Pre-grown safety-cuts from my last run in which I ran a Chery Lady from LindaSeeds and a Mim X OP and a Ayahuasca Purple from Barneys Farm.
Since I had quite some trouble with the first and the last strain; they did not perform very well, so I decided to do a run with 3x Mimosa X Orange Punch only. This plant threw off some really nice yield of deeply frosty and tasty, but very small buds. This did not impact the total dry yield I got off it, however. I got to keep the nicest 50 gram of the MimOXP portion, however, and had to destroy all the rest.
I only do 3 plants, as that is what is legally possible in my country!
Pots and watering/feeding:
I am using the SmartXL fabric pot system from Autopot and I am doing an experimental grow using the Athena Pro dry salt fertilizer line with that system. Also, I printed some Airdomes and use them to oxygenize the root zone. When lights are out, the aquarium pump shuts off and stops to oxygenize. Under the domes, I placed bubble stones instead of the original bubble tube pieces.
I expect some problems along the way regarding salt buildup as this fertilizer line is more suitable for recirculating and active systems in general. I did premix a stock solution, which I further mix together as soon as the Autopot tank needs to be refilled.
To counteract buildup/rising EC, I plan to never fill the reservoir twice in a row with the full EC 3.0 solution Athena recommends when going with a precision irrigation system. Instead, I refill at least one time with regular balanced water and do constant monitoring on my plants health. No such problems appeared during VEG, but I only fertilized during the last 2 weeks as they had a light soil mix for the start pots. For the next 3-4 weeks aka the stretch phase , I will be heavily fertilizing and pumping photons at my beauties to generate loads of generative stress and promote stacking.
Last run, this strategy did me some awesome tight internodal spacing, especially with this Mimosa Pheno.
Since my community tap water comes out at a whooping 8.2 PH, I have to add a downer to reach optimal PH levels. Unsure on if its gonna work, I just use the BioBizz organic variant and monitor closely what happens to the reservoir PH over a full day/ a few days. If its drifting I will look for a more stable alternative.