These plants were already 7 weeks old when I transplanted into the straw bales. The past 2 years I have used soaker hoses but this year I switched to drip rings with a hose timer programmed to run 5 minutes daily. Every year my quality and yield go up and I started the plants early this time. I'll boost the nitrates if needed during veg and around August 7th switch nutrients for flower. Most plants I've grown go into flower about August 21 here.