New Grower Nl×bb problems or maybe its me?

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Hey guys I have a nl×bb in a 5 gallon air pot under my t5 light I did start her outside because of the mess airpots make for me. Ok so she is on day fricken 40 and only 10in tall and started to flower 8 days ago. She is so small and not many nodes on her at all.
Soil= 50%ffof and 50% espoma organic soil.
5 gallon airpot
T5 light
100% organic teas for my nutes
I water every 5-7 days 1/2 gallon at a time ph is 6.5-6.7
Light schedule is 24-7
Nutes were at veg= 1tbsp mollase, mexican bat poo, alaskan kelp, alaskan fish fert and 1/2 tsp epsom salts.

Nutes for flowering are... 1tbsp mollasses, jamaican bat poo, alaskan kelp and epsom salts.

Am I doing something wrong. Did starting her outside stunt her?

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The things that stick out to me are:

5 gal airpot
Every 5-7 days
1/2 gallon
T5 light

Huge pot - plant needs to expend a lot of energy below ground to find it's boundaries.
Too long of an interval between feedings - I think you may have been stunting her by underfeeding
Way too little feed for a 5 gal. air pot - I was running over a half gallon (.6) per feed for a 3 gal. airpot (to get 10-15% run-off)
not a ton of light intensity depending on how many fluorescents you're talking about.

Just generally sounds underfed and underlit with a big pot that requires lots of energy be spent underground on the root mass to find the edges of it's world.

My 2 cents
 
What kind of lights are the T5? That thing is puny, even for big pot and small feedings? Trapper may be right, the combination of things may have stunted it

I've beaten test plants to death that looked better at 40 days
 
If you are going to run with T5s no less than T5HO.. High output... Min 5000 lumens PER bulb/lamp. Only way T5s are comparable to HID and LED... I've used em for years...

What soil are you using?
 
I see... Nm ffof... Feed more. Grow til she stops vertical growth. Then bloom til flush.

You also started outside... Well usually its the opposite. You may have shocked her... When did you bring her indoors?
 
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