I grow in soil. Foxfarms products. Ocean Forest, Happy Frog and coco loco. I am a transplanter so my girl lives in 4 homes once she is planted. By transplanting every 4 weeks, I do not have to give her an actual feeding until she is in her final pot which she goes in before the flip to flower. I do give her Rhino skin when I water her in after each transplant. I also give the occasional mykos and azos and some mammoth P but none of this is on a schedule. When I do start feeding about 3 weeks after final transplant, I use a mix of stuff. Mother earth 2-4-4 and Alaska Bloom 0-10-10 with Bushdoctor Cal/Mag 1-0-0. That grow I was going for 6-8 mains and she ended up growing to within 11" of my HLG350R. I only grow one plant at a time as I grow photos and want to maximize my yield and fill the tent if possible.
I start my bean once tap shows in a dome. The super sprouter. Keeps my targets at 80ºF and 80% humidity for the first2 weeks. This process is outlined step by step with pics in the “Tips and Tricks for germing seeds” on here. Tips and Tricks for Germinating Seeds - #41 by Bonjoyle
On training I try different methods for each strain I grow. Sometimes I mainline, quadline or use a scrog, sometimes I just use the holes I drill into the rim of my pots to tie down certain branches. I train all my branches as that makes them strong in hopes of needing for heavy colas. I top at whatever node I need to in order to achieve my end goal. On my newest grow, DTC99 (Durban ThaixCindy99) I am thinking about topping at 8, cutting off 1, 2 & 3 and building a wall to wall canopy with scrog in my not quite 4x4.
Light - I have the 350r mentioned above and incorporate my hlg UVA once she is starting to put out trichs. Usually this gets turned on about the 4-5th week. I changed to 20/4 during veg and started paying attention to VPD. My temps are fairly consistent so I adjust my humidity to achieve .8 - 1.1 on the VPD. That is around 60% through veg. I veg until my canopy is where I want it and switch to 12/12. Below are random pics showing some of the things discussed above. Any specific questions, hit me up.
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