Bottom 10-20% of the Hempys is Hydroton and the rest is coco/perlite. When starting plants in solos I'll do just coco/perlite. DWC is all Hydroton. I've been monitoring my PPM's more closely these days so I'll start plants on 1/4tsp per gal and then work up to the 1tsp/g by the end of veg. I've been rinsing my flowering plants with 1/4 strength solution once a week too to keep salt build up down.
So big Hydro for the res 2" still for the 5 Gal or probably a bit higher up than that? Small Perlitie mixed with Coco for the top? My grow hasn't even started and I'm regretting choosing the bubble buckets. Picking up the coco and perlite in a little bit, wanna switch to a 1 a day or every other day maint.
I ended up getting the largish peral all about 1/2" wanted to be able to use / mix w the lil peral and fibery coco + the chunky coco i got hoping for nice mixage that maybe also help with at least a bit more of the time between feeding / maintenance .... I'm with you guys less I need to mess around the better
Local shop told me I could get away with straight coco, above my hydroton. So I did that, and transplanted my girls.
I find straight coco retains too much water, you can see at the start of this journal where I try it and stunt the plants.
I remember you did mention that earlier, but specifically I'm trying to go for something that I hopefully wont have to water every day or two, so more water retention was key. I'm getting some clones from a friend next week, and plan on putting them inside some 3.5 gal pots with a 80/20 or 10 Coco/Perlite. Thanks for the advice, I really appreciate it.
Next Black Gum to come down, looks like it has 1-2 weeks left. Huge buds on this one. And this one is just starting to ripen Black Gum DWC SCROG, needs a good trimming underneath. 5G Hempy Black Gum, at least 15 solid tops and tons of smaller stuff. Pineapple, getting close probably give it one feeding or ripening powder then start flushing. Master Kush, only been in here for a day or two and got supercropped right before. Super Auto Lemons, 2 are fairly close to harvest.
Veg tent This one is new from seed, Black Gum keeper pheno for sure I topped it once and it exploded. Clone of the stretchy Black Gum pheno closest to harvest Two more Black Gum from seed Black Gum, Critical and Pineapple clones Pineapple clones Super Auto Lemon clone and Freedom Dream reveg's Critical Northern Lights
Black Gum tester, very smelly and sticky. Not much bud here but I did get 50 good seeds from the Master Kush pollen. Not sure when I'll be germinating any gotta make some room in the garden first.
Getting antsy with this one, 50 days into flower and looking swollen. She shot out a few nanners, but I'm not too worried yet. I might let it go another couple of days but after that I don't want to risk it pollinating my SCROG. Then next in line is this one at 36 days, she has much nicer bud structure than the other. This is my least mature Super Auto Lemon Haze(not counting the clone) and she is getting thick. This one produces a more Indica style bud where as the other plants produce huge, foxtaily buds. All 3 are coated in resin so they all look good to me.
The one tester plant I took down tasted like pine sap and smelled like dogshit. I blasted the whole plant and got a few grams of tasty oil. This plant I took decided to take down at 52 days, could have used a few more but too many nanners. Has a fruity skunky smell and big ol buds. The next one that will be harvested in 1-2 weeks has a little less skunk and more uniform longer colas I think its more Domina heavy than the others.
So your growing medium is still soil right? Have you noticed any difference from the traditional pot?
O wow nice! I need to look into that. I like hydroponics but until I get a proper lab built its really a bitch to try to work in a 5x5 grow tent LOL