XXX #20 x End Game #5 · No-Till ScrOG

Durlock Week 1 Gentle start in the Easy Plug while she roots in. Light on 18/6 at 50 %, lamp at 50 cm. No inputs, no training yet. Also germinated the cover crop this week: 4 alfalfa and 4 white clover, to go into the bed with her.

Durlock Week 2 Just water this week. I think I will top her next week.

Durlock Week 3 Light up to 100 % at 50 cm on 18/6, where it has stayed since. She got her first topping, the first step toward a T-shaped mainline for the net. Once she recovered, I will start LST, wiring the two new tops out sideways.

Durlock Week 4 Recovery week after the topping 💪 The two new tops took over and I kept wiring them out sideways, slowly opening up the T. Same routine every other day: check her, and anything that tries to climb gets pulled back down. Down below, the 250 L bed is doing its thing. Two years of no-till life under her roots, alfalfa mulch on top, and the alfalfa and white clover growing in around her 🌱 No inputs needed, just 1 L of water every other day. Light stays at 100 % at 40 cm on 18/6.

Durlock Week 5 Quiet week, and that's how I like it in living soil 😌 I brewed an aerated compost tea (AACT) for 36hs and water it diluted 1:2 and then 1 L of water every other day. The worms are happy (check the vid), and clover is flowering, love it. Training keeps going: every other day I check her, and anything climbing gets wired back down, so the T keeps opening sideways instead of up. I'm starting to think about the net for the ScrOG. Light stays at 100 % at 40 cm on 18/6.

Durlock Week 6 Chop and drop week ✂️ I cut back most of the cover crop, leaving two alfalfa and one white clover growing around her. The rest went straight back onto the bed as mulch. This will slowly break down into food for the worms and the rest of the soil life. Up top, the T keeps opening up with LST every other day, and I'm getting everything ready to put up the ScrOG net. Light is at 17/7 100%, at 40 cm. I watered in one AACT and 1L of water every other day to keep the mulch wet.

Durlock Week 7 Net's up 🕸️ This week the ScrOG net went in, and the same day she got a big defoliation. Lots of fan leaves came off to open her up, get light and air down to the lower growth, and make it easier to start tucking branches under the net. From here it's all about filling the screen: tuck, spread, repeat, and flip once the net is full side to side. Down below the soil keeps doing the work, with 1 L of water every other day to keep the mulch wet. Light still on 17/7 at 100%, 40 cm.