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Buds don't seem to mature, anybody knows whats going on?

Ibanhead
Ibanheadstarted grow question a year ago
I'm growing 4 Sweet ZZ's from Royal Queen Seeds. The flowering period should be 7-9 weeks. But in my plants, the buds have barely changed after week 3 of flower. Buds are not growing at all. Plans look very healthy, and everything seems fine except the results.
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Buds. Not fattening
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SMOKIN_BUDZ
SMOKIN_BUDZanswered grow question a year ago
The times given by seed companies are not always accurate. It’s just a rough outline at best. They do not account for growing conditions, or the fact they typically sell you different phenotypes of the same strain and seeds will differ from one another. If your plants are healthy just let them keep going. It’s not worth rushing the buds or cutting prematurely. It will affect your flavor and potency in a dramatic fashion. Just hold tight and wait it out would be my best advice. They will mature when they are ready
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Stork
Storkanswered grow question a year ago
don't rush it is a circle of life your plant look happy and healthy sit back smoke j and enjoy the miracle
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Sciolistic_Steve
Sciolistic_Steveanswered grow question a year ago
patience... even when they look more like bud, they have time remaining.. don't count the seconds now. Your plant is healthy... relax. bud densite, pistil coloration and trichome coloration... use multiple obsevances to more consistently pick a harvest time.. you can better test early-to-late harvests and figure out what you prefer. Don't ever take the listed flowering period seriously. you'll have different luck with different breeders as to teh accuracy.. even if they are genuine, there's still genetic variance that can occur. the things you do may delay flowering while others may get done a bit faster and vice versa.
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Roberts
Robertsanswered grow question a year ago
Well for starters you can not go off package times. That is a marketing scam to steal business from others. You need perfect conditions to meet those times, and I still think they are false. The plant is done when it is done. Your colas are starting to stack. You have about 4 weeks left at least. Keep conditions best you can, and harvest at a ideal time when trichromes are ripe. Do not rush it or your bud will be crap in effect. Provide a good diet of phosphorus, and potassium now and light nitrogen. It will be worth the wait if you do the steps needed right. She has a nice first going. So hang in there. Good luck 🌱
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GrowingGrannie
GrowingGrannieanswered grow question a year ago
I've looked through your diary and you're right, everything seems to be ok there so I would suggest you might want to add a PK booster to your nutes - something like GH's KoolBloom liquid or even their KoolBloom dry since you're coming up on the harvest time (usually, you don't start the dry formula until two weeks before harvest but in this case, it's kind of silly to buy and use the liquid for one week before switching to the dry). That ought to help bulk up your buds. Beyond that, I'd lay the issue down to one belonging to this particular strain - it may not be one that gets enormous buds.... and I've grown a few like that - very disappointing... (and no, your plants have NOT been pollinated - put that right out of your mind) Good luck!
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Growladyeastmidlands
Growladyeastmidlandsanswered grow question a year ago
Sorry but they look pollinated to me I'm looking at your diary and you can see pods in previous weeks if you check the buds I'm afraid you're going to be full of seeds and your whole area will need cleaning and start over with fresh seeds sorry but happy growing
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HeavyHittah
HeavyHittahanswered grow question a year ago
7 to 9 weeks they estimate is usually in optimal conditions . In most cases flowering takes 9 to 11 weeks . They look healthy . My guess is that they've just finished stretching . So they will fully transition to growing buds now. Make sure you light intensity is optimal and you'll have some nice colas in a few weeks. ✌️
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