Why so small?? MobyDickXXL....

[Caleb Calebson]

Very disappointing strain as far as size goes.
I feel like i did everything right, yet still they are small.

Here's my setup
2x4 spider farmer tent
Sf-2000 QB (200 true watts)
3 gallon pots of happy frog+perlite
Maxibloom only for nutes around 5.5 grams per gallon at max so far.
Rh hovers around 50%
Temps around 75
Ph always 6.5
I've done some basic lst. Tied her down and opened the canopy.

They look really healthy, just not very big. Other growers get absolute monsters with this yield yet all 3 plants i have are runts.

 

[JSH1973]

You don't say how old they are but they could all of a sudden explode in growth, just a slow starter

 

[Caleb Calebson]

You don't say how old they are but they could all of a sudden explode in growth, just a slow starter

I believe they are day 38 from seed... somewhere around there. They are already flowering so not sure if they explosive growth is going to happen anymore.

 

[Arthur]

Since growing autos, I've decided they are the harder plant to grow well... photos you have many more options... dont like the size? Veg another month... sick? Veg till healthy.

I've found that the secret to large autos (for me) is a silky smooth first 3 weeks. No topping, no training, no tying down... somewhere around sexing I top at the 6th node, and remove the lowest set, sometimes 2.

First several rounds of autos I jumped right into training right off, and ended up with small girls. Once I settled back into my normal growing habits (fed and leave) and stopped continually messing with them, the size of my plants exploded. Every time you train, there is a recovery period for the plant... that doesn't have time to waste.
Temps too... under led I keep things warmer when young, 80 to 85. Once in flower I'll try and get that down to the mid to upper 70s.

 

[Cliffbuds]

Hey dude. How much and how often are you watering them?

 

[Cliffbuds]

I’m not familiar with happy frog soil and I may be wrong but the pots look really light and dry in the pictures

 

[Caleb Calebson]

Naw watering is on point. Every two days or so. They just got a watering before this photo

 

[Cliffbuds]

Naw watering is on point. Every two days or so. They just got a watering before this photo

Must be the lighting because it fooled me. On the second photo down, on the right hand side of the pot on the surface of the soil, it looks a white layer. Is that salt buildup or mould or just my eyes playing tricks on me?

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

Very disappointing strain as far as size goes.
I feel like i did everything right, yet still they are small.

Here's my setup
2x4 spider farmer tent
Sf-2000 QB (200 true watts)
3 gallon pots of happy frog+perlite
Maxibloom only for nutes around 5.5 grams per gallon at max so far.
Rh hovers around 50%
Temps around 75
Ph always 6.5
I've done some basic lst. Tied her down and opened the canopy.

They look really healthy, just not very big. Other growers get absolute monsters with this yield yet all 3 plants i have are runts.
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It looks like you have a lock-out beginning and it may be related to how you have your pots set-up. I see no tray to catch run-off and then move it to waste. What that means is every bit of salt added to the pot is still in there. Look at all of the salt on the floor! The roots at the bottom of the pot are in an anaerobic condition - Air cannot get to them and they have to absorb all of the waste water back into the pot. This is a recipe for root rot. This also leads you to under water the pots because you don't want the mess. If you just watered around the seedling as it grew you may have stunted the root growth because roots will not grow into dry soil. Small roots = small plant. The tap root can grow 9 inches in three days and the laterals are not far behind.

Get plant stands and drip trays. When you lift the pots up if it smells sour you need to get and use some Botanicare HydroGuard ASAP.

What you need to learn about watering will come with practice. Here are the basic rules: Never let the soil dry out. Soil and or coco can become hydrophobic if allowed to dry. This means it repels water. This in turn will create dry pockets in the soil and roots there will die. If your soil - coco have accidentally dried out use a surfactant to help re-wet it. I like yucca powder. Don't let soil remain soggy by watering too much too often. Root rot, damping off, molds, fungus gnats and other problems start in soggy soil. When you do water water the entire pot. How to learn when to water starts before you plant the seed. Fill your container with fresh soil/coco and weigh it (heft it) this is the lightest weight and consider it a dry pot. Now slowly water until the soil/coco will no longer absorb the water and run-off begins; weigh the pot (heft it) this is the maximum water, the wettest the pot can get. The difference between wettest and driest is the maximum water weight, for ease of explanation lets just say the water weighs 20 pounds. When the pot loses 10 pounds (half of the water weight) it is time to water again. There is an art to watering.

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

Ps @Caleb Calebson Welcome to AFN.