White Shark: First crop of clones!

[Rangi]

Perfect! Thanks as always, Campesino

It turns out I did - and am doing - what you have kindly re-explained to me. Sorry for the inconvenience. I am clipping the emerging growth tips that I don't want to keep and have left the leaves for now. I had an enjoyable, early-morning read and think through DANGERDAN 's article on Defoliation and the discussion that followed. I think I now have a much better understanding of some of the important concepts related to pruning - perfect timing to integrate new information and suggestions with hands-on practice!

 

[Rangi]

UPDATE: Moved Plants to Flower Chamber

• Got these gals moved from the nursery chamber to the flower chamber yesterday
  • Ran into some technical snags when I was getting the destination chamber ready (rez cooling system malfunctioned ... turns out my solenoid valves have little filters that needed cleaning ... found this after hours of attempted diagnosis and treatment (lol) and eventually I ended up systematically disassembling the cooling system until I discovered the problem)
  • Move went ok, except for root entanglement (see below)
  • the receiving rez has basically the same recipe as where they came from, to reduce transplant shock
  • They seem a bit droopy, but perhaps they're just getting used to their new space (4x2 vs 3x2; and 800W vs 400W)
  • haven't turned on the T5s yet

• The whole timeline for these plants can be described as "behind"
  • As a new grower, I'm still learning the life course of the plants, and trying to having them in the right environment, receiving the most appropriate care/training at the correct time. Still need some calibration
• In general, my timeline should be:
  • 1-2 weeks in cloner
  • 1-2 weeks of veg/training
  • 1 week transition
  • 8+ weeks flower

• For these plants ...
  • 4 weeks in cloner for the larger ones; 2 weeks in cloner for the others
  • 3 weeks veg/training
  • 1 week transition ... still training, because I got behind
  • The roots are massive, which made moving them difficult in a few cases
    • 2 pairs of plants had their 14-16" roots entangled
    • 1 pair I cut apart with clean snips
    • 1 pair I gently pulled apart with clean hands
    • Note to self: prevention, prevention, prevention

Nutes:
FHD: Grow; Common; Veg Boom Plus; Propagator
Botanicare: CalMag+; Hydroguard
AN: B-52; Rhino Skin; VooDoo Juice

Environment:
TDS: 650
pH: 5.7 at install
Air temp: 80/72
Rez temp: 68-69