Dapio's 150W Scrog

Medium - Coco Coir

Lighting - 150W HPS

Nutrients - General Organics

Method - Scrog

Watering - Hand

Join in for the ride wanted to do something non-stressful this time should be an interesting grow!

Quick little update I made the screen a lot tighter it was bothering me way to much OCD>braided rope.

Roughly 6" until contact with screen 16" in Length and Width to work with.

It's All Good Dap, Love It.

screen looking solid good going

so when do you cut off the undergrowth?

once the screen is filled anything below naturally would be cut which would generally be after the stretch 1st week or so into flower

dapio said:

once the screen is filled anything below naturally would be cut which would generally be after the stretch 1st week or so into flower

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Good advice Dap. One rule of thumb I use is once i establish where the last branch is going to be on the main trunk. I cut everything off below that and keep the branches extending from the main trunk pretty much naked up to to the screen. Keep a couple of jars handy because your going to end up with a lot of leaves. I been collecting leaves for awhile and have smoked some when times was really hard. Believe me that will make you stop smoking for a minute but anyway. I'm going to keep colleting them and putting them in the freezer and when I think I have enough Im going to do the diy make your own hash thing.

Special note:
I read that freezing leaves actually increases the potency. I grabed a few to test out my cure box and after a couple of day'z of drying and curing with orange peels.... I must confess that blunt was pretty dayam good, no shit I think the freezing thing is true. I'm going to keep working with the theory and we'll see.

I'm sub'd i loves me a bit of scrogging

yeah man great job on your last grow ghostdog I followed it until the end

Veg day 8 everything is looking alright I lost a big fan leaf to some type of necrosis rust spots with yellowing on the ridges also slight burn on some tips new growth looks healthy hopefully problem will not persist.

Christmas eve house smells like hazel nut living life with a smile =) here she is looks like the deficiencies have subsided shes thriving now the effects seemed to be the little circular spots I believe that's calcium deficiency?

What kind of bulb are you using? I just upgraded to a CMH (Ceramic Metal Halide) and my plants are loving it. It includes all of the spectrums of light and I can use it in my HPS fixture! Its a small upgrade that can make a huge difference, look into it.

Here you go! I would do some more research to make sure its the right bulb for your system but they do have them and with you using only 150 watts every little bit helps.

150 watts bulb AMAZON.COM

interesting idea bud I have given CMH a look multiple times it looks like a really great light very wide in spectrum and very enticing to try but I am a little reluctant don't know if it's going to shorten the life of my ballast or something always thinking of the worst :/ started out with a little stunt in growth but it picked up and exploded I think it was the caretakers error they are loving their home now hehe hows your grow doing buddy I been off RIU for a little while chilling with friends and the ladies ^.^

- ya boy dap!

Merry Christmas!

I feel you, my Hydro vendor was trying to sell me on one when I purchased my 400watt HPS. A Brotha was already spending too much so i just wasnt tryin to hear it. I started hanging out at RIDDLEM3.ORG and ran up on a thread where a grower compared a 400watt CMH and HPS. The CMH plant was without a doubt the best! The CMH plant was fuller, thicker, had denser bud'z, and taller! I was sold and started looking into getting one. My ballast is a SunSystem 2, switchable ballast (HPS/CMH). Funny when I first got the bulb I wasnt sure if I should have had it on the HPS or the MH. Its weird but it works on the HPS switch, why IDK Im just glade it does! As far as shorting the life of my ballast, I hope not but I dont think its going to hurt a thing.
Yeah i have to go back to work tomorrow to, sucks but ya gotta make the donuts!

dapio said:

interesting idea bud I have given CMH a look multiple times it looks like a really great light very wide in spectrum and very enticing to try but I am a little reluctant don't know if it's going to shorten the life of my ballast or something always thinking of the worst :/ started out with a little stunt in growth but it picked up and exploded I think it was the caretakers error they are loving their home now hehe hows your grow doing buddy I been off RIU for a little while chilling with friends and the ladies ^.^

- ya boy dap!

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About the CMH bulbs... I have a plant at 6 weeks under a HPS, and a tent with some plants under the CMH bulb that are at 4 weeks. And the plants at two weeks less are frostier under the CMH then the 6 week'er under the HPS. No joke, the added spectrum is WAY worth it. Which includes some good tric makin UVB.

i'm definitely interested I just don't want to buy one and it not work in my current fixture the grow isn't that much in importance to me at the moment but if the bulb were to work I would have no problem buying it I have just read multiple threads saying the CMH will fry in a digital ballast instantly get turned off -.-

Yes that is true. If you have a digital ballast, CMH is not an option for you. Magnetic HPS only :-/ Sorry

she is looking good now growth is firing away healthy =)

Sub'd Lookin Good Bro...