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We made use of easy plugs for our germination. They were placed in to the net pots filled with clay pebbles. All 4 sprouted and we are ready to go. They were given an 18/6 light cycle as this is what we will use throughout our vegetative phase. This allows for less stress and more consistency throughout.
Rockwool cubes are super simple and super reliable too, just keep them damp, not wet.
I agree with Benzels, always plant more seeds than you need, that way you can pick the healthiest ones; and not all seed germinate either.
I generally plant two fem seeds for each fem plant I want and 6-9 regular seeds for each regular plant I want.
This way you only grow the best examples of each strain and with the regulars, out of 6 or 9 seedlings, your chances of picking a "female looking" one is greatest.
Straight in pots filled with my home recipe of seed raising mix and this eliminates all risks associated with handling them.
Never start them in paper towel or by drowning them in a glass of water, I found this delays development once they are finally transferrred to soil.
System Flushed. Nutrients added at 0.7 EC
Lights up to 350 ppfd
First roots are through the pebbles and into the nutrient solution.
Growth has been very good this week.
Plants look healthy
Can see slight difference is phenotypes
Flushed system. Did a 24hour Silica Flush
System Flushed before adding a stronger nutrient solution at 0.9 EC
Keen to see if there is a difference to the growth after the silica flush.
Lights up by 5%
Topped all 4 plants at the end of the week.
This week we have topped the 4 plants.
We decided to clone 2 of the topped shoots.
Growth has been good, and plants will be ready for LST on all 4. Started with 1 this week.
This week the PH has been very stable at 6.1.
Plants have reacted very well to the topping of the previous week.
Using Low Stress Training methods to start creating an even canopy.
We use different tools, for example: plant wire and plant training clips
We did a Florakleen flush, for 24 hours, at the end of this week.
We flush with Florakleen, as it breaks down the built-up minerals in the root system, which helps the roots to consume the nutrients better in the next nutrient feed.
We have had some very good results with this product.
We are concentrating growth on the shoots, by removing excess shoots and leaves.
Topped all shoots for the second time this week.
Not all the plants are on the same stage yet, but interesting to see the different pheno's growing.
All shoots should be topped on all 4 plants by the end of this week.
Plant are reacting well with all training methods used.
We topped the rest of the shoots for the second time this week.
we will be concentrating on low stress training until the plants are ready for the flip.
The plants have reacted well to the topping of the shoots.
The PH for the system stabilises on PH 6.0 after a few days.
In South Africa, we have electricity outages for two hours every few days, which we have emergency lights that go on once the electricity goes off just to keep the plants awake.
We continue with the low stress training on each plant.
We want to create an even canopy, so that we utilise the whole grow space.
Plants have been in the same solution for a little bit longer, and we could see that the PH has stabilised after a few days.
Start the week with a florakleen flush.
New Nutrients added
This week we just let the plants grow. No leaves has been removed.
There has been very good growth.
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