Questions for 1st SOG grow with GG4 autos

[Farmer Hal]

This is my first time doing SOG with my GG4 Autos in soil in a 32x32x63 grow tent.
1. Should I use 1 gallon or 2 gallon grow bags?
2. How many plants can I grow in this small tent?
3. How many times a week should I feed them nutes?
4. Should I also scrog?

 

[Farmer Hal]

This is my first time doing SOG with my GG4 Autos in soil in a 32x32x63 grow tent.
1. Should I use 1 gallon or 2 gallon grow bags?
2. How many plants can I grow in this small tent?
3. How many times a week should I feed them nutes?
4. Should I also scrog?

 

[pegboy]

Autos probably aren't great for SOG. Likely too much variation in size and flowering times. SOG is better done with more predictable clones/plants.

 

[Farmer Hal]

This is my first time doing SOG with my GG4 Autos in soil in a 32x32x63 grow tent.
1. Should I use 1 gallon or 2 gallon grow bags?
2. How many plants can I grow in this small tent?
3. How many times a week should I feed them nutes?
4. Should I also scrog?

 

[Herb & Suds]

Welcome to RIU
May I suggest not posting duplicate threads
When I see that I’m inclined not to respond to the poster

 

[Farmer Hal]

First time posting here, wasn't sure if that's what I should be doing

 

[Farmer Hal]

I'm still going to give it a try, do you have any suggestions for the questions I asked?

 

[Trap Star]

1. About 1gal
2. About 9
3. About twice
4. More than likely

If it were me...
1. 2gal bag
2. 1 mega plant
3. 2x a week
4. Full screen scrog at node 8

Lots of weaving an tucking but a full harvest

 

[shnkrmn]

2 gallons, maybe larger. If you just stuff as many plants as you can they will be crowded and yield poorly.

 

[Trap Star]

You would have to prune pretty sharply

 

[shnkrmn]

I see your tent size now. You are better off growing 4 plants at most. 1 would be best. I grow gg4 photos, they like to get huge and if the autos are anything like that you'll have a fight in your hands.

 

[Farmer Hal]

1. About 1gal
2. About 9
3. About twice
4. More than likely

If it were me...
1. 2gal bag
2. 1 mega plant
3. 2x a week
4. Full screen scrog at node 8

Lots of weaving an tucking but a full harvest

I'm a worried about the height of the plant if I just grow one. I just finish growing two Jack Herer's in a scrog and the lights were maxed out on height.

 

[Trap Star]

You are not Scrogging correctly...
The goal of a Scrog is to force the plant outwards horizontally.

You achieve this by re-tucking overgrowth BACK UNDER the Scrog Net...into a farther space...moving outwards to the edge of the tent.

Once you reach the end...then you flower

 

[Farmer Hal]

I see your tent size now. You are better off growing 4 plants at most. 1 would be best. I grow gg4 photos, they like to get huge and if the autos are anything like that you'll have a fight in your hands.

I was thinking six, but you're right, four would probably be best

 

[Farmer Hal]

You are not Scrogging correctly...
The goal of a Scrog is to force the plant outwards horizontally.

You achieve this by re-tucking overgrowth BACK UNDER the Scrog Net...into a farther space...moving outwards to the edge of the tent.

Once you reach the end...then you flower

This is the grow that just finished, did I Scrog correctly here?

 

[Farmer Hal]

This is the grow that just finished, did I Scrog correctly here?

This photo was 10 days before Harvest when I started flushing the plant. It looked awesome at Harvest

 

[shnkrmn]

Ideally you would not have the central cola sticking up like that. You are trying to achieve this. 6 plants in a 4x4 by the way. And in 2 gallon pots watered twice a day.

 

[Farmer Hal]

Ideally you would not have the central cola sticking up like that. You are trying to achieve this. 6 plants in a 4x4 by the way. And in 2 gallon pots watered twice a day.View attachment 5399885

Those are gorgeous girls! So, you think I should go with four in 2 gallon grow bags? I assume I cut the side shoots and just leave the colas?

 

[shnkrmn]

Those are gorgeous girls! So, you think I should go with four in 2 gallon grow bags? I assume I cut the side shoots and just leave the colas?

Quite the opposite. I removed the central colas and trained each plant to have 4 stems. When it was time to flower, I installed an elastic trellis and supercropped each stem (strategically broke the branches so they were hotizontal. As the stretched in flower I kept tucking them back under. This made every budsite on every branch codominant. So instead of big tops and a lots of whispy larf, I get solid knotty buds and nothing else.

 

[shnkrmn]

I should add this kind of training is nearly impossible with autos. I don't grow them, my picture is all clones from photo moms.