NFT Hydro

hydrohippy Just planted...May the growing commence :-) The jiffy blocks the seeds are in were pre soaked with tap water and a splash formulex Pre soaking the rockwool to 5.5 ph and added 20 ml of formulex to give the roots something to munch on. This is a must to do as the blocks contain lime that can't be processed out during manufacture. If you don't your plants will turn yellow!!! My bluelab trunchen is flashing 0.6 with added formulex. My plain tap water would flash 0.5 !

hydrohippy I'm just waiting for a few more roots to appear then I'll put these in their 4inch blocks..then wait for roots to appear through the bigger blocks and they will Air trim as they have nothing to grow in to.... When I see fluffy white roots I will sit them on the spreader matt for the roots to grow into...The resaon for this is because I move them into different tent and don't want disturb the roots to much

hydrohippy I have blocked these in bigger blocks as i want to train these. I've seen some really good training techniques on GD. I want to try the low stress tech and fimig I've used bigger blocks so I have some thing to tie down to.... Using bigger blocks gives me more time to play with as the roots have a bigger block to fill....these will Air trim the same as my other plants in smaller blocks

hydrohippy These have grown quite well in a week compared to last weeks pictures. The roots are just starting to appear out the blocks. The roots will now air trim as they reach the edge of the block...I haven't dipped these blocks in 3 weeks as they hold a shit load of water and it's not warm enough to dry them out quick as it's winter... The blocks are not dry but i want feed them a weak nutrient solution of formulex so I will only dip the bottom 2 inches of the block

hydrohippy Monday... Looking health....I have made up a weak nutrient solution of canna aqua A and B as i run out of formulex i have dipped the bottom half of the block again this week to carry on the air trim..... I think these are about 4 weeks veg not 5 for the size of them...I got a few diaries on the go so getting a bit hectic🤦‍♂️😂 Wednesday... Now fim'd all five plants

hydrohippy Monday..... Moved into flowering tent now and on to a 5ft 50ltr nft tray and tank. They have enough air trimmed roots now. These have surprised me how they have grown in the last week as i wasn't going to flower them just yet but they are plenty big enough to flower...they've recovered from the fim so hopefully should take off along with all the other branches.... I was going to Lst this lot which is why they're in bigger blocks but I've scraped that idea...I will hst them instead Friday I have hst these this morning and removed a few fucking great big shade leaves 😎

hydrohippy These are growing very fast...I can see the difference everyday...I have hst these a couple of times...I find it makes the plant grow even faster...can't wait to see colours come through on the flowers💚💚 Have a done a weekly water change of 50 litres and added food as per shedule above☝️☝️😎

hydrohippy Monday....These are flying along...I can't believe how fast they're growing...this Nft way of growing still amazes me 20 years on.... I have left the same tank of feed in the 50ltr tank and topped it up with half strength feed to keep the Ec the same rather than diluting it with just clean water Bit difficult getting decent pics until the crop next to it gone but all the plants have grown amazingly well The size of the shade leaves is rediculace lol Friday Now defoliated, Hst and the net pulled down to support them

hydrohippy These are growing like you wouldn't believe. Now I can see a flower I have changed the 50ltr tank of feed from veg to flower. I'm still stunned at how quick these are growing Lovely white healthy roots

hydrohippy Changing the 50ltr tank of water for fresh water feed as per shedule above. Growing superb. I let ph slip last week as i thought it would be a good idea to bust my £50 ph pen 🤦‍♂️. On checking the ph this morning with new pen it was 5.4 :-(....far to low!! A few leaves were showing signs of a deficiency in just 2 days. The plant at the end with its roots growing off the tray into the water tank is first to suffer if things go wrong Now I've changed the water as i do on a weekly basis and got myself a new ph pen all is good. That's a good a thing with this system as you see fuck ups in just 48 hrs and you can correct it instantly

hydrohippy Start of the 6th week now. I'll feed these for one more week then on to a 3 week flush. Flowers are coming on nicely and they're very frosty

hydrohippy Looking superb this week....1 more week of feed then on to flushing. I'll change the 50ltr tank for fresh feed and water and ph to around 5.8

hydrohippy Looking outstanding, I can just see the purple tinge coming through now if u zoom in...buds are getting bigger by the day. Started flushing a few days ago

hydrohippy well what can I say about these other than....l👀k at the size of those buds😍😍☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️😍😍😍😍💚💚👏👏👏👏👏 the purple is coming though. they are still flushing with fresh clean water. the rez was changed today for 50 ltrs of clean water. was struggling to find a bottle big enough for a comparison lol

hydrohippy Absolutely outstanding plants...cant wait to smoke Yep it smokes lovely tastes nice and burns perfectly......ya all invited over to have a try 😂👍👏✌️😁