ScrOG..Best time to stop tucking in flowering!

[EL Connoisseur]

Hi all cannaculties..Tell me your opinion about something in ScrOG..when do you bilieve is the best time to stop tucking in flowering in order to have enough height of the buds to be nice and not become 5cm?..Indica strain btw..I expect experienced answers from expirienced growers please..Thank you and appreciate your response!

!~Enjoy Growin~!

E.C.

 

[pulpoinspace]

well. simple answer is when your canopy is full.

i'll usually tuck throughout veg and the first week or so of flower.

from then on I do the opposite of tucking and pull as many tops up through the scrog as possible. i usually want my colas to grow at least 10-12 inches above the scrog so i don't do any tucking after about day 10 after the flip.

if you want to really scrog. you have to veg until your screen is full. then flip to flower. you get a nice thick canopy above the scrog.

 

[EL Connoisseur]

Look at this pic my friend..i am already in Day7 from flip..what so you think about her..i flipped her when i have filled the 60% of the space in order to fill the rest during the flowering stretch..

 

[EL Connoisseur]

well. simple answer is when your canopy is full.

i'll usually tuck throughout veg and the first week or so of flower.

from then on I do the opposite of tucking and pull as many tops up through the scrog as possible. i usually want my colas to grow at least 10-12 inches above the scrog so i don't do any tucking after about day 10 after the flip.

if you want to really scrog. you have to veg until your screen is full. then flip to flower. you get a nice thick canopy above the scrog.

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?.What do you bilieve!

 

[pulpoinspace]

You can keep tucking for another week. Have you grown the strain before? Some strains will stretch for 3-4 weeks in early flowering.

For absolute best yield you want to veg until your scrog is full. But your plant looks great you’re on the right track.

 

[pulpoinspace]

here is mine at day 2 after the flip:


and day 20 after the flip:

 

[EL Connoisseur]

You can keep tucking for another week. Have you grown the strain before? Some strains will stretch for 3-4 weeks in early flowering.

For absolute best yield you want to veg until your scrog is full. But your plant looks great you’re on the right track.

Nice,thank you my friend..actually this is my 1st grow so i have many things to learn..i dont full in veg cause after this i will not have enough space to keep tucking in the first 10 days in the flowering stage..thats why i flip at 60-80% of the space..the strain is critical kush from barneys farm..as i told you its the 1st time i grow something so i dont have experienced about stretching yet!

 

[pulpoinspace]

looking great. you'll get the hang of it.

best of luck!

 

[EL Connoisseur]

here is mine at day 2 after the flip:
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and day 20 after the flip:View attachment 4226618

i think you also flip at 70-80%!

 

[pulpoinspace]

i think you also flip at 70-80%!

yep! i try to wait as close as i can to get the scrog full but sometimes its just hard to be patient!

 

[Northernpop]

Hi guys. I've been growing for over 20 years, and because I can only grow 4 females in my 2ft x 3ft x 5ft cupboard atm, I've scrogged for a few years now. You have to be patient, but I flip when the net is about 3/4 full of shoots. Keep tucking for a week or so into the stretch, then just keep the lights at the optimum distance, and you should manage a great harvest.

This is my scrog on the first day of the flip (White Critical Express Feminised) - great scrogger. I'd avoid autos as you can't control/train them as you'd like.

Happy growing !!

 

[EL Connoisseur]

View attachment 4228349 Hi guys. I've been growing for over 20 years, and because I can only grow 4 females in my 2ft x 3ft x 5ft cupboard atm, I've scrogged for a few years now. You have to be patient, but I flip when the net is about 3/4 full of shoots. Keep tucking for a week or so into the stretch, then just keep the lights at the optimum distance, and you should manage a great harvest.

This is my scrog on the first day of the flip (White Critical Express Feminised) - great scrogger. I'd avoid autos as you can't control/train them as you'd like.

Happy growing !!

Thank you for your advice dude.

 

[Northernpop]

Hi EL Connoisseur, just thought I'd upload my girls at week 5 flower end. I had to use spent compost, and they look low in nitrogen, but are flowering well, and still have a week and a bit to go too.

This White Critical Express really is a 45 day flower strain.

Happy growing !!

 

[Aladdin.khalifa]

Hi all cannaculties..Tell me your opinion about something in ScrOG..when do you bilieve is the best time to stop tucking in flowering in order to have enough height of the buds to be nice and not become 5cm?..Indica strain btw..I expect experienced answers from expirienced growers please..Thank you and appreciate your response!

!~Enjoy Growin~!

E.C.

Hello El Connoisseur!

This is a very good topic. It is hard to give you a straight answer as not all "Indica" strains have the same level of stretch. I would say roughly after about 10 days but it depends on the strain and on your grow light.

The more powerful the light, the more light penetration. The more light penetration, the sooner I would stop tucking in flowering.

Hope this helps man

 

[Northernpop]

Hello El Connoisseur!

This is a very good topic. It is hard to give you a straight answer as not all "Indica" strains have the same level of stretch. I would say roughly after about 10 days but it depends on the strain and on your grow light.

The more powerful the light, the more light penetration. The more light penetration, the sooner I would stop tucking in flowering.

Hope this helps man

Yes, I'd agree. Good lights speed up the flowering and compensate varying height levels.

For what it's worth, I'd look at Samsung Double light strips. I built this led setup for only $250. They're efficient and long lasting, plus the heat sinks are cheap, as you can just use U shaped aluminium framing.

Check out my recent build. I use it from seed to weed, and it's excellent.

https://www.rollitup.org/t/samsung-led-double-striplight-diy-build.965216/

Happy growing !!

 

[Midnight Warrior]

I quit tucking the last week of veg so the colas could start growing up to take advantage of all the light. First pic is the pic I took the last day of veg and the second I took the other day at about 1.75 weeks of flower.

IMO I wouldn't tuck in flower, but that's just me.

 

[Curbcalamitous]

Sooo just wanted to ask something if anyone is still here. Soo basically you wanna veg till full. Flip and allow vertical growth pulling back and heads that jump up above the others? Like is what your aiming for that all bud sites start at the canopy and go vertical from there?

 

[ganga gurl420]

Sooo just wanted to ask something if anyone is still here. Soo basically you wanna veg till full. Flip and allow vertical growth pulling back and heads that jump up above the others? Like is what your aiming for that all bud sites start at the canopy and go vertical from there?

Yes.. but some people keep tucking for 2 weeks when dealing with a stretcher. Mine I couldn't tuck anymore because there was no more room to tuck.

 

[zypheruk]

If your plant is not a stretcher or an Indica dominant plant you can fill the screen and flip.

 

[HielanVibes]

Scrog life here!!!! I think tucking depends on a few things, but nothings ever black and white. Ive tucked well into flower a few times; forgot to put my screen down one time, that was a pain.

Vibe with your garden, try new things in moderation, and you'll figure out what works best in your situation.( light intensity, air flow, strain, height restrictions, additional training, grid square size)

Ive been growing a wedding cake, but just from seeds found in a sack; so phenom stability is nonexistent and my grid squares are a little large.

Cheers Trichomies!