This is at week 6 or 7… how many weeks “should” it take? There are lots of strains that fill out and swell during the final couple of weeks.
I wonder about this too. He says the garden was producing consistent results for awhile and listed the strains that were grown. Now those same strains (some from clone) are producing less than they did before. I’m not going to say it sounds like HLVd because there isn’t quite enough info for it. But I do know that HLVd can reduce the yield from otherwise healthy looking plants.
Hi, the rolled up leaves are a clue, heat and lack of water may be an issue?
When the leaves are showing signs of stress flower production takes a back seat.
Yeah you can see that the leaves closest to the light dont look like the leaves lower on the plant.
So thats a sign something is wrong.
Id guess raising your lights a few inches or bringing in some cool air to the top area would help. Mess with those two things and youll know what the problem was.
Regardless it doesnt look like this stuffs going to throw out massive colas. So dont get your hopes up.
I agree with most of this, except I think it is caused by too much K.
This tip came to me from a guy who did commercial grows and really knew his stuff.
The frosted curled leaves are the cue for too much K.
Fertilizer companies push food with too much K’ so just cause you are following directions does not mean you do not have too much K.
If you reuse your soil, K is one of the first things to build up so consider that too.
Next round try cutting out some K or cut all your nutes in half and I will bet your yield will increase and your buds will grow bigger.
You may or may not notice a black ash when you smoke it.
But that is where I put my money if I were a betting man.
How long did they veg? It’s hard to tell from the pic, but they look like relatively short plants. Not to say that short plants produce small buds, but with cookie crosses, they definitely do.
If you look closer, you see that the floral side is quickly stopped during formation. Look like cytos were inhibited. Most of the bud is leaves and calyxes, without the thick foliage of a leafy strain (hashplant type). Stimulated too hard too soon is my guess + obviously the genetic that is far from an afghani/skunk pounder handling a high level of light / high level of nutes ratio.
You need to learn how to dial your favorite cultivars if you are looking for yield
All plants have different preferences for diet, and learning about nutrient interactions and crop steering helps.
It’s true that this is a typical feature of cookie cultivars, but you mention variance in runs. You are probably growing it in slightly different ways each time. It takes time, knowledge, and experience to run a plant the same every time.
Thanks for this info fuel. As a newer grower I think im kicking myself in the butt for not sticking to one strain and learning the ins and outs of said strain to gain the knowledge of what it actually wants.
Ive been doing a different strain every single time, sometimes multiple strains at once. And its creating a 50/50 roulette if I grow the plant good or not because I am trying to observe what multiple strains need at the same time, and my solution of feed everyone the same thing at the same time is not the way !!!
So with this self realization , The next few grows of mine will be one strain. I want to really learn the ins and outs of a single strain so that when I finally move on to a different strain, I will have a better foundational knowledge of growing than I do now.
Just reading through this thread, Im realizing I have over fed and over stimulated just about every plant ive grown so far.
you would be suprised how many others could say this if they only knew.
I think we have all been there before, so don’t be hard on yourself, you are learning and there is a lot to learn.
Growing weed is easy when things are going right.
When problems arise that is when you need to learn to read the plants and think on your feet.
You will get there because you are seeing these things already.
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