lol, 23 one gallon buckets, sorry I guess I could have said that differently.
23 buckets taking up about 18 square feet of space. I'm hoping for a week or two at most veg, maybe perpetual depending on how the first grow looks.
Anyway, I'm going to try applying the trich in a couple different ways.
I'll create a sterile medium to culture some trich, wait til the carbs are mostly consumed and refrigerate, then apply the solution once early in flower. I will also try a few buckets mixing the trich powder in with the perlite from the start. I'm thinking about trying something like Great White too, just not sure the bacteria will survive. I have an interest in trich because it can live in symbiosis with the root system... not something that would need to be applied more than once if done right. And I'll have some buckets straight sterile. It should be interesting to see the results. It will be about 2 months before this grow gets underway, so I've got time to think of other experiments.
I have more buckets than I need, so I can fuck some of them up if needed. I've considered using more than one hole, but not sure it will make much difference. I guess I could try a couple with straight coco and/or soil caps on perlite, but am really wanting a system that will allow me to recycle all the substrate. I'm open to suggestions on other experiments.
Also, would like a few more opinions on max PPMs. I've never gone over 1000 in hydro, is hempy nute solution basically the same?