Week 4: My back hurts
Well Ta-Da, the bed is now magically inside of a 5x5 tent, with plenty of room to breathe. The tray the bed was in was also an issue. That was cut down and fixed as well. Bed can breathe and dry down normally.
Suffocation/over watering issues averted.
Some initial shock from the bed getting manhandled. Had to add another bag and a half of 3.0 soil to fill in the extra room made from break down the drain tray.
Hopefully we get back on track quick. I need to build the double layer scrog net for these notorious stretchers still. If all goes well, I'm hoping to flip to flower in two within two weeks, if I can get that canopy flattened and spread out.
Amendments have been added since this post. I'm a about half week behind updating this diary, and they look a lot better already. Still need the mulch layer, wanted to shred the stalks from my previous grows but never got around to it.
2x2 Tent:
Not much to update, top watered. Then let it sit for a few days to dry down in preparation for me filling the bottom resevoir for the first time.
Thanks for checking out the grow if you made it this far.
@ThickFreakness, I top dress chaotically unfortunately. I haven't picked a method to my madness yet, but it's typically every 2 weeks. I offset when I add water solubles as well. So when I water in a bunch of dry amendments I got light with the water solubles. And then in between the top dressings I add FPE's or I'll add a slurry of buildabloom and coconut powder. So the FPE goes in alone usually and thencill water in the powders the next week, then top dress the next, then FPE's again the next week. So yeah, maybe every 2-3 weeks for dry top dress and composts.
@Stony_German, Thank you! They stretch more than I was prepared for, even after nearly everyone warning about the stretch. Plan for at a least 3x stretch.
Good luck!