on the leaves allowing for more co2 uptake which will increase yields.

  • sicko_grows

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    May 6, 2025 at 8:39 am
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    1st is genetics, can’t outgrow bad genetics.

    2nd environment, light intensity or lack of, and heat can play a role in bud density.

    3rd is nutrients, is there a nice balance of npk and the minerals the plant needs. Being out of balance or low on what the plant needs can cause a low yield.

    and finally harvesting, a lot of new growers will harvest too early and not giving the bud enough time to fatten up.

    hope that helps✌️

  • smoky

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    May 6, 2025 at 8:28 pm
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    Sorry everyone

    Coco

    Automatic water and light system

    4 tents

    And lots of grows under my belt

    Just seems I could do better

  • smoky

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    May 6, 2025 at 8:30 pm
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    pH is great .. in solution and roots

    Runoff is perfect

    I’ll post more pics tomorrow

  • Thickems

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    May 7, 2025 at 2:32 am
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    Nice stalk! See some knuckles, very nice. Plant looks great. I would go with lights or genetics off those pictures. Or use of the current equipment.

    • smoky

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      May 7, 2025 at 6:32 am
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      I’m really starting to believe the lights aren’t intense enough

      • Thickems

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        May 7, 2025 at 8:04 am
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        Download a ppfd app, Par meter and measure it. Even a leaf temp wouldnt hurt, if capable. Lights have come a long ways. Mine is 4 years old and im ready to update. Thats my biggest guess for lights as well.

        • smoky

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          May 7, 2025 at 5:57 pm
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          Yea ….mine yr 1/2 .. but I have a par meter and it says it’s good ..even inside the canopy….

          This is a 2x2x4 tent.. fully automated.. 73 to 75 temp. ..Coco perlite mix .. liquid fert…( Close measurements)… One 350 w led light.. checked and cleaned daily… She has approximately 2 weeks till harvest… They just seem small

          Amnesia XXL strain

          • SlamFM

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            May 8, 2025 at 3:43 pm
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            You could go way warmer in the temps under an LED. The surface temperature of the leaf is what really matters and more often than not it’s a few degrees F cooler than what ambient is. 350w in a 2×2 should be plenty, I run 300w in my 3×2 and it doesn’t even get turned up to 100% and 150w in my 2×2. If you can crank the intensity up more, might be worth it. One of those kitchen infrared laser thermometers works great to measure leaf surface temp.

            I think the two most important things for dense buds is genetics and light. Then there’s leaf to calyx ratio’s, there’s a lot of genetics out there that are more leaf than calyx. It’s like a catch 22. You can have good genetics but a shitty light isn’t gonna do much. But the best lights can’t make bad genetics, good. Not that I’m aware of at least xD

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            • smoky

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              May 10, 2025 at 7:19 pm
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              Thanks …I’ll give the heat a try

  • Thickems

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    May 7, 2025 at 7:01 pm
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    The set up seems proper. I cant tell clearly from pictures, is there single blades like a reveg happen?

  • timo

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    May 7, 2025 at 8:23 pm
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    The Top 20 winners of the Encyclopaedia of Recreation Drugs (1979) 2 page glossy spread. All of them skinny. But people forget they were also the Top 20. I’d cross with a Girl Scout Cookies hybrid of mine using the GSCx as the female. Then any ganja will be fat. Maybe you don’t have a male. It is good weed so good on you for growing it.

    • smoky

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      May 7, 2025 at 8:32 pm
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      Think I’ll just reveg and super crop her and go again

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