Hey man, thats some nice trees
The canna nutrients+canna coco are on there way, so no more having to decide about that, feels good.
Wow, I never realized I could make my own hempy buckets, wish I knew that yesterday, I spent like 60$ on some expencive smart pots. Thanks for the tip though, I might still make some.
I might look into silica but I think it might be to late for this grow, or is it a liquid?
You saying you haven't really ran into any problems growing in coco is also very comforting, I'm not sure if I will veg my plants as long as you, but your picture makes me want to do it hehe, nice yield also.
Have a good day people!
Silica is liquid, and is very cheap. Would not grow without it. I got rid of my smart pots after trying Hempys. The yield from Hempys is at least double that from "smart" pots. Those trees were grown in 2 gallon buckets from Home Depot. In the picture, you can see they were just transplanted to 5 gallon buckets, only because they were tipping over due to being top heavy. You need high ceilings to grow trees. Also they were done with vertical lighting (bare bulbs). No reason to waste money on hoods, when bare bulbs give you 40% more light, and much greater yields. Nothing wrong with Canna nutes, but you seem to be on a budget where you didn't have enough for a PH pen, so other, much cheaper nutrients are available which are just as good or better, and the money you saved could have been used on other things.
Read this thread by Hempy on how to do coco in Hempy buckets. Coco is a hydro medium, and Hempy buckets are a passive hydro system that give huge yields:
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=147954
Your yields in smart pots will be about half of what you would get in Hempys. Do the math.