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Hazeberg
Hazebergstarted grow question 6 months ago
I plan to change the nutrition to Plagron Alga Bloom instead of Alpha Boost and Soil-SuperMix for the next watering. Hope that this will help the plant to build bigger buds. Do you have suggestions on that? Is there anything else I can do to support the plant on building buds?
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Week 9
Buds. Not fattening
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 6 months ago
Plagron Alga Bloom NPK = 3-2-5 + amino acids and algae extracts No micros "not a fan of no micros at all or secondary macros like Ca Mg S Bionova Soil Supermix NPK = 7-3-6 + Micos and secondary macros Alpha Boost NPK 0-0-0 from what I can tell, and contains a lot of extra like microbes and PGR's, im not a huge fan of PGR's they seem to be derived from natural sources vs synthesized but hard to tell and I don't know to much about the difference between the two. I like this prduct for its other aspects with regards to microbe boosting life but not its PGR's I would stick with the supermix and add in a PK booster with micos to make up the difference, and if you need it, continue with a microbe booster for the plants but maybe not the alpha boost. or use it up and then find a new one. The brand Bionova has a Micromix that could be usefull, as well as Vitasol that can boost microbes. these is also X-cel but it looks to be their version of alpha boost and main contain more PGR's I think the easier thing to do is use a pk booster and turn that feed into something more flower friendly. Eg a 1:1 ratios of supermix + pk boost would yield a npk of aorund 3.5-8-10 and that's not a bad ratio at all. Can always add in a bit more super max one week if it looks to be lacking on N. Plus add in more micros if its needs it if you get that product as well. a 2:1 supermix+pk boost would be 4.6-6.3-8.6 also not to bad. Good Luck!
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TheUk420Show
TheUk420Showanswered grow question 6 months ago
yes you can support the large colas with yoyo ties this will take stress of them and they will continue to grow also keeping fan leaves on the plant will increase your bud sizes also flowering for longer than recommended will also increase the size and density of your buds bud tend to fatten up the most in the last few weeks of flower this is because it is search for male pollen and the bigger the bud the more surface area or pistils that could catch pollen and then create seeds and reproduce obv we don't want her to get that but she will keep getting bigger and denser in the last weeks usually with most strains its from weeks 8-10 but you can flower a plant for much longer than that to the point it can actually pollinate itself this would be like week 15 of flower but by then the flowers or buds will be very very dense and your yield weight will be much higher than if you were to have cropped at week number 8 of flower though this is all strain dependant lol best of luck buddy. i think it also comes down a lot to strain genetics too some strains just yield more and grow bigger colas than others
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Hashy
Hashyanswered grow question 6 months ago
It's usually during the last few weeks they put on the weight, looking at your plant I'd say your still way off harvest but will have a decent amount of buds at the end.
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