Checking strain viability, proper media prep, tracking EC with TEROS 12 vs TEROS ONE, & More!

This week, the resource sharing was rich and so was the conversation! Jason and Seth covered so much ground – from how to prep your grow medium properly, why EC readings are more accurate with the TEROS ONE, why gauging strain variability is crucial, and so much more! Plus, there’s still time to enter our AROYA GO giveaway so don’t miss out!

Some of our favorite quotes from the sesh:

Don’t Compress Your Coco

“Compressing your coco where the sensor is going in – try to avoid it. Absolutely not. We want that pot to be as consistent as possible, as uniform, so that the area we are sensing with the prongs is representative of that entire volume. That's going to help us make sure that the water contents and the ECs that we're getting are representing the entire pot.”

 – Jason

Assessing Strain Viability

“Start to document everything you possibly can about that plant, because sometimes we'll see strains that really do just behave very different than expected. And then also weigh that with…commercial viability: is the product you're getting, or the value on that strain high enough to make it worth it to solve the problem?”

– Seth

Got Popcorn?

“It could possibly be that they're running a more generative irrigation, and then they don't get any bulking on those buds – so they get obviously good, nice nugs, but not to the size that they want. Maybe they're hand watering, so they don't have the option of doing multiple irrigations a day very easily. That would probably be one of the first things that I'd look into is, all right, what's the irrigation schedule look like? What are the cues that the plant is receiving through those?” 

– Jason