..and we are back ere'body!
With a bit of revision and some lessons learnt from the last incomplete grow, I am on the way with Royal Gorilla as well as a Grandaddy Purple.
Royal Queen Seeds - Royal Gorilla
Green Smoke Room Seeds - Gran Daddy Purple
The plan is to ditch the scrog idea from last time. It's such a mission when coupled with DWC, which I am going to keep, but instead of 15L cooler box reservoirs I am going big with 30L cooler box reservoirs. This should assist in flowering with not having to fill my reses every day..maybe now every 2-3 days.
So in order to maximise yield minus the scrog, I'll do an 8 way manifold by topping each plant a total of three times and using low stress training to get as much spread as possible.
The Gran Daddy Purple has a shorter flowering time than the Royal Gorilla, this will need to be kept in mind closer to the end of flowering. There is a possibility it will need to be harvested sooner than the Royal Gorilla. I do not want to sacrifice either to a shorter or longer harvest period than necessary. Each plant will be harvested when either is ready in their own time.
Beginning the veg stage now, I intend to use the coming colder months closer to flowering to induce as much colour in the GDP as possible, genetics be willing.
The Setup
80x80x180 Grow Tent
250W Quantum Board with Potentiometer and Current/Voltage Reader
2 x 30L DIY DWC
Air pump + Air Stones
Clip Fan
Sonoff TH16 Wifi Switch + Temp/Humidity Sensor
I have connected a Sonoff switch to the exhaust system which acts as a temp/humidity reader and can be used to automate the exhaust to operate depending on temp/humidity perimeters if need be. The device plus the sensor cost me R480.
First Few Weeks of Veg
Plant on the left is Royal Gorilla, plant on the right is GDP.
Will update at major milestones