Hey hi Folks.. I posted this in Vertical grow... but I also need help about scrogging, so hopefull someone has some ideas... sorry.. N00b here...
Here's the problem. This is my first grow and I have have made some interesting mistakes.
First mistake.. I didn't know how big these plants could get. I pretty much thought they would be like 3 feet tall, and I might get maybe an ounce off each plant.
Next mistake... grew them from seeds on a T5. Was told not to raise the light until the plants got close to touching it. The light light was 8 inches when they started growing and I have not moved until two days ago. I moved it up 24 inches and the plants grew 9 inches in TWO DAYS.... oh holy mother of god.. now I am scared. They are truly growing like weeds. I dont have the flowering room ready!
Third mistake.. I can only grow twelve plants at a time. So, I decided to grow 12 seeds. (idiot.. idiot.. idiot)
I've attached a couple of photos from what I am doing. I am right in the middle of changing this room into a flowering room. Right now I have the lights on Veg, with a T5 light.
Fourth mistake ... read lots of posts about scrogging and so I decided to go that way. I figured I could control the growth. So I developed two different types of scrog screens. Four that are flat and 8 that are vertical. The first four go together. The other 8 will go around the first four. I'll hang a grow light in the center. My thinking is that the grow lights are always around a center, so why not make the floor area a grow space as well.
After I built the scrog screens and see how big the plants will be, I am stunned.
Here is my problem question... will plants that are around and under a light grow better if the light is vertical, or if the light is hanging normally? I have a tube light that can be used either way.
I've put in a photo of the room that I am currently building. My plan is to have the four flat scrogs will go in the white tray, its a 4x4 foot tray, the other eight, on 2x4 foot frames will be vertical around it. Light will hang in center. Do I hang the 1000 watt light vertical or horizontal? I also have a 4 foot light track. I am not confined to keeping plants in the tray, just the ones with the flat scrogs. I'm working in 5 gallon air pots (god those are expensive), and when I started growing, I thought that 12 plants in 5 gallon pots would fit under a light for a 4 x 4 space. It's taken until the plants got bigger than I realized what an idiot I am. Can a total novice do this?
Will this set up get enough lights to the plants that are vertical and are about 3 feet from the 1000watt light?
They are 36 days old from seed. The strains are LSD, THC Pro, Pineapple Chunk, Juicy Fruity Chronic, Cotton Candy, Candy Kush and Strawberry Blu Diesel. I have looped them every other day checking for bugs. PH is kept at 6.2, running 1200 PPM using xtream nutes. (which I do not like).
Am I off base? Will this work? Any advice would be much appreciated... I think the plants are close to being ready to switch into flowering?... I dont even know that... *sigh*.
I love my garden.. I love my garden... lol... omg.. I love it and it drives me happily crazy for a first grow..