Great update.This morning while checking the ladies the reservoir was down just over 3 gallons so I added the 3 gallons back with RO, last added water two days ago. The EC was down to 0.6, so I added 30 ml each of Micro and Bloom which brought the EC back to 0.9, spot on. The pH was perfect at 6.01. The ladies are drinking well and taking up nutrients like they should be. The fan leaves are the size of my hand so I removed a few from each plant the were covering other bud sites. Will do a lite defoliation this coming week in preparation for flowering which should start in a few weeks. I know not everyone is a fan of defoliation but I have been doing it on my plants for years/ Very lite defoliation to a bit over the top, but have always had good yield numbers.
Have had to be careful removing the fan leaves as these plants do not like to be messed with and tend to want to break bud shoots. My buddy who I got the clones from said he broke a lot when working on his plants.
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I have not been able to cover the Hydroton do to the emitters I am using and during early growth a little algae began forming on the surface, but now that the leaves are covering the Hydroton the algae has subsided and is non existent now. When I do the lollypop on the plants over the next few weeks I will be able to add a reflective film layer over the surface of the Hydroton and not have to worry about the light causing algae growth.
One thing I have noticed is the growth of the plants is amazing. I thought that I got good growth with my Coco/Perlite grows but this Gro & Flo system is out growing any of my Coco grows at least by half or more. I am astonished every morning when I open the tent.
Another thing I am liking is the way the Blueberry has responded, it was planted from a small clone 10 days after the LSD's went into the pots and has caught up to the other plants in size. Cool Beans!
Y'all have a very Happy New Years! If you go out please be careful.
Garden is amazing.
Hope you have a wonderful year Buddy.
All the best.
#Vivosun #Love What You Grow
Bill284