22/2 - These girls are growing quickly! I installed a new set of white "Ice Line" pipes to replace the original black ones. This should help to keep temperatures down in the coming warmer months. I also added a second pipe and tap in an effort to completely eliminate any unwanted watering during the mixing of the nutrient solution. I now have two manifolds feeding eight drippers, with two drippers going to each pot for double the original coverage. Not sure how much difference it will make, but hopefully it's all marginal gains! This is the last of my planned customisations to the grow setup.
25/2 - The plants are drinking down the nutrients nicely - decided to bump the EC up slightly as a result and push them to max out for the last week or so of veg. I'm considering flipping these sooner rather than later as I know that Strawberry Cough has a tendency to to stretch quite a bit, being Sativa dominant. I've also decided to buy a second air stone for this reservoir so I can place it on the other side of the tank as the roots of all four plants are now fully submerged. I guess this is now technically an RDWC run! :)
27/2 - Added a larger air pump and second air stone. The roots have completely taken over at the bottom of the reservoir now, so I'm glad I've done this ASAP. Performed light defoliation on each plant to increase light spread to potential bud sites. During today's defoliation I noticed that my fingers were getting sticky, and that there was a noticeable smell from the plant already - pre-flower!
I then flipped the light timer to 12/12, so yesterday they got 18 hours of light, today they will get 16 hours, then tomorrow it will be 12 hours. I'll be continuing to tuck under the SCROG net for, at most, the next 7-10 days - aiming for a carpet of colas at an even height across the canopy once they're all in bloom.
As I now have a spare air pump, I decided to also pick up an Oxypot module at my local hydro store with a view to growing some autoflowers out in the greenhouse this summer. I'll run a few in Biobizz soil with organic nutrients and one in DWC to compare. If I start these in April, I should have enough time to get two runs in before the end of summer. Watch this space - I will make a separate grow diary for these as well.
Proper job there bud looking strong and healthy. Will follow along as looking to do that strain myself in the future and will benefit from this diary for sure. Happy growing chap 👍
@NiceGuyOllie, thanks dude. The genetics seem good. The plants seem to take everything in their stride and don't mind some tough love with LST and topping etc. Hopefully the 2nd half of the grow goes as well as first!