First time ever grower wants to do hydro ...

You can use those single inline high flow RV hose filters cartridges to instantly remove most of the chlorine and a few other kinds of impurities. Not as good as an RO would, but great for what it is rated to filter out, and doesn't waste water either..

Drop That Sound said:

You can use those single inline high flow RV hose filters cartridges to instantly remove most of the chlorine and a few other kinds of impurities. Not as good as an RO would, but great for what it is rated to filter out, and doesn't waste water either..

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Much appreciated for the tip! For now I only want to clear the bad stuff in the water ...

Had a nice surprise today when I inspected the plants today after a weekendtrip. Had given theme a good shot of nuts before the weekend started and they are really bushy now ... even my little one that was behind starts to become bigger

Do I need to prune already the leaves from downunder? Can I do already some SCROGing with the stems? They are bushy and not stretched.

I like to do mainlining or manifolding with scrog setups. I make my own trellis with string to make 3" squares, it seems like it makes more opportunity for keeping everything where you want it, but I've honestly never tried a purchased trellis system so I really can't compare. I'd suggest looking into manifold scrog techniques. There's a few around that give you step by step instructions.

Those plants look F'in awesome though, nice job!

Autos are not suitable. My mistake ... I read now here -> https://sensiseeds.com/en/blog/screen-green-scrog-bang-bud/

Before starting with the construction itself, you need to select the right types of plant. Because the growth phase lasts longer using the Screen of Green method than with other methods of cultivation, auto-flowering cannabis plants are not suitable.

What I have learned so far ...

+ Germination is the most difficult part I find. Those baby plants are so fragile and need utmost taken care of.
+ Once those girls roots hit the water of the jacuzzi they are off like a rocket. They drink an insane amount of water anytime. I don't even care much bout the parameters anymore. If it's somewhere in between it's just fine.

So in 2025 I want to try some things to improve ...

+ Build me an aeroponic/hydroponic cloner. Learn about choosing good strains to clone of.
+ Build me a third system with DWC and not RDWC with each plant it's on LED or per two plants. I don't see any advance of connecting all those buckets and use the same LED for all plants. For me it's more a disadvantage to control the buffer and all the seperate buckets.
+ Learn how to train/crop those plants. So the buds downunder get even light spread.

My girls going into flowering ... Approx six weeks from germ.







Starting another batch of 4 Money Maker photos...

Should I defoliate the underside of the plants? Would this bring me any benefits in this stage?

I would say yes, it can bring you benefits. It looks like it's getting kind of dense and you want to maintain airflow around the plants. Pruning now will help with that. Also, since you're flipping to flower you can start to get a picture of which branches will finish strongest. I've always pruned the bottom third of each main branch and gotten rid of everything that looks like it will just suck nutrients. Good buds can see the light and feel the wind. You've got a ways to go and there will still be a lot of growth to replace whatever you prune.
Those roots are perfect though, well done!

border&grower said:

The water analyses here says a median of 20mg/l Cl. This means highly chlorinated and toxic for the roots. But the roots of my plants seem to grow just fine and fast ... puzzles me

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I have a hard time believing tap water to contain 20ppm residual chlorine? That's 4 times higher than what you typically add to your Pool. Maybe you mean 2mg/l?

Do people safely drink the water? Then it can't possibly contain 20ppm residual chlorine.

I add chlorine, about 1-2ppm bleach(sodium hypochlorite) to my reservoirs.

This is the analyses from our tap water according the water company.



It sais an average of 20.7mg/l.

Doesn't need to get bigger ... Can't hold my tent anymore ...