Cardboard Flowerbox Test 3
- 41 Week Perpetual SOG -
Blue Planet Nutrients
- 41 Week Perpetual SOG -
Blue Planet Nutrients
Cycle 1 Start. Right side SOG set. run 4.5 weeks.
Left side SOG set. run 4.5 weeks.
Harvest right side. Cycle 2 start. Reset SOG with new clones. run 4.5 weeks.
Harvest left side. Cycle 1 end. Reset SOG with new clones. run 4.5 weeks.
Repeat to end of cycle 4.
So there will be a very fast turnover and continual heavy use, and as you can tell, there must be a lot of preparation for this test before it starts and a lot of plant maintenance as it runs.
Estimated Start Date: 05/21/2012
Estimated End Date: 03/04/2013
Estimated time of test: 41 weeks
Estimated plants in test: +/-128 (may change due to space usage/constraints)
Estimated yield of test: Aiming for 4oz/month (veg times may increase/decrease as yield range is narrowed in each harvest)
Proposed Strains in test:
- Purple Widow
- Lamb's Bread
- Plush Berry Kush
- Green Fluffy Bunnies
- Thing2 (Unknown Fuel Smelling Strain)
- Any other strain that captures my fancy over the next twelve months!
Proposed Lighting Schedule: 12/12 perpetual SOG.
Nutrients: Blue Planet Nutrients Elite 3-part with Liquid Blue Bloom Booster
Delivery: Ebb and Flow @ 5 cycles/day
The learning curve is heading toward the horizontal now. That is a plane in knowledge I do not want. I want to see the plateau and punch through it. Pushing my abilities is the only way to make that happen. I want there to be no ceiling above me as I learn this type of grow style, hydroponic, and I want to push it to the absolute best yield attainable. I think that with my current equipment SOG is probably the max yield style. We shall all know at the completion of this test.
The 4oz. per month target I think is achievable given the yield of just 5 very small plants in Test 1 and the space left available between the plants as they matured. That in mind, I think 12-16 bud sticks about 9-12 inches tall should suffice to achieve this goal. Careful planning and the ability to make adjustments is key in this one. As there will be a 2 month lag between harvest and results from adjustments, there's not much margin for error. I must be spot-on with changes or suffer a failure to meet the yield goal.
