Just a small wiff to let me know it's real. Nothing pungent or flavorfull yet. A tease. Things have moved very fast since last pics. I topped two of them. The smaller one I had transplanted that was doing horrible has grown signifcantly and is catching up to the other two plants. Now I'm starting to keep a daily eye out for male / female and thinking about how to best put them on that net. I've also have a heating pad under the tent as this concrete floor is still cold and I'm concerned about that on the roots. The heat insn't consistent as I'd like it as this pad has a two hour timer auto shut off on it and I'd really like it to cover the entire 2x2 area but I think it's helped. I also 3d printed some honeycombs to keep the bags off the ground and focus and hold some of the heat from the heating pad under them. Need to print a few more but it's been working well.
As for nutrients I haven't used any other than my aquarium water. I've got three - 5 gallon buckets setup at the moment. I mix in some rainwater to help drop the higher PH of my aquarium water, and I have some ph down if it's still high. I also have air stones running in two of the 5 gallon buckets and 1 sponge filter in the first. My first bucket holds the majority of sediment from vaccuming the tanks. Before I do a top watering I stir up the water to get everything mixed in the water column. I also have an idea to dry out a portion of the aquarium sediment and use it as a top / and or soil amendment. This would contain a lot of nuets good calcium from all of my broken up snail shells, plant matter, shrimp molts etc. I may do a heavy vaccume today, if I have time, and set something up for drying out. Maybe a heatplate and 13x9 aluminium pan. Not hot and sunny enough out here yet to dry in the sun.
My watering cycle has been .5 liter of when I feel the grow bags get lighter.
Now I want a bigger tent.
