Through 6 weeks of flower and this week was all about sticking and moving. We battled a serious headroom and light burn issue last week. That necessitated a slight lowering of the table by 2” (a lot damn harder than it sounds mid-grow) as well as changing out the 300w cob with a couple of qbs. The plants have all actually responded quite well to the change since but the damage is also significant. Our 2 most undesirable got torched on the tops real bad. They look like they’ll make it but it’s some ghastly damage for sure. Thankfully our absolute best sativa Dom. In plant #3 was generally unaffected while our best indica Dom in #6 got hit with it, but not nearly to the same extent as the larger ones.
A little note on the system this week. It’s Achilles heel has always been it’s scale and the delicate nature required for a space this size. The pots, despite multiple different attempts simply can’t support the pressure of the medium and the expanding root mass and the seals inevitably leak. No good option or fix here. I’ll get through the grow but lately I’ve realized that we gotta fully rejigg the system - likely to a different method entirely. Sucks but is what it is.
Alls good following disaster otherwise… as usual lol
@Silverback_Guerilla, 1 gals now. It strikes an even balance given that I’m losing a lot of headroom with the flood table. I did 2gals initially but on the first cycle the resulting plants were insanely larger than I would’ve expected them to be. We talked on it actually - I had an fb cheese auto that ran outta control and had to do a late flower surpercrop. This size is definitely better for clones but I have yet to fully test it from seed. That’s coming this run👍. Regardless - I max out strain selection with more plants and smaller pots. No real supply issues for now so yield can suffer a little - especially when testing crosses👌
@TheBudWhisperer, I think I am in the same vote , I need to do something about my next run , to make it more convenient, and get the results I'm looking for.....👈 still they be looking good , hope they chunk up for ya ....👍
@Tropicannibis_Todd, meh - this grow was always gonna be a bit risky and I knew it. Alls good just sucks going back to the drawing board on a grow system I’ve been working on for a whole year…