Nice work.
NFT goes both ways, smaller or bigger plants. It does not matter.
I used to grow NFT , then had a spell of trying organic NFT but at the time (15 years ago) the nutrients. Where nit as good as todays. Where I struggled was keeping enough N in the mix.
(someone needs to invent an ec meter that also tells you, in ppm what amounts of each element are present)
Calx size is pheno dependant.
the Moppel cut can grow monsters.
The only thing that stops me from going NFT again is the finished quality. On a 1-10 scale how close to a perfectly grown organic run?
To me, an I've tested a lot of bud, nothing "usually" comes close.
i find whether i like the bud or not is pheno dependent, my goal is to just keep the plant healthy
what i feed it or how i grow it will not make much difference to this, as long as its healthy that is all i can really do, i like to keep changing strain so i get lots of different flavours etc, i keep my favorites until i get bored with them
then i move on
nft systems with narrow channels are more suited to smaller plants, with larger channels or trays if the genetics allow it
a plant can create a large root system that in-turn tends to lead to large plants
i see a lot of plants where each branch tends to grow like a plant itself with lots of side branching
creating very wide plants , this current plant is 5 ft wide and almost 4ft deep
i am not sure about measuring each element, if you were organic you would not be able to use an ec meter anyway
as organics cant be measured in the same way
i like to keep things as simple as possible this is one of my goals
the amnesia haze was grown with 1 single res change in the 10 week period and no ph adjustment or measurement
the only nutes it has been fed are A+B veg food mixed with some A+B flowering food for the first 4 weeks of 12/12
this was changed to A+B flowering food only for the remaining time until harvest
i wouldn't normally change it at all just top up when needed, but i overfed this girl a little
she was on ec 2.0 and only really needed 1.4
i would only top up with A+B i would not wish to complicate things and start adding
individual elements
i am not a scientist, that would be too complex for my goal of making growing weed as simple and effortless as possible for my situation
peace