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Bubblegum late flower?

Kushy

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SOIL:

How long has this problem been going on? 1 week
What STRAIN are you growing? Bubblegum
What was the establishing technique? (seed or clone?) Seed
What is the age of your plants? 7-8 weeks into flower
How long have they been in the soil mixture they are in now? since flower
How Tall are the plants? 4 feet
What PHASE (seedling, vegetative or flower) are the plants in? Flower
What Technique are you using? (SOG, SCROG etc) Palm tree
What size pots are you using? (Include how many subjects to pot) 5 gallon
What substrate/medium are you using? What brand of soil mixture are you using?(percentage of perlite, vermiculite...etc?) Roots organic, 10% added perlite
What Nutrient's are you using? Roots organic nutes
How much of each nutrient are you using with how much water? *Knowing the brand is very helpful* None have been flushing for 3 weeks
How often are you feeding? None
If flowering, when did you switch over to using Bloom nutrients? Same day as the switch
What order are you mixing your nutrients? (example: veg nutes 1st, bloom 2nd ect) Straight bloom every other watering. Added Budda every 3rd nut watering.
What is the TDS/EC/PPM of your nutrients used?
What is the pH of the "RUN-OFF"? 6.8
What method of pH test was administered? Using Strips? pH pen? pen
How often are you watering? Every three days
When was your last feeding and how often are you feeding? FLushing
What size bulb are you using? 2x1000w HPS
What is the distance to the canopy? 18 inch
What is your RH Factor? (Relative Humidity) 40%
What is the canopy temperature? 78 F
What is the Day/Night Temp? (Include fluctuation range) 72-78 Day/ 65-62 Night
What is the current Air Flow? (cfm etc.) 365 CFM exhaust fan.
Tell us about your ventilation, intake exhaust and when its running and not running ? Runs non stop to keep lights cool. Have air vented in.
Is the fan blowing directly at plants? Oscilatting back and forth.
Is the grow substrate constantly wet or moist? No
Is your water HARD or SOFT? ummm, Rain water? IDK
What water are you using? Reverse Osmosis (RO)? Tap? Bottled? Well water? Distilled? Mineral Water? Filtered rain water
Are you using water from a water softener? No
Has plant been recently pruned, cloned or pinched? Pruned like a palm at end of veg.
Have any pest chemicals been used? If so what and when? None
Are plant's infected with pest's? N
I want to sorry I have no pics up right now.

I dont think is a huge deal but I am kind of concearned and maybe just need to see what everyone has to offer me.
My plants are about 8 weeks into flower and I started the flush 3 weeks ago.
Three weeks ago it looked like they were going to be done on time so I started the flush. I looked at the buds and they were starting to turn amber. (About 25%). A week after that It looked as if it were about 75% amber. I was planning a pull date soon after that until I saw most of the buds started to put on new white pistils. Now there back to about 25 % Red hairs. I checked the trichome production and it looks about 10% amber 90% milky give or take the few clears. I pulled a bud and tested it and it was a great tasting weed. It just seems to me like over the last week it really hasnt put on any red hairs, just re putting on weight. Super white looking buds, I know I had some white widow that was white looking bud seemed like it had more red still.

My question- I guess my question is, is if any one has ever had this happen to them. Kind of like a double flower almost?
 

Buddle

Active member
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I have Kushy but only after giving too much N. I could see it happening with a soil mix that perhaps wasn't mixed well enough and roots found some N late in flower but a whole batch..doubt it. GL man.
 
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Gilles&Cheryl

A lot of strains will pack on extra weight and trichomes during the last couple of weeks. I think you started to flush too soon. True 8 week strains aren't that common, at least not as common as breeders would like for you to believe. I have grown several strains and I haven't had one yet. The closest I have came was 62 days.
 

rocket high

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your right theres none that are actually 8 week strains in my expierence even if the breeders say they are :p
 

Kushy

Member
Cool thanks for all the input. These plants are the best looking plants Ive ever grown so far. They are as its called I believe "Crowning" or Fow tailing. Well thanks again for the input and I will keep my eye out on the trichomes.
 

KnuckleHedd

Member
Oh, yes...there really are 8 week strains out there and a few that are quicker (Apollo 11 for one). But, a 3 week flush is far too long. I've had the same thing happen in the past.....the plants have "run out of gas"....there's not enough nutes to support the maturation process. They do require energy for the puffing up they do towards the end.
 

catman

half cat half man half baked
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I ran Bubblegum for 10+ weeks and one plant was still pushing out white pistils at harvest. She was plenty done.

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