Achieving 8oz cured bud per plant is not difficult.
-Use T5 grow light for first week of seedling or clone life, then use 1000w for everything else. You can argue all you want with MH vs. HPS-- Use Phillips Son Agro start to finish. Just worry about the hours of light they get for each cycle.
-Use reverse osmosis water.
-Grow Mother or Main plants from high quality feminized seed stock -- Nirvana seeds /thumbs up
-Top plant at 5th node, FIM any and all terminal growth points, apply superthrive as root drench and as foliar spray.
-After 7-10 days after bifurcation (additional split side growth due to loss of main stem) and stress period cut clones for mother plant.
-For normal non-mother plants, FIM all terminal growth points 7-10 days after bifurcation.
--> This process causes the mother or main plants to have a "cradle" of main colas, 4+, similar to an upturned hand. Not only do you increase yield due to multiple main colas, but when plant matures, it naturally bends outward to allow light and air toward the interior of the plant.
-Allow the main plants or clones to grow to 16-18" height, about 6-8 weeks. FIM every new terminal growth point you see, on a 5-7 day schedule. After FIM'ing, the plant needs 72 hours to allow new growth and hormones to equalize. Let the plant settle into a few days of new growth before plucking out the newest nodes, so that maximum dispersion of hormones is possible.
-During the 6-8 week vegetative cycle, apply 100-200ppm of humic/fulvic acids in addition to your fertilization regimen. Foliar spray Ascophyllum Nodosum (Norwegian Sea Kelp) once every 2 weeks, especially on transplant day, the middle of veg, and the day before or after moving to flowering cycle. Use Superthrive every feeding.
***If growing in soil/soilless/coco make sure to feed on regular days, but water with water alone in between. This improves nutrient uptake and overall reduces salt buildup. Flush at least once.
*****A flush is NOT 30 seconds of water. For a 3 gallon container of medium, to would take 4 gallons for every gallon of medium to fully flush -- a total of 15 gallons of plain water for a 3 gallon pot. When I flush, I put my plant in a 50 gal trashcan on an upside down bucket and use a watering wand attached to a pump in another 50 gal trashcan that has 15 gallons of water so it is exact every time. Consider the time it takes; it is important to flush your pots at least once or twice a grow for dirt, and way more often (once a week res changes) for recirculating, closed-loop hydroponic systems.
-After your plants are in flowering cycle, DONT SCREW WITH THEM! For the most part, leave em alone. Besides watering and scouting for pests/mildew, you should only be keeping them from suiciding or breaking off branches, drying up from water intake in excess of 1.5gal per day... etc.
-To gain rock hard, swollen buds, use 250-500ppm CO2 for at least 30 mins a day, and 1 tablespoon of unsulphured molasses a week up to the 4th week of flower.
--> That would yield more than 1/2 pound per plant AFTER cure and manicuring.
If I think of anything else, I will add!
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