The main objective of most cannabis growers is to grow the most prominent and healthiest buds possible in their gardens. Although some cannabis strains are naturally low-yielding, growers should always be able to generate the biggest marijuana buds by following the right steps.

There exist numerous ways to increase the size of your buds. Pruning, training, feeding, and lighting are popular ways to regulate the growth of your plants. Nutrients have developed the perfect nutrient mixture to grow the biggest marijuana buds and produce ample THC!

Pruning

Cannabis buds will rise at any of the plant’s nodes. Larger plants usually have more nodes, meaning your plant will produce different spots where buds can grow.

Some people believe that more nodes mean larger buds, but this is just a myth. Nodes carrying buds that are far away from the plant’s canopy will start to develop in flowering but will take longer than expected since they lack enough light.

Those willing to have high yields should preferably prune away any plant matter that lacks enough light. Cut the buds and foliage sitting under the canopy. This method will transmit most of the energy into the canopy where the buds are gaining enough light, therefore leading to bigger and denser nugs.

Training

Another means of increasing the size of your buds is by training your cannabis plants. Single cannabis plants usually grow one large central stalk with other small stalks surrounding it. A cannabis plant grows in a menorah shape, where the tallest leaf represents the main large stalk. Although this main stalk usually grows a decent large cola, the height of this one cola can determine the intensity of the lights during indoor growing. This makes the lower branches to receive significantly less sunlight as compared to a canopy.

Methods including super cropping (high-stress training) or using LST (low-stress training) which involves tying down the top branches, will facilitate the growth of the surrounding branches, thus generating a more level canopy. When you train your plants, the growth hormones found on the main stalk are redistributed to the surrounding branches, facilitating bigger buds. This leads to an evenly distributed canopy of branches that will produce big colas while maintaining a stable distance from the sun.

Feeding

When you feed your plants correctly, it will potentially lead to bigger buds. Nitrogen is closely linked with vegetative growth, while phosphorus is a common nutrient that is associated with flowering plants. Continuously feeding a plant during its vegetative stage leads to a healthy, vibrant plant that rapidly grows and leads to high yields.

When your plant begins flowering, lower your nitrogen levels, and maximize the phosphorus levels to make the buds completely mature and denser. If you are using soil to grow, then ensure to top dress the soil when switching from vegetative growth to flowering. This increases the phosphorous levels while the liquid feeds your plant with other nutrients.

Regularly feeding your soil with compost tea also leads to bigger buds. Compost teat can establish healthy mycorrhizal connections between the soil and mycelium. High amounts of mycelium in the soil, leads to more nutrients in the plant and therefore bigger buds.