First time on pure Coco

28-06 (1) This week, I had less time than usual, so I decided to let the ladies grow as they pleased for two days. My goodness, they shot up like rockets! Well, that didn't really help with the light distribution, so today I decided to tie them all back to an even level. That turned out to be quite a challenge. I've now spent 45 minutes twice tying them up, and I think I'm only halfway done. I'll add captions to the photos soon so you can get a good impression of the progress. 28-06(2) We can definitely call this high-stress training. I didn't handle them gently at all. Several stems snapped, and I removed quite a bit of foliage. They should really start to power through now. I've added captions to the photos soon so you can get a good impression of the progress. 01-07 So today I only removed some dead leaves and tied back a few extreme outliers here and there. I also flushed the Blumats, as there was some accumulated nutrients in them. Nevertheless, I am still satisfied with this setup. As mentioned earlier, the next round will be fully on Blumats but using the SOG (Sea of Green) method. I wanted to go for airpots, but on Temu, the fabric pots are so cheap that I can't justify the cost. So I ordered 15 of them, which means I can germinate directly in the coco without having to repot, or maybe germinate in 1-liter pots. I'll set up the Blumats only after the plants are well above ground next round, which will save a lot of doubt. This time, I took some photos from under the canopy... so you can see how the light penetrates and after removing the dead leaves, I felt confident doing that. Unfortunately, one stem has been right under the outflow of the Blumat and has developed a brown spot because of this. I have no idea how long it's been there, but the branches still look fine otherwise, so it’s something to keep an eye on.