Undersized & under developed buds

WHAT HAPPENED?

If you check my grow round 3 posts…

Ive got this bushy kush plant that didnt wanna scrog, so i super cropped it and got almost non existant crop results. The pistils were tiny as can be…why?

I took some macro shots of this bush kush and my lemon diesel (which is doing great) for comparison
Tis is the tiny bud situation

Hairs have already gone red

Im not sure what caused these tiny tiny buds

Heres the healthy lemon diesel for comparison

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Tiny bud syndrome can be linked to nitrogen being really high …

Or pushing phosphorus too hard before buds swell.

In your case i think youre deficient in P

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The discoloration of the leaf serrations looks like a sign of K deficiency which pretty sure can impact flower bulking

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Some of the other pics show curled yet not toxified looking smaller leaves, possibly overwatering yet underfeeding specifically potassium but potential overall hunger for micros and macros

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Hard to tell from just a couple of photos without knowing your feeding regiment but appears to be clawing from nitrogen toxicity or imbalance with nutrients. Might do well with a proper flush and lite balanced feeding

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Did any of the plants have entire branches that died off, looked ripe and finished prematurely on the plant, as if the whole branch died while still connected to the plant, starting as early as week 3 but definitely by week 5 or 6? If not disregard comment.

Thank you everyone for the advice and feedback!!

Should i chop it and mulch it up??

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Never spoil a chance to experiment and learn.

Personally, space/time permitting, id try to fix it and take a couple notes :saluting_face:

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Definitely clawed leaves

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Damn big trunk… what kind of light and ppfd levels?

4 marshydro 1000

I use to know the ppfd and par but these lights grew great for me twice before so that knowledge got forgotten.

25 gallon fabric pot
Plenty of mycorhizae
Plenty of biochar
Plenty of lava rock for drainage (the dop is decorative)
Jadam knf living soil (200+/- worms)
JLS on wednesday
H2O on Sunday

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Nope, no major necrosis

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I’m guessing your heat is in check? Sometimes high heat and ppfd can stunt top of plant during flower

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99% of the time it is…my wife turned the heat up about a week ago we went out for lunch…gone maybe 3 hrs…came home to 104 degrees and 92% RH

quickly opened windows and put fans on full

Been fine since

Maybe that did it

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Oh yeah man that’s extremely high. Should be able to recover if you get that under control

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Thats a really good point, mine would get like that if they got closer than 12 inches to my lights. Hps btw, 1000 watters. High heat.

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HPS are great though huh I run both Metal Halide n HPS

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I only get to run mine in the cold season though, but yes 100%

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Ya I hear u there it was a bitch this summer lol was my first grow didn’t know need intake etc so ya got high 90s low 100s but I harvested an it’s not to shabby but I got hoods now etc ready to try again this summer lol anywho hope u have a wonderful day oh an did u get ur next run figured out like i said I’ll send u a pack of h want got em here on OG so they CLEAN lol

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Huh? do what??

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