1st scrog 12 days of 12/12 need help :)

These plants have been on 12/12 for 12 days and were showing hairs after 6 days
i continued to train em untill about 7-8 days of 12/12 and then let em grow through but they are now 6inch above screen and stems are getting thick and i dont know if i should still be bending/training em. what do u guys think?
i have no height issues but dont want em to be too big coz otherwise i'll lose the point of a scrog
nft 600w hps and they are barneys farm LSD

Also I have 45-50 bud sites and was hoping for 8-10 oz
Is that realistic?

Somewhat, depending on the strain, more realistically would be around 7-9 ounces. Although I've seen scrogs like yours in a waterfarm and pulled off 12 ounces such as SCOTTYBALLS. Search his grows and you'll see what I mean. Here's a link https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/344359-pineapple-express-g13-labs-seed.html?highlight=scottyballs

Epic Scrog by the way. Very good job. +rep

Darned good job! +rep

stop training. clean up the foliage under the screen and maintain good air flow. an' take 'er in fer a landing

i like to prune foliage in a couple of big chops, instead of a bit here and there. when lollipopping. that is.

thank you for the positive comments
AWnox i already have SCOTTYBALLS PE scrog bookmarked its one of my favs lol
i have been slowing pruning a few leaves here and there and was just gonna wait till 2-3weeks of flowering once the stretch has slowed down and then just remove the lot from under the screen. will that be ok?
and 7-9 oz will still do me lol i'll be happy with 6 if im honest i just like to aim big

So when you scrog you start when in veg when they get into the 5 gallons or?

how big is your screen?? it looks like you're going to get great results. the last scrog I did was under a 400watt HPS 2x2' with one plant and i got 4 oz. I think you're going to be very happy with what you pull off. I liked to wait until 2 weeks or so after flowering once the stretch slows down, and then trim everything about an inch under the screen. I like to do it all at once, because it's just less fucking with teh plant.

i think thats what i'm gonna do aswell psillysimon. the screen is 3x2.5ft with 2x2" holes they are starting to look happy heres a few recent ones if anyones interested

you could realistically get 9-10 oz in a screen that size but youre going to finsh about 12-16 in above the screen. in scrog try not to grow to far into the screen in veg. let them stretch into it. when they start to show hopefully they are no more than 3-4". they will finish under 12 in n u will have less area to cover. good luck

Well it's been 2weeks 12/12 and they are 7inch now they have slowed down abit it seems
I've been keeping light between 14-16 inch above canopy will that help reduce stretch?

More than likely with a 600 it should reduce the stretch. Just remember you have at least another 6 weeks to go and they are going to keep growing up to the light. My first scrog I pushed 4 plants into a 3x3 and the bitches ended almost 14 inches above the screen. I've since gone to one plant per 3x3 and just keep tweaking her to get the most yield out of that one plant. You figure the seedbanks tell you how much u can get per sq meter so why not make it a meter and try to get that target. Most times its upwards of 360 grams. There is a youtube video on a guy that pulled 16 o's off of one og kush plant in a 4x4 scrog so it can be done.

herballuvmonkey said:

More than likely with a 600 it should reduce the stretch. Just remember you have at least another 6 weeks to go and they are going to keep growing up to the light. My first scrog I pushed 4 plants into a 3x3 and the bitches ended almost 14 inches above the screen. I've since gone to one plant per 3x3 and just keep tweaking her to get the most yield out of that one plant. You figure the seedbanks tell you how much u can get per sq meter so why not make it a meter and try to get that target. Most times its upwards of 360 grams. There is a youtube video on a guy that pulled 16 o's off of one og kush plant in a 4x4 scrog so it can be done.

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They are 11-12 inches now, the are budding fast and growing slowly but surely, what kind of yield did u get with the at 14 inches and hows that compared to the way you do it now?
thanks

Do any of you scroggers do supercropping on the "tops" that are allowed to grow up above the screen? Or is that the most ridiculous statement ever made on this forum? (err... and if so.. why?) Thanks, Timbo

beanzy, i got over 8oz but that was also cuz in the middle of flower i went to jail on a 5 yr old proby violation charge n my old lady had to take over with me giving info in jail lol. needless to say i think i coulda got 10 oz. i dont think i will get up to a lb without a 600w or above. i plan on switching to a 1000 when i move the space elsewhere. Timbo, im not one of those douchbags that flame people even when they say stupid shyt. just aint worth it for me. as for ur question dont top or crimp during flower, this is a critical phase of the plants life. do all ur supper cropping in veg time. my girls go 4-5 weeks no more in veg, im not saying thats the only way but it has worked great for me since the 90's. it is 16 inches between the screen and the top of my res, it normally takes three weeks for me to get to 16 in with no super cropping. so in order to keep on schedule i start crimping at week two give them time to heal if im going to top i usually do it in week 3 and take them to five weeks, by then they are about 17 in high put them into the screen to flower and let them run. now this is my way others jay do it differently

What will yield more mainlining or scrog? I'm running a mainline now but I've been throwing around a scrog for quite some time. I was just startstruck with mainling so I did it first. That and I'm working with like 3 different strains.

I dont know what mainlining is, I'll have to look it up, but I have been stuck on scrog nowfor 2 grows and I love it. I learn a lil bit more each time. Im glad my first one was with bagseed, gave me a chance to see what to change and even on this one Im going to change a lil more on my next. Also on my next im going to drop the reservoirs down about 8 inches. When I first started this everyone said about 18 inches between plant and screen when u go int flower, well my jock horror is now 8,10 and 12 inches above the screen on this one. So I am going to lower it down on the next one.