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COCO COIR First Coco Grow!

Thanks for the great questions. Single site so far. I have a 4 gallon bucket res with two air stones an air pump. I have the bucket sitting inside a 10-12 gallon tote with a lid on both to prevent algae growth. The res is well below the drain tray. I plan to dump the waste soon as it stops dripping. I'll adjust res size, pump speed (mine has 3 speeds), and operating time when I add more sites to the irrigation system.
 
Still healthy. Growing very well. These Samsung diodes definitely seem to have great canopy penetration, I see so much growth between stems! I just topped today. I'll admit it was my first time. I used my fingers and a sharp disinfected knife. Also my peppers are growing!
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You sterilized your scissors. Did you sterilize your fingers? Eeeeewwww!!!
I'm zooming in real close on pictures 1 and 2, trying to figure out where you made the cut and comparing it to your pepper.
Consider you topped your plant at a bad spot. At whatever node you decide to top, it should be done in the inch range above a leaf set, or just below without leaving nubs. When you train your plant, you will be pulling the new branches to the sides. This can split your plant even if you know what you are doing. The extra inchish you leave will help prevent this. Your pepper was topped at a similar place as your weed, but the pepper branches have not been trained... pulled to the sides.
There is FIMming, but this more than a FIM. I have never done it because one thing I see is you never know how much or where new growth will come from.
 
Haha I washed my hands well. Here is a closer picture of the cut. Maybe I should've cut a little farther down the stem, I mean it's not too late to cut a little more. I was planning to use LST to widen the plant and create more bud sites. Just need to find something to anchor to the grow bag without ripping it.
I never topped the pepper plant, one stem broke once and caused it to grow a little more on one side. I didn't know people trained their pepper plants. I just went natural growth and lollipopped it.

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Those bags are just about unrippable. I poke holes in them with scissors to tie-down and have never had one rip.
Basil is a good one for topping outside. Those little bastards will fill up a garbage bag without much work.
 
Damn if I didn't think that was a Bedazzler when I first saw it. Might be pretty and get you plenty of thumbs, but not my thing.
All I'm saying about the holes is I've been using the same bags for a few years and have no rips I haven't caused through overanxious scissor poking. But you do you.
You do you as you don't rhinestone up your bags. I would have to throw you on my list of blocked people that includes a Nazi sympathizer and a paranoid corporate conspiracy theorist.
 
Lol. Your comments bro. I will do me. Not sure about the rhinestones though. Maybe some funny pins... Which actually makes me think about using safety pins as the anchors.
 
La planta is officially on the drip! I'm still using clear tubing. When I feel like it I'll tape it up with black tape. I have it on a short interval timer attached to a regular 24 hour mechanical timer to shut the pump off at night. Currently two 15 second feedings per day. I'll adjust in time.

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All that vinyl and hdpe fittings should be replaced with black. The light will grow algae and bacteria fast under the lights.
 
Correct on the algae. I would like to use black, but I couldn't find any in town. Some day I'll order it. I can just tape it for now. I have plenty more vinyl and can replace it after a bit. As long as it's food safe, it's good for now. I have brown fittings coming soon, which should help block light.
 
I up'd the dosage. 2 feedings are not enough. It's still healthy, just the slightest shade of yellow. I like this auto-feed. Although it's time to scale up from the bucket to the whole tub. I just wanted to test small and then scale up. Easier to add than take.
 
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Not a lot new. I added an oscillating tower fan. This plant is totally an indica. Super short and bushy. Wish I didn't have just a mix of seeds and knew which strain, but I guess that's just part of the mystery and fun. Almost at the end of week 5 starting week 6. Flippin it soon!

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I switched to 12/12 on Monday. I also cut more bottom leaves today. I'm starting to feel some stickiness and the smell is becoming more prominent, not sure if that's a sign of flowering or just the age of the plant. I now know it is some sort of GMO strain (not what I was hoping for, but whatevs). Gonna be a stinky indica. I'm hoping for Strawberry Banana or Tangie, which is a couple of the cultivars at where I got the seeds. Just gotta keep popping seeds and find them. Like Pokemon I gotta catch them all! (sorry I was kid in the 90's)

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Second picture. What looks to be the main stalk but is in front of the real main stalk. Right side of stalk is a fan leaf that is discolored at the intersection of a fan leaf. That discoloration looks the same as where fan leaves have been plucked.
Main stalk (in back), a little further up looks like a branch that is purpling from the stalk while its opposite is not. Maybe a fan leaf. I am used to purple fan stems but not a single one, not all the way down, and usually only on the top of the stem.
I am curious about those discolorations.
I have a suggestion about defoliating the large fan leaves. Instead of pinching them off and leaving a nub to dry and possibly rot, grab the stem close to the stalk and give a quick yank down. It leaves a clean break with nothing hanging on.
All else looks real healthy.

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The purple on the stalk and stems is from the LED light. I got this mofo close. It is only 100w so no heat and light radiation is not too intense. I have an old blurple light that is 200w (real at wall), that causes leaves to turn orangish when too close. It's just a purple tan. I also grow at 72-73F during the day and 68-69F at night. Outside temps are below 50F at night so there is a cold draft at times, but no chill in the closet. Thanks for looking and the lesson on removing the fan leaves.
 
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