Re: Kandy Kush True Aeroponics - 1/3HP Pump - 600W HPS - Blue Planet Nutrients - Jun
I (had to) LST all of my 56 plants horizontally. and trim them nicely twice and stick them in the net - so it's all good now.
What you are looking at is a closed journal - this was my aero try #2
I grew in soil before, so the current rig technically is the fourth technique I tried.
I am really on to the "12/12 from the start" idea, overcrowding, and quickest SOG cycle possible.
However, I grossly underestimated the difficulties with cloning that I would and did endure.
Cloning - sigh - I tried so many ways of cloning, but I keep having consistency problem. The time before I did exactly the same (I think) eve (shit I can't type straight, all fucked up!) n in the latest system I once had nearly 100% survival rate, and I cloned so many extras - 288 exactly, but only 57 made it in the rig (which is design for 171 SOG)
I had to change my plans, create some space, veg, LST. and now I am doing SGROG.
Not because I like SCROG, but because I couldn't get enough clones for SOG.
I am a kind of person who is going to take his time to design shit the right way - so my only chore would be replacing water and mixing up nutes. And a year ago I achieved great results in soil (believe it or not!) doing 4 plants per sq foot single stalk SOG- it was fast-riping, pleasure to trim, and smelled like heavens.
But I decided to go aero so I could automate everything. There is so much hassle with soil and pots - dirt everywhere, watering timing measurements took lots of time and sucked balls in the end.
both LST and SCROG - all require extra, hard work! (and take tons of time too)
Why work hard if you can work smart?
P.S.: I also like the idea about using bark plugs to propagate.
They are easy as pie to use and perfectly fit 2" net-cup
The plug is the best thing for roots development, attachment to the net cup (which eases moving plants around if needed. It stays wet throughout entire plant's life, which helps a ton when shutting the system down for hours, or whatever happens - they will stay alive with no watering for a while
Right now I am unemployed, so I can afford doing SCROG. But when I get another job -I will have no time for any vegging whatsoever - nada, niet, nicht.
If I lived in Europe, I would have done something similar to 2-liter bottle method, but would use seeds,
Here in the States I don't want to be caught hot-handed picking up hundreds/thousand seeds from an undercover UPS driver.
That's why I have to clone. What else can I do? Grow a huge tree in 4" of height??
enjoy your jungle!
