why do my buds ripe so slowly?

Hi there I have just gone through your diary. 1st thing I noticed is your only using a 14W LED light. This is no way strong enough to produce decent buds. I would highly recommend you looking into a better light system and before you buy anything post some questions on here of what you want to achieve grow wise and people will recommend what products would be suitable for you and the best way to get going. Good luck with the remainder of this grow.

The first thing that comes to mind are... your plant has no leaves. Leaves are the energy source to turn nutrients into buds. Remove leaves and you hurt the plant's ability to grow and produce flowers (bud). Your diary lists a 14 watt light. That is not enough for vigorous growth. Low light will slow growth. You also have a nutrition problem. First, pH adjust your water. The dark green leaves with yellowing tips & edges looks like a copper deficiency which also slows growth and can stop growth if not corrected. Usually there is copper but if the water pH is off the plant cannot take up the copper.