Laughing Buddha Scrog

[Glookies1]

Just finished a batch of Laughing Buddha that did quite well growing with just topping and training. Came out well, just under 20 oz with five plants in a 4 x 4 footprint.

Just for fun,I’m gonna Scrog 4 plants in the same footprint and see if they can produce as well as 5, growing more “naturally”

It’s a stretcher. Big time. So my theory is that if I can keep the canopy more even, the lower branches will “cola up” better and I’ll have fewer small buds.

We’ll see

 

[Glookies1]

It’s a tent grow. Tent is 10 x 4, I have two Scrog carts on casters that pull out of the tent for ease maintenance and watering.

They just got squished under the net, so they’re not real happy today

 

[Glookies1]

The light fixture is 660 actual watt Fluence LED, with 2 Argo max UV bulbs.

 

[Glookies1]

Heat exhaust is 6” in line fan, pulled through a carbon filter for “smells”, then exhausted through the floor and out of the house via a 6” “dryer vent.

You can also see my co2 tank in the pic of the exhaust

 

[Glookies1]

Cool air intake is pulled from my basement. It’s always freezing cold down there, so it saves on ac. Here’s the cool air intake pics. That’s just a muffler in the intake fan to keep things quiet

 

[Glookies1]

It’s holding a lights on temp between 84° to 87° tops, which is pretty good with co2 set at 1400ppm. Co2 use is reasonable. When it hits 87°, it vents fast enough that I don’t waste too much co2. Seems to need to vent heat every two hours, but only needs 10 minutes to kick the exhaust off.

I know I COULD run the temps up at 90° with co2, but I’ve found the plants l it better if you stay in the 80°’s.

Humidity is set at 60% for now. I’m adding humidity to get there. Dehumidifier will kick on if it hits 60%.

It’s a water only grow. I use M3 soil and the stuff supports even a long flowering Sativa to finish, 10 gallon fabric pots on risers for air circulation

Only thing I’ll give it is molasses at the end.

they’ll need a couple weeks to fill the screen before I flip the lights....

 

[Glookies1]

Coming from T5’s in veg and now getting co2 and Way more light, I’m hoping vegetative growth speeds up.

I’ll also flip this with the screen about 75% full. This strain really stretches. It’ll triple.

 

[Glookies1]

Well, they’re holding their heads high again today, after yesterday’s repot, stuff under a screen and light intensity change. I’ll leave them alone (other than water) for a few days

 

[Tokin Roll]

@Glookies1 it is apparent that you gave your system a lot of though.

I have two Scrog carts on casters

I really like your idea with the mobile scrog net, I don't think I have seen that before.

Stay safe and grow well my friend,

Tok..

 

[Glookies1]

@Glookies1 it is apparent that you gave your system a lot of though.



I really like your idea with the mobile scrog net, I don't think I have seen that before.

Stay safe and grow well my friend,

Tok..

Thanks you I’m disabled. The mobile scrogs make things much easier

 

[Timhomegrow]

Wow, loving your tent setup! Those carts are a super idea.
When you say M3, is it the Michigan Made Mix? You have used it before? I like their concept too.

I'm in for this ride!

 

[Glookies1]

Wow, loving your tent setup! Those carts are a super idea.
When you say M3, is it the Michigan Made Mix? You have used it before? I like their concept too.

I'm in for this ride!

Yes. Michigan made mix. I e been using it over a year. It works really, really well.

Truly water only other than hey want cal mag for a couple weeks when they go under the LED’s for some reason.

But the soil feeds a 70 to 80 day strain all the way through with no problems in 10 gal pots.

 

[Glookies1]

They bounce back so quickly. Found their way up through the net overnight.

Well, while I slept. They’re on 24/0 lighting right now.

 

[Glookies1]

I backed them down to 18/6 from 24/0.

They’re doing fine, growing at a good pace, but I thought they could use some “rest time”.

 

[Glookies1]

I pruned out most everything under the net over the past couple days. The plants are a tad stressed from all the changes and new training.

Lots of folks wait to clear out under the screen, for some reason I like to stress them early so I don’t have to stress them after I flip to flower.

 

[Glookies1]

5 days growth between pics. They’ve been topped some as well.

my guess is only another 7 days till they’re ready to flip to flower.

think I’ll shoot for June 1st. Easy day to remember for tracking flower time.

 

[Glookies1]

The underside is pretty cleaned out too already. Most of what’s left will be clone cuts.

 

[Glookies1]

Two more days of pretty explosive vegetative growth. I’d say they’ve acclimated to their new environment.

Took clone cuts today. I’ll flip the scrogs to flower first sign of roots.

I’ll post pics once all the shoots are heads up after today’s tuck.

It’s not full by a long shot, but this stuff stretches to at least triple in size during flowering

 

[Obi Wan]

Looking nice. Cheers

 

[Glookies1]

Screen is filling fast. Almost time to flip to flower