Grooster
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Great to know thanks for the info!! Will remember this for the future.
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Indoor LED SCRoG grow - Blue Dream + Hindu Kush x Shiva Skunk
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Week 6 of Flowering
I know everyone is watching these LED grows to get an indication of how well LEDs may or may not work in the grow room. I do not think this grow will be nearly as good a yield as it could be due to the noob problems I had when I initiated flowering. Its pretty clear to me that although I will end up with a lot of good smoke, it will not be representative of what could be done with the LEDs had things gone better. I'll keep trying and succeed at some point
Here's the update. The older leaves are showing less signs of the nutrient problems but now but the problems seem to be moving toward the top of the plant. The soil is drying slower than I would like making it difficult to get things dialed in. If I were to grow in soil again I would mix a good percentage of perlite into the FFOF. However, I plan to switch to passive hydro on my next grow. I am actually thinking about harvesting this grow a little early so I can expand the grow room and start fresh with the lessons learned. We'll see how it goes over the next week. If things degrade I will cut early - if the plants pick up the pace I will let them continue to grow until ripe. Everyone please send some positive thoughts and energy my way!
Here are a few quick photos. Not a huge change from last week's set as the growth is kinda slow. The area beneath the screen has gotten pretty spartan lately due to the die off of the older fan leaves. The canopy is slowly rising though. Photo quality is not great and the colors corrected poorly for some reason.
The canopy is almost all buds now.
The HKxSS side of the screen
The Blue Dream side of the screen
I know everyone is watching these LED grows to get an indication of how well LEDs may or may not work in the grow room. I do not think this grow will be nearly as good a yield as it could be due to the noob problems I had when I initiated flowering. Its pretty clear to me that although I will end up with a lot of good smoke, it will not be representative of what could be done with the LEDs had things gone better. I'll keep trying and succeed at some point
Here's the update. The older leaves are showing less signs of the nutrient problems but now but the problems seem to be moving toward the top of the plant. The soil is drying slower than I would like making it difficult to get things dialed in. If I were to grow in soil again I would mix a good percentage of perlite into the FFOF. However, I plan to switch to passive hydro on my next grow. I am actually thinking about harvesting this grow a little early so I can expand the grow room and start fresh with the lessons learned. We'll see how it goes over the next week. If things degrade I will cut early - if the plants pick up the pace I will let them continue to grow until ripe. Everyone please send some positive thoughts and energy my way!
Here are a few quick photos. Not a huge change from last week's set as the growth is kinda slow. The area beneath the screen has gotten pretty spartan lately due to the die off of the older fan leaves. The canopy is slowly rising though. Photo quality is not great and the colors corrected poorly for some reason.
The canopy is almost all buds now.
The HKxSS side of the screen
The Blue Dream side of the screen
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Bionic
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Quite an elegant grow despite your problems.
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Grooster
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Great update, the pics are still really good. I take crap photos and I know it hehe. Yours are great, the bud shots look really good. I wouldn't chop early, I think the buds look great. Let em go says I. Of course, I am a n00b so don't listen to me. Just my humble opinion.
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How does that saying go, if you think it's ready, wait a week? Something like that. Not to just jump in and start blabbin' just reinforcing the statements made by yourself, and grooster, as well as many other growers I presume.
Looks bad ass...scrog is so pretty!
+rep'd bro!
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Looks bad ass...scrog is so pretty!
+rep'd bro!
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Thanks go green! I think its common among new growers (myself included) to get a little impatient. Seems like adopting the "if you think its ready give it another week" guideline may help us learn to be more patient.
hey slimm, ive done allot of homework with scrog and one thing i have learn is sometime less is more. what i mean is you can get more yield sometimes using less plants and making them bigger. if you would like to see a grow to explain what i mean let me know ill show u. ive seen two plants under a scrog with 400w hps get a pound. ive also seen 1 plant get 10-12oz from scrog. just something to think about. grow looks sweet though.
There might be an idea for a grow contest: See who can get the most produce from a one-plant or two-plant scrog.
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Seems to me it's a tradeoff between number of plants and time spent in veg. The less plants you use the more time you need to spend in veg to cover the same amount of screen space, and produce the same amount of bud. Another factor in the decision is the size of pots. Had I chosen to fill my 3x4 foot area with only two plants I probably would want to go with larger than #3 pots. That is for soil of course. Do you think the same thing applies to hydro?
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I think that would be a fun contest. There would need to be a some kind of time limit on vegging cycle, otherwise the person with the most patience wins!
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i see what ur saying, but it would be allot less work to only do 2-3 plants and feed them instead of allot more. i see ur point, i dont think the same will applies to hydro. you could do 2 5gal dwc scrog grow and rock that shit. look at these pics, their is only one plant scrog and it will yield more then the ravage person using multiple plants
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Good find Irish. I am familiar with the grower and the technique he uses. That is a great case for less plants with a scrog. Keep in mind that it is hydro though and the veg time was only two weeks. With soil one would have to veg longer to get the same result.
An interesting thing to note is he did no training to speak of. The screen is just being used to support the growth. And he has the screen 22 inches above the top of the bucket - which is a lot taller than mine at 6 inches above.
An interesting thing to note is he did no training to speak of. The screen is just being used to support the growth. And he has the screen 22 inches above the top of the bucket - which is a lot taller than mine at 6 inches above.
that is correct he has it 22" but its also a sativa strain. the fact that soil cant grow as fast hydro isnt always true. its all about the soil used. the soil i use has real fast veg time. sun shine #4. he trains his growth by moving the tops under the screen until the others are cought up. i am in no way saying ur way is not the right way, i was just asking if you ever thought about this way?
i am thinking of doing my first scrog grow this next time, but cant decided if i want to scrog or LST. i plane on not doing my usual 6 plants and doing 3 bigger plants.