Stepped out of my comfort zone.

selfmedicator462

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Flipped it today. About 5 weeks into veg. It's been a challenge. It's cold so I had to add heat. Humidity is low so I added a humidifier. I'm able to keep it around 35%. Winter grows used to be great with mh/hps bulbs cause of the added heat. With the LED i have to compensate but my summer grows are much cooler. IMG_2428.JPGIMG_2429.JPG
 

mauricem00

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View attachment 3843968 So I've been SCROGing for a few years and decided I'm sick of dealing with it. Don't get me wrong it's done me well but it's just too hard to maintain in my little room. It's hard to reach the back of the plant to trim under growth, hard to check for problems and if I have to do a filter or fan change mid grow it's impossible. So I figured low stress training was the way to go. This way I can rotate the plant and if need be, remove it from the room. I can also cut down on my veg time. Hopefully my quality will go up. Don't really care about quantity anymore. I was producing way more than I could ever smoke. Any pointers or concerns are appreciated.
looks great. I have used SOG for a few years now with great results but am planing on giving up my MMJ card and growing under the new recreational law. this reduces the number of plants that I can grow so my last grow I topped twice without a net and got as much from 3 plants as I did with 6 plants in SOG. this time i'm adding a net.have found that SOG reduces veg time by about 2 weeks.but LE seems to harass MMJ patients a lot and RECREATIONAL GROWING creates no record of activities
 

selfmedicator462

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IMG_2457.JPG Filled in nicely. Really stretched. I feel like I need to tie down a second time further out on the branch to get more horizontal growth. Next time. Just tying to a cloth pot probably isn't the best. Too much flex. I'm still kicking around the idea of switching to either an ebb n Flo type set up. In flower I'm watering every other day. Sometimes it's hard to get away for a weekend.
 

selfmedicator462

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IMG_2479.JPG IMG_2478.JPG Couple issues. The main trunk split right where it was topped. Did a quick tie job so it can't split anymore. Been a few days and that branch seems fine. The other thing.....this bitch took off straight up! I would have ran out of height before it even had half grown flowers. So I had to supercrop. Didn't want to. That's the one nice thing about scrog...grown till it's just thru the screen, flip it then start weaving. They usually only end up 12-14" about the screen when done. Might have to flip sooner next time.
 

MichiganMedGrower

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View attachment 3861548 View attachment 3861549 Couple issues. The main trunk split right where it was topped. Did a quick tie job so it can't split anymore. Been a few days and that branch seems fine. The other thing.....this bitch took off straight up! I would have ran out of height before it even had half grown flowers. So I had to supercrop. Didn't want to. That's the one nice thing about scrog...grown till it's just thru the screen, flip it then start weaving. They usually only end up 12-14" about the screen when done. Might have to flip sooner next time.
Careful with that twist tie. It needs to be loosened or the branch will grow around it and maybe get cut or pinched. But I have done this before and it never poses a problem. I just loosely tie stuff together.

And I supercrop like that and bend and tie branches all the way through flower as needed.

Great job. Awesome plant. I like eatching this progress.
 

andlund0930

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Wow man that plant is a beast? How far into flower? Looks like that bad girl has a lot of stretch left. Really well done. I use a 2x4x5 so I have height limitations. My first handful of grows were all scrog but for the same reasons I just switched to mainlining as well as made it perpetual now, which is great. Anyways here is my non scrog canopy. And an old pic of the scrog. You can see between the two pics I've almost doubled my production since. Well done man that plant is a beast!
 

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selfmedicator462

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Wow man that plant is a beast? How far into flower? Looks like that bad girl has a lot of stretch left. Really well done. I use a 2x4x5 so I have height limitations. My first handful of grows were all scrog but for the same reasons I just switched to mainlining as well as made it perpetual now, which is great. Anyways here is my non scrog canopy. And an old pic of the scrog. You can see between the two pics I've almost doubled my production since. Well done man that plant is a beast!
Right now im at 2 weeks. Im just excited I get to cut the branches and hang them at harvest instead of having to disect a plant bud by bud.
 

nl5xsk1

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Is this an 8 COB setup, and what size room? Im running 8 COBS in a 42"x42"x72", and haven't made up my mind about cobs yet, second run, still dialing in
 

selfmedicator462

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Is this an 8 COB setup, and what size room? Im running 8 COBS in a 42"x42"x72", and haven't made up my mind about cobs yet, second run, still dialing in
yeah its an 8. My build thread should be around somewhere. Im in about a 3x3x5. I definetly like it over HPS because of the heat reduction. Its a more even light too. I dont get hot spots or bleaching.
 

selfmedicator462

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IMG_2641.JPG IMG_2642.JPG Well here it is starting week 6. How's it look? I've been feeding every water which is about every other day but I've been using a minimal amount of nutes. Usually around 500-600 of base. I've just started noticing the slightest of yellow tips so I might just water this week. The other pic is just to give you an idea of the stretch. Definetly going to make a "halo" of some sort to widen out the base before it goes vertical.
 
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