Critical + 2.0 Deep Water Culture

In coco I veg for at least 4 and maybe 6 weeks but these plants were growing so explosively in the DWC that I switched to 12/12 lighting on day 20! They were already almost filling the tent horizontally and they still had the stretch phase to come. The only lighting spectrum adjustment was to swap to a flowering bulb on my CDM lamp (the LEDs are not adjustable). I can't emphasise enough how much quicker they grew in veg compared to coco. Amazing. 5 days into flowering (day 25 total) I defoliated for the first time. As you can see in the photos I was quite brutal but the plants weren't bothered at all. One aspect of this first DWC grow that was not dialled-in was the nutrient strength. At this stage it was only 0.7 EC which was way lower than is recommended by Shogun (1.3 - 2.0 EC). The plants seemed very healthy though.