Yup.
I think so. I liked how manifolding maintained a fairly even canopy and gave more branches the chance to become a decent top. I have incorporated it into my last two endeavours - call it "Mani-SCROG". I manifolded them to get 10 - 12 good sized branches per lady then wove those branches through the net until it totally covered my 2 x 4.
The just manifolding grow produced about 24 tops between 2 ladies which yielded 6.3 oz. This last mani-SCROG produced 78 tops (greater than 3 times) and 3x's the tops hopefully equates to 3x's the yield. I'll find out once this batch is fully cured.
I will top them once I see a couple of good sized nodes showing. I trim the entire top off at that point. Once the two new tops get to be about 2" in length, I start to gently tie them down in opposite directions and keep them as parallel to the ground as possible. I want outward growth at this point
I'll trim off the bottom stuff after I see new growth appear in those two new tops. I will continue to gently tie them down and keep the two stalks growing in opposite directions. New branches will appear on each stalk and I know it's doing well. I'll now take off the stuff below my two main opposing stalks.
I don't top after this point - I keep all branches gently tied down as flat as possible and let them grow past the sides of the bucket. The plant will be about 16" in diameter with about 24 tops. Now I let those grow upwards until they reach about 12" in height. They now go under their SCROG net and I begin the process of weaving the branches through the mesh until my 2 x 4 space is covered. Lollipop the underneath LARF and keep doing LARF maintenance during the first four or five weeks of flower.
Thanks for your help and all the info; ready to go now..
How long u been growing like this?
Is a 5gal pot big enough for this operation?
RW
I am on my second time doing the "mani-SCROG" method. I did one with just manifolding and realized that filling my grow area would increase the yields. I harvested the first mani-SCROG and have eight (
2L mason jars each filled to about the 3/4 mark about to enter Week 3 of curing. I always leave a little extra room in the jars during the cure. Some of those bud chunks are the size of my thumb. The existing mani-SCROG just went into full 12/12 Monday evening.Yes sir. A 5 gallon bucket is perfect for this. And they don't have to be anything fancy either. I am using those 5 gallon Home Depot buckets with about 10 of the 3/8" holes drilled at the bottom for drainage. Some landscape cloth at the bottom to help keep the substrate from seeping out the drain holes.
What is the floor space of your area? What is your total height that you can actually grow? Are you using HID or LED?
I have a 2' (W) x 4' (L) x 5' (H) housing two ladies in 5 gallon Home Depot buckets. The ladies get woven until the 2' x 4' SCROG net is almost totally filled. Then flip ...
LED - 2 Viparspectra DS600 Dimmable - almost 290 wall watts each fixture.
The SCROG net is about 21" above the bottom of the tent floor. 5" at the top of the tent is lost to the light fixture height ( a smidge > 3" ) and hanging hardware. I like to keep the light about 14" above the canopy - any closer tends to yellow some leaves so there appears to be some IR burn if they are any closer than 14".
