@brazel. I see NO detrimental transplant shock going from solo cups to 3 gallon pots when done between 2 and 3 weeks and I tease the roots a bit b4 dropping them into their new home.
I'm running 18 fifty watt 3590's all putting out 3500k from start to finish. Every 6 Cobs have their own driver and their own DIY frames. All 18 Cobs are pretty much 12 inches on center. I've got another 300 watts on the way and I'll be tweaking all the frames so that the Cobs are 15 inches on center with a 24 inch red T bulb down the middle of each frame. The pics here 2 week old plants. Unless your overly aggressive combing out the roots they don't even know they've been uprooted.
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I will admit that i train aggressively but even then rebound time doesn't amount to much. If you can think of a training technique I've tried it and the girls don't mind much. Remember were talking about MJ which is really an easy plant to grow. I have a lot more difficulty growing good broccoli and egg plant than I do MJ although when I DO run into trouble I don't cry over my broccoli. Here are a few pics of harshly manipulated girls.
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I don't know about anyone else but I start a lot more good femmed seeds than I could ever use. Right now I have over 40 seeds in paper towels. Anything that pops will go into Pro Mix with no nutes and will get grown out for a couplafew weeks and I will reduce the number down by half based on how they look and will either trash or give away anything that doesn't make the grade. My goal is to have 10 to 15 vigorous girls and I would love to make 900 grams of bud under 900 watts or even 1350 grams. Good luck to all.