Hi CCIE, flowers on two plants have started to connect. It's tough getting photos in those areas. I haven't sampled anything yet. :weedpoke: I don't want to try anything until I start flushing out the nutrients. I've read that it can have a harsh taste to sample while using full strength nutrients. I have resorted to picking up some small supplies from a local source. It is frustrating having to pay these kind of prices for herbs when I have this growing right here. Soon, soon, I keep telling myself. I figure I should have at least something to sample for the beginning of February. I'll keep the bulk of it to cure until Spring.

Last couple days, water consumption has dropped to about a quart/day. The nutrient consumption also appears to have dropped, requiring replenishing about every four days.

I've attached photos from Christmas/Flowering day 32. The pistils are getting very large, and several spots have started to clump together. I am at about 4.5 weeks. I believe you need to flush during the last two weeks. If I am to flower for 8 weeks, that would give me 1.5 weeks of feeding. I will change the water one more time around then, and replace with the FloraKleen.

invision, that's a good suggestion. I was thinking of using a new system next grow, perhaps individual growing planters, instead of the shared one I use now. That would allow me to better adjust the plants as you suggest. There are many things which I learned from this time around. One is that I may need a larger flowering area. I may go back and pick up the HydroHut. The cabinet has the depth for the physical planter I'm using, but there's just little room to work around the plants or lean them over. I have tried to pull over the plants to lean lower, but have either creased the stem or caused the netted planter to pull up from the planter, exposing the top of the basket.