Day 8, Tops definitely benefiting from solid root development, starting to see hints of prayerage on the new growth...
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100% survival, so gonna have enuff plants for a 3-way Prawn vs supplemented 288 vs 96elite smackdown...
Bumped intensity to ~180 ppfd (~220w at wall; ~30w at each of six 96s).
Overall current plan:
Transfer to individual buckets when roots are nearing max for these 4-hole lids; if before first topping, plants will remain in this tent in indiv 4-gal buckets; after 1st topping into final 8-gal ez-stor buckets and transferred to final tents.
300ppfd, 18:6, solely 96e by 1st topping; after 1st topping: transfer to other tents (4 plants/tent), lights ramping to 600ppfd, 18:6, by 12:12; uva-b goes on, ramping to as much as they can take w/o damage, final uva-b target for grow 6:18, @ ~80 uw/sq cm.
At 12:12 main lights ramping to 1050ppfd;
Prawn lights run unsupplemented (
@Prawn Connery ’s choice, ?any desired change prawn?), plus uva-b, plus eod far red;
288’s supplemented w full lightson hlg 35s, plus uva-b, plus eod far red;
96es w full lightson far red (already have other hlg 35 red & deep red), plus uva-b, plus eod far red.
Training: Mainlining 8-mains per plant, allowing ~2 laterals per main to rise to top for total 18-20 tops per plant.
C02: all tents, @ ~1500ppm, starting 12:12; temps in low 80s, w matching rh for appropriate devel stage vpd.
Defol: 1st real defol 1 week before 12:12, major strippage ~3rd week after flip; tbd 3rd defol about 7-10 days after 2nd defol.
Daily 180 spin of buckets after transfer to tents.
Nutes: Technaflora recipe for success
Still planning to go with 220ppm tapwater instead of ro, once plants get some add’l nodage.
Gotta get my ass in gear prepping buckets/lids, air pumps/stones, lights, co2, etc.