Well not much advice on trimming so guess I will just play it by ear.
OK, this AM I started with a Wake and Bake.
Followed this by emptying and cleaning the rez. Got about three gallons of nute solution, added 2 gallons of RO and nutes to bring the total EC to 0.95 and pH'ed to 5.8. Added Great White, 1 tsp/5 gallons and SubCulture II, 1 tsp/5 gallons, then treated all the plants with this solution, at about a 30% runoff. Checked the runoff, which I rarely do and it was 1,1 EC and 6.02 pH. I can live with that!
After cleaning the rez with Clorox and rinsing the rez well, mixed up a new batch of solution, 25 gallons, 0.95 EC. Will allow this to stabilize until this afternoons watering, at that point I will pH the solution.
Yesterday prepared the plant for flower by doing some minor trimming. Basically just trimmed the undergrowth and removed a few of the massive fans blocking light. Cut some lower stems off but know I will have to do more.
An example of the trim.
Before
After
A shot of the under canopy taken this morning.
Was very glad to see this when I pulled the plants out to work on them, they all had about this much roots coming from the sides of the SP's. I do love me some Great White and SubCulture II.
I would add it to my rez for constant feed but I have no way to circulate the mix. Just have a small fan blowing on the surface of the rez to gradually move the solution to help introduce O2 in the mix.
So that's where we stand here. It has been 31 days today when I took the clones and started up the cloner and 12 days since they went into the 1 gallon Smart Pots.
Only two of the SP's have not rooted all that well as they stay more damp than the others, will be hand watering them for a bit allowing them to dry a bit more and hopefully establish a better root system.
Still looking for some recommendations on pruning.
GR