Sounds like some good strains. Outsourcing meaning you let them grow over at your friends until you're ready to put them in flower? I just put a Ethos GG4 in water too lol.
I like to defol quite a bit, usually anything under the first net. I don't like trimming larfy nugs, and stripping all that pushes more growth to the top, resulting in just full main colas. These plants are 6 days into 12/12, I do one more defol around day 21 to clean up the rest of the bottoms of stuff that isn't going to push through the nets.
Yes, He's an old school grower, sent him some of my kit that was now surplus to assist. I don't have the space so it's better to outsource and turnover more flower cycles per year ( lets hope for 6 in 2021 )
I will just be using the critical until I can source some more incredible bulk. Haven't used critical yet but I hope that it is as good if not better than bulk.
I am probably due to do another one then, however I've been a bit slack and haven't even touched two of them yet. I want to do a side by side comparison and see the difference if possible.
I've set my holes to do the scrog netting at 2ft/600mm 2.5/750mm and 3.5/1000mm. I've already realized I hate this setup, but It's just a mickey mouse setup until I import some more lights after this grow. I will be running 5 lights at this point, I have the current 3500k's however the next ones I order will just be 3000k + epistar 660nm and I will get two custom brackets done (3.5ft and 4ft) to even the light distribution and make hanging easier.
I'm hoping this is the worst crop of the year, After my last monster (check previous grow log) I have set myself a goal of sorts. I don't need to get them that big but production of 1lb/3.5-4ft is my goal going forwards.
I will space lights 3000k/3500k/3000k/3500k/3000k for the setup, however after some review I would like to pass on my 480w of lm301h + ir + uv in favor of some more 3000k's (so i'll look for someone to sell them to) lol