Well, the thread is focused on how you guys would grow 1000 plants. The key are 1000 plants, they have to be pretty a lot because I need to select only the pure females along the bests phenotypic traits.
So the yield is not an issue at all. I would not use much light and I'm gonna stress'em with photoperiod and heat/cold to make the intersexual traits evident.
Space is not an issue. Watering from the bottom.
I would know by you guys what's the best method in your opinion.
My thought is to germinate directly in the final 1,4 liters pots (0,37 gallons). Pure coco fiber.
(I thought at raised beds too...)
After some time, clone every single plant from the top (excluded the worsts) and then switch to flowering.
Along the flowering I'll trash those with intersexual traits, both flowering plants and relative clones.
Because I don't need male/s from this breeding step, I have to trash'em too. I could avoid taking clones from male plants just waiting till the flowers formation, approx. 10 days from the 12\12 switch.
To minimize hormonal changes in flowering plant I can take clones from bottom branches and switch to a flowering photoperiod of 15/9 or 14/10. Those 2 or 3 hours should slow down the hormonal changes, however pre-flowers should be visible almost at the same stage of flowering, but I'm not sure.
Any advice, especially on how to keep things the most simple is very welcome.
ps:Obviously plants don't have to be big. The most important thing is to select the pure fem. and give'em enough light to express its quality in its flowers.
So the yield is not an issue at all. I would not use much light and I'm gonna stress'em with photoperiod and heat/cold to make the intersexual traits evident.
Space is not an issue. Watering from the bottom.
I would know by you guys what's the best method in your opinion.
My thought is to germinate directly in the final 1,4 liters pots (0,37 gallons). Pure coco fiber.
(I thought at raised beds too...)
After some time, clone every single plant from the top (excluded the worsts) and then switch to flowering.
Along the flowering I'll trash those with intersexual traits, both flowering plants and relative clones.
Because I don't need male/s from this breeding step, I have to trash'em too. I could avoid taking clones from male plants just waiting till the flowers formation, approx. 10 days from the 12\12 switch.
To minimize hormonal changes in flowering plant I can take clones from bottom branches and switch to a flowering photoperiod of 15/9 or 14/10. Those 2 or 3 hours should slow down the hormonal changes, however pre-flowers should be visible almost at the same stage of flowering, but I'm not sure.
Any advice, especially on how to keep things the most simple is very welcome.
ps:Obviously plants don't have to be big. The most important thing is to select the pure fem. and give'em enough light to express its quality in its flowers.
