Medium:
Yep - still gonna beat on the DWC drum. It just gets better and easier every run. Almost religiously changed out the res. every week and this was definitely overkill. Couldโve easily gotten away with every 10 days to 2 weeks. Stuck with peroxide this run again instead of going with bennies via hydroguard or hygrozyme. The results speak for themselves on a 6 week veg. Thatโs for sure. Still saveโn them dolla bills on the nutes too. Minimal nute mixing (as well as simplistic regime) and for what weโre using in each res. - gotta be easily a 50-60% savings on nute consumption vs. more traditional methods. Honestly makes one wonder why organic soil grows are seemingly all the rage. Iโve found terp. Profiles, structure, plant health and of course yields to all be just that much better in straight water. What more can I say, we love our DWC.
Method ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ
The dueling methods were the whole point of this grow. Our best attempt to illustrate the differences between LST vs. LST/Topping ie. just how significant is the difference in terms of overall production? The truth of this test is a bit of a double edged sword. On the one hand, topping does have a significant effect on overall yield. This fact is regardless of whether or not from seed or clone.That said and when it comes to clones, you still have to be mindful of the drawbacks of further dividing (and thus reducing nug size for) main branches. Our topped clone #2 is a perfect example of this. While the structure demonstrates significantly more branching, the nug sizes are also significantly smaller. As youโll see in the yield details it does somewhat make up for this through a higher overall weight but it was also a much less manageable plant than #1. Root mass on the topped plant was heavier and bulkier, drinking much more water than its counterpart. And in late flower half the plant was pretty much falling over. While some of this is attributable to the extremely hollow stems (and thus a carbon deficiency), making the most of the grow light proved difficult with the topped plant as bushy as it was. Basic summary - if ur cloning for profit or efficiency, stick with straight LST and grow a whole bunch of em. If I had to do it again I donโt think i wouldโve bothered with topping - just for the sake of greater ease๐ค๐ค๐ค. Then again, Iโm greedy as fuck when it comes to my yields so I Could totally see myself trying to max everything out and go for broke๐ค๐ค. 3/5 volume bars for the rating - we accomplished what we were trying to.
Yield/Harvest๐ด๐ด๐ด๐ด
Awwwwwe yeah - down to where it counts and these girls were champs๐ช. While internodal spacing was longer than necessary and overall bud size was smaller than average; these plants pushed out some solid weight๐๐๐. Ran er through a 7 day dry and all jarred up on a slow cure.
Final numbers:
Total yield - clone #1: 5.14oz = 143.92g
Total yield - clone #2: 6.01oz = 168.28g
Approx. est. yield: 600g/m2 divides by 4.8, multiplied by 2 (approx. for 2/3 the cabinets sq/ft) = 250g per 0.41m2
Actual yield: 11.15oz. per 0.41m2 = 312.2g per 0.41m2.
That is some seriously good production right there๐๐๐. The high end avg. for this strain is 650g/m2. When you crush that out to my space and the numbers above, it works to about 270g per 0.41m2. Our actual yield still destroys the high end avg. by almost a zip and a half๐๐๐. The cree cob does it again. Fuckโn jazz hands yโall๐!
With results like these you could really give the whole grow a 9/10. Itโs only an 8 in my book because itโs not my preferred high. Otherwise, any time youโre north of 5+ oz. per plant, itโs a good day at the office๐๐.
Props๐๐๐
No choice but to shoutout Humboldt genetics. These beans have treated me so well and I canโt say enough Good things about the strains this organization puts out๐๐๐. Other than that, thanks to everyone who dropped by for a look and a comment. The convos always good and of course - any questions or enlightened conversation are welcome. Every time I try to take a break from documenting a grow, I end up growing something worth documenting. If your as high as I am right now, you should still be trying to figure out that last sentence.... stay lit yโall. See ya soon on the next one๐๐๐.