Decs's SOG Journal (from seed)

Starting off my latest grow project, A sea of green from seed... So this is where it starts

This is my first journal so if i leave some things out bare with me...

THIS GROW IS ALSO 12/12 LIGHT CYCLE FROM SEED!

Here's what ill be using (apart from the fans which will be here tomorrow with the mail)

Note: This is in a 2'7 x 2'7 x 5'0 grow tent

150W Floralux-Mini HPS

Roots Organics Soil: Original

4" Square Pots (x20) -- 21" x 11" Propagation Trays (x2)

Pure Blend Pro: Grow

Pure Blend Pro: Bloom

CAL-MAG

I will be updating this journal multiple times a week, So stay tuned!!!

ALL FRIENDLY COMMENTS ARE WELCOME!

ALL NON-FRIENDLY COMMENTS ARE NOT WELCOME!

June 8th - The seeds were germinating for 2 days using the paper towel method, all showed roots during those 2 days.

June 8th - I planted 20 of the seeds into 4" pots, this will be their first and final pots during this grow.

June 10th - 15 out of 20 have broken the surface and popped their seed shells off, The other 5 have broken the surface
but have NOT popped their shells off yet... Expecting them to do so within the next day or two.

Just a little sneak peak at another grow i have going on in a separate tent.

125W HydroFarm Fluorowing CFL

They are pretty beautiful and full of life, the one on the left has been topped at the main stalk, then topped again
after the branches raced for the top (each of them were topped) and it just keeps getting bushy.

Hi Decs! I'm also interested in SOG, and you seem to have a nice compact setup..well setups
I wonder how you'll manage growth in height and also what kind of seeds you preferred for SOG also are you sure 125-150w lights will be adequate for flowering period?

I'm planning a SOG in a 1.2m x 1.2m x 2m cabinet, if I can manage heights & lighting, I may make it two shelves in the same cabinet, well we'll see..
I'm a newbie in this area but I really think I can manage a SOG (I've grown many vegetables indoors before) please keep on updating, I'll be following your babies growth and learn from your experience

Cheers man..

Well, the 4" square pots hold a little more soil than 16 oz plastic cups (which ive seen small SOG setups using often through veg and flowering both)
The trick for me, is in 16 oz cups i have never had a plant grow over 2 feet... however they have all had rather large buds... so the height issue works in my favor.

As for lighting, The 125w CFL is strictly for vegging the plants in my other tent, once my SOG grow is finished i move the plants from the other tent into the tent
i currently have my SOG grow going on in (with 150w HPS lighting) which i will use to flower them. (150w HPS isnt a lot at all, but it gives some pretty decent results)

Also the 125w CFL (still not a lot at all) could get the job done for flowering, BUT i choose to use the HPS instead as it works much better for flowering.

The issue that might possibly be a problem in this grow is the pots being so small but so close together... if i can bypass that, it will be fine.

Feel free to ask ANY questions through-out my grow and ill do my best to explain/help.

oh i forgot, i would have to say i would prefer mostly indica strains and ruderalis strains for SOG... mainly because of the shorter heights

I'm in a SOG attempt also! I'm using the same nutes, but I'm using an ebb and flood hydro setup. I'm interested to see what your results will be with your lighting as I'm almost exactly opposite! I've got a 1k watt hps lamp on them . Anyways, height control has been an issue for me too. I've put up a scrog to help support them and keep the tops pointing up, but I've already had to move them to a slightly taller tent. Hope everything goes well for ya! Can't wait to see how the ladies do! +rep

good i will be paying attention to this journal . i need to learn about SOG due to my lack of space for my grow. is there a way for me to follow this journal or something that updates me on it? im very new to this website.

Blacechan, at the top of my first post, go to thread tools and click subscribe on the drop down menu

Toris1981, since your using, by far, higher wattage lighting than i am, this shall give us some insight on lighting also
as we will see the differences, pros, and cons, ect.

UPDATE:

15/20 seeds sprouted, i immediately germinated a few more to replace the ones that didnt pop out of the soil (when dug out i seen they were not growing at all)

this is ok since the others have only just sprouted the new ones should be able to catch up in the long run for the most part

cheers man im suscribed.

UPDATE:

Seeds germinated AGAIN, planted 5 of them to replace the 5 that didn't sprout.

As for the 15 that did, they are looking pretty healthy... they are all currently showing the start of their 2nd pointed leaves.

Will post pictures tomorrow!!!

just a small update, as you can see 3 of the pots have no seedlings... however the new seeds i planted in them have broke through the soil
and started the shed their seed shells!

NOTE: I'm in the process of upgrading my lights, no more 150w hps!!!

The new light should be here soon... 400w MH/HPS system with remote ballast and 19" wing reflector!

Time to start getting better results, so as soon as it comes the 150w hps is going into a smaller tent with only 1 plant in it while the 400w will be used in the SOG grow

UPDATE: DAY 21

Over the past week and a half i put them on 18/6 for a little to let them grow a bit cause the stems were too thin.

Also started feeding PBPG and Cal-Mag a couple days ago.

But here they are now, looking fairly nice, about to get things ready for trimming around the bottoms.

More pics of the 3 plants i have in my other tent... they are getting quite big under the 125W CFL

The one on the left is the one i topped, the one in the middle is the biggest, the one on the right is the one im keeping as a mother.

just wish i had more space for them....

re-arranged all of them... shorter ones in the middle area, taller ones around the outside... i put the shortest ones in the front

needed to get them in position so i can see every single plant just from lookin in the front of my grow tent
instead of having to dig through the leaves to see... this should help me out in the long run

UPDATE: not much of a change apart from the overall size of the plants, the stalks also are a bit thicker since i added the fan system.

should be showing sex soon so hopefully i can get at least 8-12 females out of 20.



NOTE:I will post some close up pics of the SOG tomorrow, my lights went off before i could get more pics!!!

Some more pics of my other grow... These bag seeds are growing like crazy!

They just keep growing and growing... The left one is topped, The middle one is just tall, The right one is super short and compact.

The topped one.

The tall one.

The short/compact one.

Temps are usually really good in this tent, same with humidity.

UPDATE, Day 26!

all the plants seem to be getting nicer and nicer, got them at a decent size right now so maybe soon i will trim off the lower branches for the flowering process!