Hi all, just an update, the girls are now coming to the end of week 4 of flowering, so i shall explain a bit about them.
They are basically set up in the following way:
seeds germinated and transplanted to rockwool cubes and propogated - can provide more details if required
when seelings were big enough to leave the propogator, transplanted into plant pot with clay pebbles
i have 4 pots - 1 from 5 seeds didnt take - using a 250watt Envirogrow CFL light, on a 18/6 light cycle
the 4 pots are held over a reservoir with an airstone in it and twice a day had been watered using Advanced Nutrients SensiGrow - can give info on the feed and its stregnth if rqd
the feed eventually ceased from being needed to pour over the rockwool cubes due to the roots growth reaching the reservoir
when roots became close to touching (and also too big to remove from the reservoir), they were transplanted to bigger containers:
20 liter capacity squared bin (squared dwc to avoid root bounding)
here they were receiving 20 liters of SensiGrow
this was now the beginning of their vegetative state.
The dosage of the feed added was slowly increased to 40ml for 20 litres of water. each plant has its own 100mm airstone
NOTE: I have to manually change the water and clean the container, airline and airstone roughly every three days
This was a good time to inspect root growth and clear any dead foialage away, to avoid and infections or risk of pests
They are then running under a Sunmaster 600watt HPS light. remaining on the photoperiod 18/6.
Here they remained in veg until they got so damn big i had to flower them.
So i changed my light cycle on my timer to 12/12 and cleaned the containers, airlines and airstones.
I then, in 20 litres of water, added Advanced Nutrients SensiBloom and Advanced Nutrients Bud Blood
They only had 1 feed of Bud Blood. From this point on, the feed cycle changes.
The containers would be topped up to avoid them running dry. The next time the needed a top up, i would go through the cleaning process again.
Weeks 2 - 4 of veg - the are given Advanced Nutrients Big Bud and SensiBloom.
The Big Bud finishes this week, then they will have 2 weeks of just SensiBloom.
Then they will be flushed for 2 weeks, ready for the harvest window on the trich's.
I will post pics post-harvest, and will update on the baby girls as well.
From the cuttings held, there should be more going into the propogator in the next 4 weeks, ready for my Sea of Green.
Any questions on the measurements i have used, my supplier for all my feed and equipment, or any advice i can give, please ask.