First soil grow, under lights.

OK, welcome to Week 5 of the soil grow. WOW ! After FIMing the BubbleGum last week, she has taken off with avengence. The growth and spread is fantastic. Big Bud, is catching up, and has just been FIMed last night, but I had enjoy a few cones, so I may have gone closer to a Topping. Time will tell, but from a quick look today, it too is threatening to branch out with 6-8 sites! 😏 You know, there might just be something in this FIMing business . . . 😄 The late planting (seed failed, comeon MSNL WTF?), but all is good, The Northern Lights is catching up in it's own right, It too will be Fimed, or Topped or whatever my stoner hands do. Looking to do a prune on the MASSIVE lower leaves and other shaded, spindly crap, before the week is out. A mate wants one of the leaves to show his Dad, apparently they are very large. Seems normal to me 😎 At this stage, Bubble Gum is drinking a litre of nutrients a day, with Big Bud not too far behind. Watered Bubble Gum earlier today, this evening ZERO in the tray! Bought a quality PH, moisture, temperature/light spike things, I am keeping a close eye on them, as I think we will soon be watering 2, maybe 3 times a day 😲 Having never grown in this format (Soil and nutrients, indoor), so have no clue how much water the girls will drink in an average day. If anyone can give me a guide. Using basic potting soil, in buckets, nutrients daily by watering. How much water can I expect to use? Previous grows have been with hydroponics. I love that, but the water here is atrocious. It CANNOT be fixed. The PH is uncontrollable. So, I chose to use soil, which will allow a wider range of PH and less stress to the plants. At least that is how I read it. The PH in the buckets is sitting nicely at 7.0 If it were Hydro, the plants would be stunted little turds. So, keep an eye on the diary. I will be aiming to post some pics later in the week, to more clearly show how Big Bud is reacting to the radical haircut. Today (Saturday my time) is the day. The next post, tomorrow, will start Week 6, and the girls (two of them) will have had a prune and the third will be FIMed. The amazing growth of Big Bud, following the FIM or TOP (I think I topped it, a little too FIMMY), but it has sent out a massive amount of branches and looks like it will produce very well. Time will tell. Until the next post . . .