Starting to struggle in flowering. First grow, not sure where to go from here

First grow,
2x2 mars hydro tent
Ts600 mars hydro led light
4" mars hydro fan
Mars hydro oscillating fan
A green house heater.
20-23 daytime temp
(Not sure of night temps, winter right now)
Humidity keeps rising, struggling to keep it down.
Fabric pot Potted in 100% organic soil (shop bought)
Fed advanced nutrients sensi grow during veg, but now feeding advanced nutrients sensi bloom (all nutes used at half of recommended dose)

This is my first grow, never ever done it before so I’m literally reading everything I come across and constantly learning, veg stage seemed pretty straight forward, plant done her own thing, although I did try my hand at some LST She’s been in flower for about 2/3 weeks, but it seems really slow. And some leaves look 'patchy’washed out, and have noticed a couple brown spots. I did have to bend and tie a few of the taller ones as it reached my light and I couldn’t raise it anymore, (didn’t realise the tent was that short) Just wondering if any experienced growers out there can help with opinions or recommendations. It’s a freebie blueberry auto flower Any help or advice is much appreciated.
Sorry about the pics, I screen shot them from a video.

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Looks good. That central yellowing you’re seeing is just new growth that has gotten the chlorophyll reaction yet.

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Thanks for the reply, you’ve given me some hope lol!
Seems to have really slowed down, buds seem to be taking fooorrrrevveeerrrr to come through/plump.
Been looking like this for about 2 weeks, does that sound right?

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It should slow down around this point. When you went into flower, the plant stretches. After that it will begin to thicken up and get more bushy. Be glad it slowed down since your head room was decreasing. Should start getting more internal growth, buds will get a little taller then begin to thicken. You’re in a great place to learn and get help.

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Yh I expected the stretch growth to slow (thankfully) I just see so many posts of others that are almost ready for harvesting at the same age as mine, I think my plant is roughly 9 weeks. And still have many weeks to go, so thought I’d stunted it some how.

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Seems to be so many bud sites too (not that I’m complaining if it all works out well)
But don’t want to take off too many leaves, admittedly I’m too scared lol

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They are more likely referring to 9 weeks of flower. I’m currently in week 6 of flower and 14 weeks from sprout. Still have about 4-5 weeks.

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Oh wow, looks wicked!! I can only hope to one day get my plant looking like that lol!
Ohhh ok, got it, makes sense. So I’ve still got a way to go, but at least my mind has been put at ease, thanks for the help and advice!!

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You’re doing great! This is only my 3rd. 1st indoor and this forum has gotten us this far. Everyone here is very helpful. What’s your setup? Soil, medium, lights etc?

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First grow,
2x2 mars hydro tent
Ts600 mars hydro led light
4" mars hydro fan
Mars hydro oscillating fan
A green house heater.
20-23 daytime temp
(Not sure of night temps, winter right now)
Humidity keeps rising, struggling to keep it down.
Fabric pot Potted in 100% organic soil (shop bought) mixed with perlite
Fed advanced nutrients sensi grow during veg, but now feeding advanced nutrients sensi bloom (all nutes used at half of recommended dose)

I think the most knowledgeable (not me, I’m new as well) will ask you what your input and runoff PH and PPM readings are. Also, some trimming is good at certain stages of flower. @OGIncognito is also a really good grower and source of quality information. He can tag in others with a lot of experience as well.

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Im a moron… :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: I just read all that. :man_facepalming:t3:

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Oh, oh no, think I’ve got mixed up somewhere through my research, cz I thought testing run offs were for the coco or hydro, I didn’t know it was the same for soil :grimacing:

What is the best way to do this?

:rofl: no worries lol

And after a crap inaccurate ph meter I stopped using it when I fed nutes as the nutes I’m using is advanced nutrients sensi grow/bloom A and B that says it is ph perfect formula :woman_shrugging:t4:

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The plants are looking good, my recommendation for soil grows using synthetic fertilizer is follow a drench to drought routine with liberal run off on drench days. Catch a sample of run off after a 1/2 cup or so has ran out the bottom of the pot and test the PH and PPMs. These 2 numbers will let you know the nutrients available in the soil as well as the PH :love_you_gesture:

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Ok Thankyou!
So I’ll get onto Amazon, try to find a decent ph meter and a ppm meter, purchase both and test.
So it’s ok to run that much water through it? I’ve always watered till it runs out a tad, but only a bit, as I was too scared of overwatering it in soil @OGIncognito

And by synthetic nutes, I’m guessing advanced nutrients fit that category?

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Overwatering is frequency not quantity related. Drench throughly and allow the medium to dry before the drench again. The liberal run off rinses away the salts that have accumulated in the root zone from the previous feeding Growmie. Yes AN is a synthetic fertilizer. I would recommend the Apera 20 for a PH pen and Blue Lab for the TDS pen, both are very reliable and not overly expensive :love_you_gesture:

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Right got it, thanks again guys for everybody’s input, help/advice.
I’ll be sure to get and measure what I need and hopefully I’ll get something off of her. :grinning:
@SausageMahoney
@OldNailPounder
@OGIncognito

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Starting my new 4x4 tent next week. Any soil tips or advice?
Your plants are looking good so far!!

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