Naked Monk: Black Berry OG Coco Bed SOG

First attempt at a coco bed SOG with UGRO Coco/perlite mix at 70/40%. All clones from the same Black Berry OG mother. Tub has 4 holes drilled for drainage with a 2" expanded clay pebble base, the coco/perlite mix is 8" thick. Initial plans are to veg for 2-3 days then flip to 12/12.

Not much to say on the first day of light change. I hand fertigate at 5am and then a second hand fertigate about 4pm

Plants look strong and healthy. I have bumped up base nutrients by 0.3ml per litre. Still using the H&G Nitrogen Boost for this week only. Just because of work commitments and time constraints, I mix up 15 litre of nutrient solution to get me by for a couple days, checking pH and EC before each fertigation.

Pulled some lower growth and noticed a tiny bit of tip browning. So backed off the nutes to 1.1 EC then brought it back up to 1.3 EC

Pistols forming on top crowns, SOG canopy has filled out, cruise control from here

Late posting this week's progress

Had a good defol and opened it right up to get more light within the plants

Smells started to come thru, buds forming up nicely. On another note, I am in the middle of a big change and eagerly waiting for this to be harvested so I can get into the change to 100% NoTill organic.

Buds really filling out, looking better than I expected at this stage

Starting to flush, the smells are fantastic, the buds really filled out. Trichs are rampant

All round I can say that Coco SoG beds are really efficient for space and practicality, only downside is if you needed to move plants to be able to get to the others for a little defol. Going from such a short veg cycle, I can say this method can turn your crop over faster than you can blink (exagerations extreme LOL). I will be moving to NoTIll organic gardening, and don't think either the grow bed or the short veg would be viable with NoTill as its about building soil rather than growing a plant.