Update (18)VD04,
This is just a general update and picture show as there is nothing really new with the grow. I had a small mishap in that I was stewing the THC Bomb seed (with 1/8" taproot) in a cup of DIY grow cubes (chopped clone blocks) in a solo cup, on a heat mat inside a small 3 gallon tote. I moved the tote and the cup inside fell over mixing the cubes about like dice. I pulled the cubes back in the cup and am hoping for the best. If it don't grow, I will probably wait a couple weeks and try to open another of the Fem seeds and have a staggered grow, but definitely not until I have the other box I wanna build, built.
As for this WW/Skunk Jean Gal, she's growing rather well. I added some hydroton to the top to block light as the cubes were starting to get algae. She will get her 2nd dose of Heisenberg Tea tomorrow afternoon sometime. Thus far, I have been giving her 2 feedings a day of the premix of 1 gallon distilled with 30% recommended strength GH Flora Series, CaMg (80%), silica (50%), Aqua Shield (80%), and about 50ml each feeding. When I do feed after adding the rocks, I've been slurping up the runoff and sending it through a second or third time to evenly wet the medium. All in all, the medium can only hold 35-40ml of liquid, so frequency of feedings will be increasing within a week, or as soon as I get the top feed and drain all worked out.
I also plan to top her tomorrow or the day after. The red line indicates topping just above the 3rd node, and yellow the 4th. I want to keep the plant as short as possible, but I really want adequate amount of foliage left to be able to quickly recover. I will probably take it at the red line though, what do you think? The clear container will be the next size I plan to transplant to. Cap'n says using many pot sizes helps the roots to become better established and I think will also better fill the medium in the entire container as opposed to DWC where the roots just run straight to the drink and populate there. A broader root system will have more surface area with which to uptake more water, O2 and nutrients, so this grow should be very fun and educational for me. I also found some literature on the net suggesting the tea can last longer if refrigerated, so after this feeding, I may chill a dose or 2 till the middle of the week to repopulate the colony.
I also began work on a box for my fan to deaden some of the noise. I will once again try to incorporate my inner wall ducting idea into this next box. Hopefully that will help to absorb some decibels being emitted and also provide max air flow to and from wherever. Heck if somebody wins the lottery and gives me a little bit, I'd like to get me one of those wireless appliance controllers to allow me to manage most of my grow from my cell phone, and if the grow is noisy, I could adjust fan settings or even turn it off in real time w/o getting off my ass. I also built a Flux table that will hold the solo cup (or whatever larger pot I use) and have something I can tie branches to.
And the pics,