New grow gunna try scrog, purple kush purple urkle

Never got a chance on growing a scrog setup, but im definalty interested.

im subbed to see progress

good luck man

 

Roots Organic is a far better soil blend than FFOF. Do expect to have to feed though, it runs cold after about a month...

I'm currently using their bottled line for this run while my super soil cooks and I've had fantastic results.

 

nice set up hope it turns out nice

 

I used AN my very first grow, yielded well, had one 4 ounce chemmy jones in a 5 gallon pot. If you want me to save ya some money and increase your quality, I'll show you some alternatives;

Drop Budblood, its usless in my opinion, my plants show sex in under 72 Hours and nugs start in a week after the flip. Pre-feeding your flower nutes a week early prior to the flip will do what you're looking for (Be sure to add a veg amount of nitrogen though!)

Drop the carboload, its just molasses. And in all honesty, you don't wanna use molasses in mid-later flower, its creates a higher bacteria count (That is desirable in veg) where as we're looking for a higher fungal count..

Replace voodoo juice with GreatWhite and find another mycorizhal product with high glomus intraradices count (I've found that Mykos granulated from Xtreme Gardening has the highest count). The greatwhite and mykos together is going to cost you about $40, coat your trasplant hole when transplanting and feed greatwhite every other feed in veg and end in week 4 of flower.

Replace overdrive with HPK from Roots Organics, its about $30 cheaper and its a much better booster, gotta love guanos

Drop b52, no idea what the point of that is. The whole idea behind b1 reducing stress is still up for debate, and it would really only be worth using around transplants, if it actually worked of course

Drop final flush. Flush with plain water; for a 5 gallon pot my process would be flushing 3 weeks early with 10 gallons. Watering normal the next 2 water, then flushing with 10 gallons. Watering normal once more, then flushing for the last time with 10 gallons.

Work towards an organic soil and less bottled nutes and that urkle will taste so good you'll wanna slap ya momma

Best of luck brother!

 

I have a more hands approach to feeding, and after your first run with a strain it gets much easier, but pretty much I try not to feed at all until week 2, starting at a half dose, then slowly work my way up. This all depends though on the plant...if she's lush and green, no point in over-feeding. It takes a keen eye to recognize the deficiencies before they become a problem, theres alot of good resources on the net that detail each cannabis deficiency, read 'em all.

Drenching the soil is more than adequate, its never a good idea to expose roots to light outside of transplanting.

 

I just cut clones a couple weeks ago, allow me to detail my process:

1. MY clones that are going in MY room ALWAYS get cut from tops, far better success rate. Look for ones at least 2cm wide. Cut it after the 3rd node from the top. I bring my tray into the clone room with so I can go directly from cut-to hormone-to tray, reducing the time oxygen can enter the cut is ideal.

2. Trim off nodes 2 and 3, then SLIGHTLY score the a good inch of the bottom of cut, insuring that you include the 3rd nodes 'trim spot'. Dip the cut in hormone past where you scored lightly with a clean, sterilized razor blade. No such thing as too much hormone, glob it up!

3. Now I even go as far as to use a toothpick for each clone to keep 'em steady, I just cant imagine swaying around and bending over helps roots make contact faster.

4. Add water to your tray, set the tray on your heating mat, mist the clones and the mist the inside of the dome, set the dome on and walk away

5. Mist daily, at least twice a day. Be aware of mold, at night I take my dome off and fan em for 5-10 minutes to kind of give em a break, humidity will go right back up anyways but at least theres fresh air exchange.

6. After 7-10 Days, I transplant with signs of roots or not...if I can pick up the cube and the clone doesn't fall out, we can only assume its rooted right . I transplant to a solo cup with a soil mixture consisting of promix BX, ewc, and par boiled rice hulls (Perlite alternative). Upon transplanting, I coat the transplant hole with a few various mycorizhal products and give it a top layer to get watered in.

7. Now she's transplanted so she's gotta be thirsty...water 'em good, I prefer a small amount of run off the first watering, after that I aim for 'enough'.

8. I leave em in the solo cups for another 7-10 Days, then I make a transplant to their veg containers and let their journey begin

I've kept my light on through this whole process now, 3-6 in. away but the closer the better, once they're in the solo cups and getting their legs, I add a small personal fan to em that runs constantly.

Btw, 'soil drench' shouldnt be taken literally as to 'drench' your soil. Its the 'horticulturist' term for feeding liquids from a cup, lol. To define the difference between other feeding methods, top-dressing etc.

 

I don't say this often because I don't wanna hear the nag...but I balance the ph of my soil with dolomite lime and thats about it...havent used a meter in months. Though I will admit my bottles nutes are Roots Organic so..

You can always foliar feed very lightly if your clones start to go south, light kelp extract and CaMg will usually perk 'em right up. Be sure to raise your CFL's a couple feet for an hour or two after you spray to avoid burn

 

Hey man I'm all for maxing out lighting, I veg under 1k, 'pros' on here told me plants would surely die blah blah blah, they didn't...my first run with seedlings went straight under a 1k when they were about 2 inches tall in 5 gallon pots...they blew up, had a 4 ounce, 4 ft. tall plant - rest were around 2.5-3 oz's and same height on my first indoor grow

If it works for you, then do it! Sorry if the above was as much bragging as it was informative...just wanted you to see why its best to do whats best for you...not what someone recommends (Thats means my advice too!)

You're going about it in the right way in keeping a safe distance. Invest some more money in ventilation and climate control and you can keep em even closer

 

^ no joke

when talking about hydro, i once had a "pro" tell me "you HAVE to have a water chiller or you can't grow"

i told him, "don't tell my plants that they shouldn't be doing just fine like they are"

then it turns out i see his grow and.......yeah...don't know why i even tried correcting the guy, just let them think they know what they're talking about, the proof will be in the garden itself

it helps to keep an open mind i guess and not be so "you HAVE to do x or you can't do x"



meh, but that's another story...very nice scrog setup here! i can't wait to see that screen get filled out

 

Your money might be tied, but its an investment, support your investment with hard work and it'll pay off. Awesome ventilation setup, no such thing as overkill, I use 2 6'' inlines for 3 hoods in my flower room and an 8'' intake, 6'' exhaust and 6'' intake in my veg. Your improvisation with the centrail air is smooth as fuck, try cooling it down at night by leaving in the inlet connected. Cannabis LOVES cooler night temperatures and it'll also help you room stay cooler, longer when the lights come on (As well as help with humidity, I've found my garden to be most susceptible to humidity problems at night, especially since I can't go check on 'em).

Seems like a lot of bud sites, but its not. You can totally do that man, especially with FIM. Instead of topping, only cut about 70% of the new growth, she should fill up your screen pretty quick. Don't get upset though if you cant quite hit every screen, might even be a better approach to at first start filling every other space to ensure that you get good spacing, then as more tops start coming in you could fill appropriately? I'm growing vicariously through your scrog, if yours ends well I plan to make an 8' x 16' table, don't let me down haha