Thank you Yes, I plant clones in solo cups until they are about 6-8 inches then go in 1 gal until they are about 20 inches. After that they go into a 7 gal, veg for a month and flipped.
Should I trim the roots when transplanting? I guess I need to use some kind of root bio nutes?
Im looking at your pics and the plants have massive stalks. How long were they in veg to get to this level? And what are you averaging in yield per plant? Mine are about a foot bigger when I flip but stalks and stems are a lot thinner…
Another thing im considering is adding peroxide or huge ass oxygen pump and boosting dissolved oxygen to 45% will this help? are my numbers right? I think this is what drives the plants in hydro so much.
Only roots needing trimmed would be dead or dying roots. I wouldnt worry about it in commercial. I would just throw away anything nnot performing. More time on the plant means less profits.
Stresssed or hurt plants wont produce as efficiently. So its better to cull them
I’m getting 4-5oz a plant right now. Have 4 under a DE light. Veg for 2 months, flip when they are 36inches or so. the finish at 48-55 inches.
Im watering every other day in the first 1/3 of flower. Then daily for middle 3rd, last third back to every other day and maybe once every 3 days in the last week.
Lollipop to keep only 5 shoots in each brand, sometimes 6 if its another branch.
My option is to drop to 5gal and water daily or keep goign with 7 gals but veg a bit longer so I get slightly bigger plant before flip
So I see that in hydro you guys run a bubble to add oxygen to the water. Some guys say you have to go crazy with it and use an oxygen meter to check dissolved oxygen % in water that you feed the roots with.
So about the maximum oxygen you’re going to get in water is 10 molecules oxygen/million molecules water…One airstone in a 5 gal bucket is going to easily max out your dissolved oxygen requirements…
BTW…it’s interesting that the cooler the water, the more oxygen can be dissolved in it ! Another reason why chillers are beneficial in hydro systems !!!
I think blue reduces stretch vs red. "Many plants grown under only red light, such as plants grown indoors under only red LEDs, have a stretched, elongated appearance; the leaves are thin and large and plants become tall. In most cases, plants grown under only red light do not have desirable growth characteristics.Generally, blue light suppresses extension growth; plants grown with blue light are usually shorter and have smaller, thicker and darker green leaves compared to plants grown without blue light "
