What strain and method of growing?
I grow in soil that i mix myself. 3 part sunshine pro #4 (basically peat and pearlite), 1 part worm casting, 1 part coco. amended with rock dust, dolomite lime for a general all purpose. Veg with 400w MH digital. 2 600w HPS digital in flower running staggered harvests. when i go into flower (transplant 1-2 weeks before) I put a potassium charge and some bone biochar by Organically Done (just 1/2-1 tsp of each mixed into the bottom half layer of the new container and then topdress the other 1/2-1 tsp at week 3 of the K charge). Right now for feed I'm using some age old organics bloom (i was on the whole age old line but have changed to whatever Organically Done brand products I can and will be dumping the bloom soon), Org. Done Kelp and Humic. Gen. Organics MgCl for suppliment (will be dumping this too). I also use the plant success sol. myco. Earth Juice Ph up and down when necessary. RO water now but was on tap until recently. Have been using 5 gal containers (they're actually 4 gal when you put the next to a 5 gal bucket) in flower coming from usually a 3/4gal in veg. no need to have 7 gal containers when flipping plants in 6-8wks from clone, waste of resources. been there done that, they don't dry fast enough which fucks up the CEC imo; soil stays wet and water is there but plants eat the available food close to the roots and then go without while you wait to water. I like when the pots dry every other or third day so i can water more often and feed less at each water to create more CEC (not to mention helps against buildups because youre watering with run off 2-3 times per week). I also use a watering can for every water application until the roots fill the pots heavily in flower.
I grow in quadrants of 4 with LST methods. I have big hoods to spread the light, hortilux bulbs. Keep the canopy nice and even as possible, and keep the bottoms cleaned out. have no problems getting 6 off each one in the quadrant and when i get them to the size and shape of my liking i think i can do four 1/2 pounders under those large hoods. I am currently growing Black Domino (heavy producer) that was started from seed; Brainwreck, a strain created by an acquaintance of mine of a blueberry and timewreck cross (not sure of what genetics bank) but this stuff is unique; now im working with some 9lb hammer from TGA (jixproof i believe is the geneticist for9lb) which is a little unstable and everyone seems to have that prob with 9lb. the smoke is the bomb though and i've only found about 4 beans in 1/4lb; Got dr. who by TGA and i'm gettin ready to clone and do the first run with the moms (2 diff phenos just hope i get a good one!); Gonna be picking up cheesequake and agent orange in the near future.
I'm actually getting ready to start some ROLS experiments because I believe in growing organically and for me, it's the only acceptable method to grow ORGANICALLY. I'm tired of mixing soil, buying bails of peat moss and causing damage to the environment by stripping the earth of its resources. These companies that sell us nutes in bottles are making billions and they basically all sell the same bullshit (that's capitalism). Here i though age old organics was actually organic... just like fox farm... salt cut organic nutrients. sure some of the product is organic, but there chem salts in those products as well. I'm trying to get all OMRI approved fert for now until i get into the ROLS (at least OMRI is at least a standard to hold up to. but not all OMRI may be up to my standard!). but for real, i'm tired of having to Ph water, ph soil, mix nutes every time, change soil every run, buy this, buy that, blah blah blah blah blah. IM DONE. I'm going to make 5x5 soil beds for each 600w HPS and feed my biolife and bugs (so easy), which will feed my soil, which will feed my plants. I'll still grow in containers for veg and transplant the healthy plants into the soil bed for flower. Teas for feeds, lots of Aloe and all that good stuff. Sorry went on a rant there.
that is all for now... it's already too long of a post haha. i'm just focused on dialing in my grow right now and i'm getting closer every time. been at this for 5-6 years now but i've never been as serious as i am the past 6 months. People think they just get a good cut and get good dank bud.... WRONG. it takes time and effort and lot of it to get the best of the best out of this plant.