first soil grow and scrog

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ibanezbtb1

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Starting my first grow this month from seed (Northern Lights and Bubblicous). Using a soil grow, probably Fox Farms Ocean Forest, General Organic Go Box for nutrients. I have a 2.5'x2.5'x5' grow tent, with 400 HPS/MID bulb set up, 400 cfm inline and carb scrubber. The lights and carb scrubber take up the first .75 ft at the top of the tent, so I anticipate the plants won't be able to grow more than 3' tall to not be burned by the light.

Current plan is to germinate 6 seeds, 3 of each, then to solo cups then grow in 6" pots, once they overgrow 6" transplant to 3 gal smart-pots. The smart pots are 10" circumference, so I was planning to eliminate two weakest of the 6 plants once I move to the smart pots, as I assume 4 is all I can grow to maturity in this size tent. Plan to run it as a SCROG and hope to top at least 2-3 times.


Questions:
1. How high do I set up the SCROG?
2. What height should I flip from veg to flower?
 
714steadyeddie

714steadyeddie

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1) 6-8 inches above soil

2) this answer will vary, depending on size of screen and how many screens per plant. But usually you want to fill the screen about 50-60% full before flipping
 
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ibanezbtb1 said:
Starting my first grow this month from seed (Northern Lights and Bubblicous). Using a soil grow, probably Fox Farms Ocean Forest, General Organic Go Box for nutrients. I have a 2.5'x2.5'x5' grow tent, with 400 HPS/MID bulb set up, 400 cfm inline and carb scrubber. The lights and carb scrubber take up the first .75 ft at the top of the tent, so I anticipate the plants won't be able to grow more than 3' tall to not be burned by the light.

Current plan is to germinate 6 seeds, 3 of each, then to solo cups then grow in 6" pots, once they overgrow 6" transplant to 3 gal smart-pots. The smart pots are 10" circumference, so I was planning to eliminate two weakest of the 6 plants once I move to the smart pots, as I assume 4 is all I can grow to maturity in this size tent. Plan to run it as a SCROG and hope to top at least 2-3 times.


Questions:
1. How high do I set up the SCROG?
2. What height should I flip from veg to flower?
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714steadyeddie

714steadyeddie

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ibanezbtb1 said:
Starting my first grow this month from seed (Northern Lights and Bubblicous). Using a soil grow, probably Fox Farms Ocean Forest, General Organic Go Box for nutrients. I have a 2.5'x2.5'x5' grow tent, with 400 HPS/MID bulb set up, 400 cfm inline and carb scrubber. The lights and carb scrubber take up the first .75 ft at the top of the tent, so I anticipate the plants won't be able to grow more than 3' tall to not be burned by the light.

Current plan is to germinate 6 seeds, 3 of each, then to solo cups then grow in 6" pots, once they overgrow 6" transplant to 3 gal smart-pots. The smart pots are 10" circumference, so I was planning to eliminate two weakest of the 6 plants once I move to the smart pots, as I assume 4 is all I can grow to maturity in this size tent. Plan to run it as a SCROG and hope to top at least 2-3 times.


Questions:
1. How high do I set up the SCROG?
2. What height should I flip from veg to flower?
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What I'm working with right now
 
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ibanezbtb1

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So that's just one plant in a 2.5? So four is way too much in your opinion? I was largely thinking four in order to lower my risk of losing one plant halfway through....
 
714steadyeddie

714steadyeddie

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ibanezbtb1 said:
So that's just one plant in a 2.5? So four is way too much in your opinion? I was largely thinking four in order to lower my risk of losing one plant halfway through....
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No it's a 2x2x4..... I have about one more week of stretch left and my plant is already touching the side lol.


If you plan on keeping all 4 I would make the pots a little smaller. Or if you set on 3 gallon pots I would do 3 plants max. Maybe even just two. You have to consider that the plants will be fighting for light and overlapping eachother.
 
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