Came home with 5 more 3 gallon trash bins to convert to hempys.
I've used 2-liter soda pop bottles because they were free (Mountain Dew, by preference, because I've never felt the need to paint those). You get smaller plants, of course. But you can pack a lot of them into a small space (or into a pan).
In case I have not already mentioned it here, this was a great "hempy" style journal, in which 2-liter bottles were used:
Come SOG with Me - 112 Plant - 2 Liter - Hempy SOG
He basically placed rooted cuttings directly into flower, perpetually.
I am going to assume you meant 13" tall
. Although it is true that cannabis plants generally seem to do better in a deeper container than a shallower one (of the same volume). But it's often a choice between taking up limited grow space area versus taking up limited grow space height, I suppose.
That's the largest size I have ever been able to find in my local area. And even that is a treasure hunt. Out of curiosity, how much does that size cost (and the 4 ft.³ ones)?
it was the only brand that specifically said "coarse perlite" on the bag.
I cannot find that at all around here, sadly.
The 1 CF bags are ground finer and have a lot of dust. I can't see how that fine stuff aerates the soil.
It quickly gets washed out through watering. Or it could be rinsed out, I guess (which is what the company should have done before packaging it, but that adds expense/complexity and arguably reduces the final product by a tiny, tiny amount).
I have acquired a variety of fem seeds, so plan to pop just one of each strain and learn what I can about each.
Seems like an adventure. But do remember that, unless your seeds are from IBL (inbred lines) - and to an extent even then - then multiple seeds of a strain can and often do produce multiple phenotypes. Since the vast majority of commercially available strains (seeds) sold today are at best F₁ (and, with people ripping off other breeder's strains, lots of seeds being sold are F₁xF₁, et cetera), I'll assume that if you have three seeds of a given strain and grow one, what you learn from doing so may not be completely applicable to one or both of the remaining seeds.
Some people who end up with multiple seeds of one strain prefer to germinate and grow them all at once, flower them, harvest, and cure the resulting buds - and then to use the information gleaned in order to choose which, if any, of those plants will become "keepers." That requires space, though, not only to grow all the plants at once but to keep the "original" plants in the vegetative phase (either actively growing or more or less in stasis) so that they'll be available after the learning experience has concluded.
Others will germinate one seed, grow it, take a cutting (or several), root them, and then eventually flower the clones, harvest the yield, and cure it. They will then repeat this process with each seed from the strain until they've grown out all of them, compare the cured bud (and other characteristics, such as yield amount, flowering time, etc.), and choose one or more mothers, disposing of or giving away all the others.
I probably should trim off the flowers, now that they are in veg, to reduce the stress and the hormones.
I have seen people
not remove flowers. Then again, I've always been told to pick fruits so that the plant won't end up "thinking" its life cycle is finished. But I do not think it matters greatly unless there were a lot of flowers/buds, or if they were well along.
I hope I didn't cut them too soon.
The umbilical has been cut, now you have to feed the little <BLEEP>
. But, seriously, their means for getting nourishment have just been drastically reduced. You may have to feed less and more often for a little while until their root systems are well-established. It shouldn't take long, and you can begin reducing the frequency to encourage "seeking" (root growth).
I'm just rambling. I've been at my mother's for a while and am going stir crazy.
I'm committed, NOW!