Hey, Jin. Been away for a while. Was busy with my other life for a couple of weeks, but I'm back. I love the photo of Anton sleeping with his tongue sticking out. Cats do that sometimes without being high, otherwise I'd worry about him.
I've also been admiring the even growth of thick vegetation and what looks like a sea of tops now. Do you think that a lot of those tops will develop into donkey dongs? That would be quite a massive harvest if they do.
I'm just starting work on my next grow. Planted some seeds that are called "Pineapple Chunk" into starter plugs 2 days ago. The THC & CBD are supposed to be pretty high in this strain, so thought I'd give it a try. Got some of those 6" net pots like I think you use. Man, they are enormous compared to the 3" pots I used last time. Am planning to use that Sure to Grow Hail instead of Hydroton this time.
I missed a little bit of your journal. Are you still using a shop vac to drain your res at water changes or did you find a better way to do it? I suppose that when you lift up the lid of your res, the whole screen lifts up along with the plants, right? Just wondering how that's working out for you. Is there anything that you'd do differently next time?
I got some PVC pipes and some plastic-coated tomato cage wire mesh similar to yours, so I'm just about ready to build a SCROG now, loosely based on your design. Going to try using a fogger again to augment the root feeding. It'll be about half fog, half DWC again.
Looking forward to seeing how your tops develop from this point on. Looking great so far!