OK... I have this idea to grow a double sided ScrOG. Lighting both the upper and lower areas. I'm putting it together now but here is the concept drawing... Strain: BC (Grapefruit) KUSH or Grapefruit Diesel Lights: 2 x 400 watt HPS, 4 x 125 watt CFL, 12 x 42 watt CFLs Food: Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Grow, Liquid Karma, Cal-Mag Soil: FFOF in 5 gal Pot Area: 12'H x 8'W x 8'D
sounds like dangerous potential. I'm doing the same thing with my grow. Check out the link in my signature.
I'm a little confused. I read your grow and I didn't see anything related to mine. And can you elaborate on the "dangerous" aspect? I'm aware of the double side lighting problem? I'm hoping to address this by filling out the screen before I light the lower chamber. In the lower chamber the lights will be mounted higher on the wallsand facing inward and down. I'll also be LSTing the lower branches toward the side lights. But if you see another issue please share ....
lol....by dangerous potential, I meant that it sounds good. The more light the more bud. I am doing the same thing with the under lighting. I have a 400watt HPS light on the top, and 4, 23watt 6500k CFL's under the canopy. And I just bought a 65watt 2700k CFL that I'm gonna put in tonight, for even more lighting.
Cool .... I'll be sure to check it out again. My screen will set at 7' in the air. I'll be able to walk under it. I'll use a ladder to tend to the top. I have two plants to choose from. Both are at or over 6 feet tall right now. BC Kush Grapefruit Diesel
wow, those are some trees man. How long did they veg for? What is the lighting schedule on right now?
They are a couple of my mothers. They are about 1 year old. One (KUSH) is at 81" right now and the GF Diesel is at 6'. I think the KUSH would fill out the screen and go vert better than the Diesel...but the diesel is a bushier strain and the lower chamber would be more productive. Cuttings to humidity dome for about 10 days. Then to 6 inch pots before going to 5 gal pots. In FFOF (30% perlite) and using 400 watt MH (18/6) for nesting 6 Moms. If I had just 3 more feet of width in this area I would do two (2) trees. I picked up some Weed Wacker line to run the grid with tonight.
Hell I dont know why this isnt the standard already for SCROG im not an expert with it but this sounds like it would be better...
Had a killer bout with spider mites. Bringing a couple more ladies up to height. Should be with in the nest 2 to 3 weeks. Thanks for asking ....
Still on hold ... I will PM each member interested once I'm ready. I had to ditch the mothers due to "spider mite" damage. Currently bringing up a couple of substitutes but am still a fews weeks away. Please see my current grow (see sig) in advanced grow journals. 6000 Lumen ScrOG - Off
mites thats to bad how do you plan on get rid of them i have a good recipe but it kill all damaged vegitation it took me for ever to get rid of them
Isolation, neem oil, floramaite and pyritum bombs..... The problem was the mothers were huge all of them over 6' tall so I was never able to clear them up. Those mothers went outside and received regular treatments of Floramite. I ramped up the clone room and started over. It was easy to kill them off clones. I wont lie ..... it was and is a war. I'm be completely rebuilding a new grow room. It will be complete environmental control and twice the size I have now. I will also be proactive and pretreat for them on ALL my plants. I''ll also have all the tools I need on hand so I don't have to order and wait for anything again. I have a 4 girls at 5' now so it wont be long.
Hey there...how goes the grow? Stumbled upon your ScrOG-off entry and wondered what happened to your sweet little setup.
The Mighty Spidie ...(mites) hit the trees so they had to be isolated. It so happens I decided to let them flower and I've been puffing them for a month. I have two mothers left that are both at 7' to 8' tall that I will use for this. But I also have 2 giant (7") trees flowering in the back yard along with 14 plants in 3 and 5 gal pots. Couple this with the 4' x 8' ScrOG I have indoors ... I thought I might wait till less is going on.
Mites suck donkey dick! Sorry to hear that for ya but sounds like you pushed through anyway. You know what they say....pics prove it. Hint, hint.
Almost ready for this grow ... Here are the ladies in waiting. You can see a 4' latter next to one. That same tree is ready if you note the two sections of growth for the upper and lower areas of the screen. The one on the patio is a backup tree. She's tanning a little in the cool morning air and will get a good flush and dressing. One in the back yard is flowering now and will be yummy in about 50 days. I should have taken pics of the harvest from the other mothers I flowered but I gave my cam to my daughter for school. These are Grapefruit Diesel and BC Kush. The Kush grows like a weed (pardon the pun) and the Diesel has node spacing of about 1/2" and is my fave phenotype and will bud from the main stalk to the tip of the branch. Perfect for SOG. The last pic is an example. She was a tiny little cutting put out to flower about 30 days ago. See how she has budded up the entire length of the plant. She is only 60 days old. I have several more like her outside at different stages in age. I'm placing one a week outside to find out at what point the flowering will cease.. I started doing this in late march and so far everything has flowered. So now I know I can veg inside all winter and flower outside in March. Well ...... hopefully I will get this thing going soon. Life's little curve balls keep coming and I keep swinging so we'll see how it goes. Sorry for the delay to any that are watching. A typical noobie mistake I'm sure.
Your girls look stunning. On that second picture, you seem to have a bush at the bottom and then the tree goes up from there to bush again. Did you do something to have that start/stop point, maybe where you took the clones? Thanks for posting pics! I would not have thought the girls would continue flowering outside prior to midsummer. We have plans to put some out then already in budding.
Thank you ... the area on both shows the regrowth from cuttings (clones). Then when my rental prop opened up and was vacant I decided to try and grow "big" and let them grow out. Nevada has a 7 plant limit with 4 only as mature. So I wanted to experiment with large indoor plants. I was pleasantly surprised when I got a plant to flower in mid march. I have an area on the patio that stays warmer than the open air and this is where each was acclimated for at least a week. None of the plants were flowering before going outside. They went from 18/6 to 12/12 ish outside and started flowering. Thrick will be to see how late in the daylight cycle will they start to flower and will they herm durring the process. I put a tree outside about 2 weeks ago and it's gone crazy. Flowering faster than any of the rest. Most likely due to warmer temps. * A note ... what I was spending on monthly smoke is covering the mortgage on the rental and I have no more tenant headaches. And no more weekly "buys" The place is damaged but now I have a new project and garden.