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Here's some pics of my current 3 plant scrog. Using 2 gal hempy buckets with individual screens
for each plant, grown under 250w HPS.

In order: Reserva Privada OG, Connoisseur Genetics Purple Cheddar, and Royal Queen Critical




Couple shots of the whole canopy

stoneslacker said:

Here's some pics of my current 3 plant scrog. Using 2 gal hempy buckets with individual screens
for each plant, grown under 250w HPS.

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Beautifully manicured scrog.

Being my first one, I haven't been able to force myself to trim out the under canopy as much as I should. I know its the best thing to do…. it just seems so brutal. Yours is a good example of what it should look like, and why it is functional and effective and does not (ultimately) hurt the plant.

Humanrob said:

Beautifully manicured scrog.

Being my first one, I haven't been able to force myself to trim out the under canopy as much as I should. I know its the best thing to do…. it just seems so brutal. Yours is a good example of what it should look like, and why it is functional and effective and does not (ultimately) hurt the plant.

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Thanks HR. I have found that as long as the other variables are in order, cutting a plant does little to
affect vigor and growth. I take nearly 20-30% of the plant material off the week prior to flip (almost everything
under the screen), and then anything that doesn't look viable or is overcrowding over the flower stretch.

IMO any plant should be trimmed of unproductive growth, especially when doing severe training.

Humanrob said:

Wow! That is some radical training! But really, how could you go wrong feeding the girl donut glaze?
The idea of flowering for 12 weeks... that'd be a long haul. I like the way you perferated the pot, I think I'll do that with some of my indoor pots b4 the next grow.

What kind of light was that under?

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Thank you!! I've gotten a lot of compliments for it. Honestly it was just out of necessity. The first time I grew her she tripped in height when I flipped her...

I've been waiting for someone to mention that! I figured it wasn't worth the money to pay for a planter when I could make one. Took forever to drill all the holes, but it works better than my airplanters.

She started out under 150w watts then got bumped up to 600w the last two months of flower.

There are some brilliant grows going on, each with their own little quirks. Really high quality stuff in here. I'll post my pics up shortly, mine are asleep at the minute. They are 4 weeks into flower and looking beautiful.

I've not shaved too much off the bottom really, I took off any stems that wouldn't reach the top comfortably as soon as I was sure they wouldn't throughout veg. Then trimmed leaf as and when it looked dead. Plant seems happy with that, so we are getting along!

Just a thought on the really cool micro grow. Can you not top each stem more? The snips would slow down growth and produce more bud sites?

0james0 said:

Just a thought on the really cool micro grow. Can you not top each stem more? The snips would slow down growth and produce more bud sites?

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I was actually thinking of doing that but I read on here where they were talking about training the plant clear into flower an how it can cause the buds to be airy an fluffy instead of thick an dense so I backed off.

Does anyone know what causes the plant to start producing 3 pointed leaves instead of 5-7 pointed leaves?

IIGHOSTII said:

I was actually thinking of doing that but I read on here where they were talking about training the plant clear into flower an how it can cause the buds to be airy an fluffy instead of thick an dense so I backed off.

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I forgot you basically went straight into 12/12, you might not have much choice, maybe don't go crazy, just a couple tops next time to see if it controls it. Keep sticking pics up as I'd love to see this one through to the end.

0james0 said:

I forgot you basically went straight into 12/12, you might not have much choice, maybe don't go crazy, just a couple tops next time to see if it controls it. Keep sticking pics up as I'd love to see this one through to the end.

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Yea I will forsure. This Saturday will be exactly 2 weeks into flower. I might wait till then to take pics. I'll do an update with pics every Saturday that way u can really see the progress it makes in just a week.

My thoughts are to not trim too aggressively and let the plant decide, let it suck the good shit out of the leafs before I take them off when they start to yellow.

I could pretend that I did this on purpose, create an elaborate growing theory around why its the best way to grow, give it a name like "the hippie jungle scrog" (which would soon become famous on the Internet as HJS, with long threads of people hurling insults at each other as some embrace it and others trash it). Of course I'll assume I'll get "at least a pound" from it...

But back in relative reality, much better to post this as a picture of what a scrog should not look like. It's my first, I'm enjoying it and love it (no one thinks their own baby is ugly). I look forward to seeing where it goes, but the more I learn the more I realize that a bunch of string in a grid does not make it a scrog.



Here's a short list of some things I'm aware of that I did wrong:
The scrog was too high
I waited too long to flip to 12/12
I was (still am!) afraid to trim aggressively,
...And not educated enough to trim effectively

Comments about things that are wrong with this are welcome, a good service this site provides is to learn from each others mistakes as well as successes.

All that said... There Will Be Bud. Yummmmm.

I haven't trimmed anything yet. just using twist ties to hold her in certain places. I doubt she's done stretching already but she has slowed down a lot. I'll throw some pics up tonight for the hell of it.

Human rob I just think you need to veg for a shorter time and bend and tie them more aggressively during veg and the first few weeks of flower/ stretch.

Get a bigger net and grow more bud!

0james0 said:

Human rob I just think you need to veg for a shorter time and bend and tie them more aggressively during veg and the first few weeks of flower/ stretch.

Get a bigger net and grow more bud!

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Thanks. Trying to get the plants as big as I possibly could, seemed like a good idea at the time. An important lesson learned -- when less is better.

0james0 said:

I forgot you basically went straight into 12/12, you might not have much choice, maybe don't go crazy, just a couple tops next time to see if it controls it. Keep sticking pics up as I'd love to see this one through to the end.

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Here's an update for Ya.

Looking good, still looks like there is room to bend under the wire for the tallest bits too. Wait until its dry before doing any big bends so it doesn't snap!

I know I just did an update but from now on it will be weekly (every Saturday) to get an idea of how much she grows and develops in a week.

Week 3 update

Starting to see the buds take shape and starting to get frosty.

They look really good, going to be a massive yield for the space used.

Not sure if anyone has done something like this before but I've been experimenting with these rolling mini SCROG planters I've built. They are simply 2'x2' moving dollies with PVC pipes attached with sets of holes drilled for height adjustment on dowel pins. Looped some hemp cord in a grid to form the SCROG net & stapled chicken wire across the bottom to support up to a 15g smart pot. Working great so far - this pic is from a few weeks ago but the net has mostly filled out now & plants were flipped lady week- I'll update when the buds are formed. These roll-a-SCROG planters sure make cleaning the grow room & moving plants around to water them a snap; I give them a 1/4 turn every day for even light in the canopy