fortphoenix
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Some people have great results with Rockwool, but I have not been one of them. I've tried it many many times, and always medicore results. It probably does have something to do with my flood schedules, but more floods per day means more feedings , more nutes and more oxygen. So, it could be my error that they turned out poor, but on the other hand, if it was my flood schedule that caused the issues with low yield, I do not ever want to use rw again. Different strokes for different folks I guess. Maybe it had something to do with me using smart pots, I'm not sure, but I always have issues with rw.
I vegged for 5 or 6 weeks I think from rooted clones. 16 clones in a 4x4 tray with a 1000w hps light. I've decided to discontinue growing this cut due to its slow veg and lower yields though I have one more batch I'll be growing in my ebb buckets. I'll be doing 14 plants vegged for 30 days under a 1000w this time. They are about the same size because I vegged them in hydroton so they grew a bit quicker for me, but they are only 11-12" tall on average. I shaved off about 2 weeks of veg using hydroton.
damn dude i wish you'd try it over again but with just hydroton to see what you would get and you didnt do any type of training to them right? besides maybe some lower leaf pruning. also how many times do you flood when using the hydroton, do you food at night? i plan on doing 36 plants (northern lights) on a 3x6 table and let them go for 4 weeks (from unrooted clone & veg) then flower and I'm trying to get an ounce per plant with the lucas formula, you think this is a possible/realistic goal?