Today is day 0. I'm germinating 8 strawberry haze seeds.
Lights:
1 x 125W ecolight blue
1 x 200W ecolight red
The plan:
I'm going to start off the seedlings in 2" square pots filled with regular potting compost under the blue light until the 2nd set of true leaves are developed. Then I will transfer them to ~4 litre pots of potting compost, clay, well aged cow manure and some sand, and still under the blue light, veg them until they are a foot tall. Then I will transfer them to ~10 litre pots with more manure, clay, potting compost and sand and flower them under the red light and the blue light for 14 weeks.
I'm thinking that I'll have about 4 plants, so they will be put in a ~1.25 meter square area with mylar sides for reflection and the lamps hung in the middle.
How tall will these plants grow? If they are to be topped, should I let them flower until they grow to the height I want and then top them? Or should I let them veg until they're as tall as i want then flower and top them straight away?
How long should I veg/flower them if I want to keep them under 4.5 feet tall and have about 1.5 metres square to work with and four plants? How should I prune/top them to ensure nice full plants bearing in mind they're hazes?
Oh and will the well aged cow manure give enough N or should I add nutes during veg? I don't really care about organic, big yeild is better!
Thanks guys!
Lights:
1 x 125W ecolight blue
1 x 200W ecolight red
The plan:
I'm going to start off the seedlings in 2" square pots filled with regular potting compost under the blue light until the 2nd set of true leaves are developed. Then I will transfer them to ~4 litre pots of potting compost, clay, well aged cow manure and some sand, and still under the blue light, veg them until they are a foot tall. Then I will transfer them to ~10 litre pots with more manure, clay, potting compost and sand and flower them under the red light and the blue light for 14 weeks.
I'm thinking that I'll have about 4 plants, so they will be put in a ~1.25 meter square area with mylar sides for reflection and the lamps hung in the middle.
How tall will these plants grow? If they are to be topped, should I let them flower until they grow to the height I want and then top them? Or should I let them veg until they're as tall as i want then flower and top them straight away?
How long should I veg/flower them if I want to keep them under 4.5 feet tall and have about 1.5 metres square to work with and four plants? How should I prune/top them to ensure nice full plants bearing in mind they're hazes?
Oh and will the well aged cow manure give enough N or should I add nutes during veg? I don't really care about organic, big yeild is better!
Thanks guys!