El Chapo drip hydro

They are looking pretty good. Noticeable growth every day. PPM has dropped quite a bit, so they are eating well. I had a few nirvana moments where temp/humidity were in the VPD zone, but it is fleeting.

Good luck for your upcoming grow and congrats on the successful germination 🍀

4-5 weeks to go!

Time will tell how the defoliation works. The theories make sense and I have seen many peoples good results. But I DO enjoy seeing all the flowers that would have been hidden in my previous grows. With the foliage gone, I can see where structure could have been better. Topping and/or manifolding, pruning, and more rigorous training will be needed to get the canopy where I want it. Seems that with photoperiod plants, focusing on fewer colas is best for quality and perhaps yield. Lots of things to consider for my Autumn grow.

I have been happy with the tent temps lately, hovering around 26° during the day. Today it is 27° outside and in the tent is 30° despite turning the exhaust up. And weather will continue to get warmer. I really do need an air conditioner if I am going to get 3 grows per year.

We had a couple of power outages due to storms. I am thinking about a UPS battery backup system for the irrigation pumps...but those are very pricy. I am bit less scared of defoliation now, so I am trying Nebula's lolipopping strategy. I hope to encourage longer denser colas. They are really vigorous and stretching. They are hungry and thirsty. The little coco plant will stay in the tiny pot just to see what it does.

Just flipped to 12/12

Sterilized coir to put the 4th clone in, used Mycos at root zone, a little nutes and under the lights. These little clones already stink! 😃