Im gonna check the moon phase before i set the light to 12. Im going to add another light to flood the PAR because im losing a lot of reflective light by not reflecting the bottom of the box. Remember I just built this box and its about as dialed in as I can get it. I dont feel like I have light leaks, so i feel good about my dark time. My fan speed is on 2, light intensity about 90,
Watering about 500ml every other day, not ph'd. Rain water. I'll ph the water to open up the more acidic nutes soon. Generally I would ph every watering, but rain water i like.
My transplant was mid Feb, so I probably got another 2 weeks of nute rich soil, by then there should be foilage enough to photo synth its own food. If braching is the term for the plant creating its structure to flower, then that's what I think the plants are doing.
The little spikes, if those are called stomata, they look to me long and wicked, very mature looking spikes.
Temp, its cold, so i might set it to flower next week, i dont know, a little warmer would be nice.
My minds eye of the rootball see it about 4/10ths down in the pot, and hopefully toothpick sized roots versus hair strand size.
I know for sure the ball isnt down at the bottom of the pot. I dont need to go to a 5 gal to finish. If the veg period was really robust, then depending on the age and height, I would transplant, i feel. But since they are well into 3 months... I'll fiqure this grow out first before I dream about going to a bigger pot past 3. But yes, I'm thinking I'm on the right track by planting in baby litre pots, then to 4 litres/1 gal, then to 12 litres/ 3 gal. The purpose is to create a nice rootball to put into a 3 gallon or better.
Looking at the main stem, they dont look like they are starving anymore either, the stems were red, now they got some green running through it.
I moved the light up, fan leaf tips look yellow, could be too much water, i dont know. I'll keep and eye on those tips, maybe it hit a clump of something in the soil.
Anyways, keeep on truckin
I have no clue how i would grow 6-8 plants in a box