Quote Originally Posted by raizla
Yeah, the blue T5's worked great for me in veg. 19 plants is a bit ambitious. I think you might feel overwhelmed as the plants get bigger. I have enough trouble keeping up with the 3 I've got, but I'm pretty meticulous about picking up dropped leaves and such.

The SCROG method was great for me. I didn't realize how big the colas were going to get. Even though I have super thick stems, the plants still wobble a little bit when the fan blows on them. Luckily the SCROG gives everything an added support structure. If you really plan to SCROG 19 plants you're going to have to make a huge screen!

If your soil has nutes in it, you won't have to add anything until flowering. If you move up in pot size like I did (small cup to 1 gallon to 3 gallon), the plants need new nutrients at the same time that you repot, which is perfect because the additional soil of a larger pot provides those nutrients.

There isn't really a wrong way to do your grow (unless your plants are sick or dying), so just figure out what works best for you. I looked around at all of the different threads and liked the SCROG idea best at the time, but I might try something different on my next grow.

One last piece of advice, make sure you pH the water. I got lazy about it, and it caused one of my plants to get some brown spots on the leaves, which probably affected my final yield. You don't have to get anything fancy. I used the little drops that make the water change color, and they work fine.
I absolutely love Raiz's log on his 3 WW and the ScrOG he's using with them! (Track it regularly! )