Diary Of A SCROG Addict

[CountGlochula]

i love a good SCROG! it's my favorite,good luck.

 

[0blivious]

i love a good SCROG! it's my favorite,good luck.

Hey Count hows tricks??

Cheers for stopping by, am looking forward to my first scrog attempt and am thinking this is pretty much going to be my method of choice from now on

Happy growin and feel free to give any advice / critiscm fella, it all helps

 

[nattybongo]

Hey mate, hows it going?
Are you going to LST (low stress traning) your plant?

 

[0blivious]

Hey mate, hows it going?
Are you going to LST (low stress traning) your plant?

How do fella.

Yeah I plan on tying the branches down and out a little to encourage them to grow out so its not too much stress when they hit the screen, plus its great for exposing more light to all of the plant. I'm going to Fimm the kalashnikova not top it too to try and get 4 main branches.

I saw a vid of a guy who tops the new cola's again before he flowers them to split those off into more also, maybe worth a go.

 

[0blivious]

Hey mate, hows it going?
Are you going to LST (low stress traning) your plant?

oh n im good ta, thanks for asking, how about yourself??

 

[0blivious]

Quick update

Day 13 from seed

Temp 27.6
Humidity 48%
Ph 5.9


Pic 1 of Supersonic Crystal Storm | Pic 2 of Kalashnikova

more soon

 

[Jay_normous]

Hate to stick my nose in but I'd try and have the humidity higher whilst their so young and small..

All that said, it's looking great...

 

[0blivious]

Hate to stick my nose in but I'd try and have the humidity higher whilst their so young and small..

All that said, it's looking great...

Hey Jay, you good fella?

Yeah I know it needs to be a little higher, its been cold and rainy here so i've had the tent open a little with windows open to combat the heat from the MH, seemed to sort the humidity out nicely keeping it from 50%-60% during the day. It's got a little warmer so I may need to try a few trays of water to bring it up because the supersonic crystal storm has very slight cupping on the edges.

I'll see what I can sort when I get home today but if you have any advice on how to raise the RH easily in a tent I'd appreciate it.

 

[Jay_normous]

I've used a few things ranging from watering cans and buckets of water placed in the grow to wet clothes... Not sure how much it helps..
I'm hoping someone can reply and put us both in the know..

Lol

 

[0blivious]

I've used a few things ranging from watering cans and buckets of water placed in the grow to wet clothes... Not sure how much it helps..
I'm hoping someone can reply and put us both in the know..

Lol

I think the problem with pans and soaked towels etc is it will take too much time to raise the humidity as it takes time for the cold water to get into the air, true its quicker if you increase its surface area but I may try something else.

I might try a towel soaked in hot water, not boiling just hot enough to steam a little seing as how humidity is basically water vapor in the air. I think the temps will get a bit higher in the tent but that should be controlable but in my line of thinking the "steam" is putting humidity straight into your grow area.

hmmmmm think ill test this....what you think jay? sound workable??

 

[Jay_normous]

I've not done any research on it but it makes sense when you mention steam..

Cheers for that..

 

[0blivious]

I've not done any research on it but it makes sense when you mention steam..

Cheers for that..

No worries fella, got a 3% increase in RH using a steaming towel so you would prob need a fair few to get any decent increase n the temp increase could cripple some people im guessing.

So, im going to pick up one of these at some point;

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KLARSTEIN-AH-20M-ULTRASONIC-AIR-HUMIDIFIER-4L-20m-ROOM-/350498116851?_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo=LVI&itu=UCI&otn=5&po=LVI&ps=63&clkid=3464699118945132778

Problem solved sir lol!

 

[0blivious]

Day 14 from seed

Just a quick update again.

Everything seems to be going well, both girls are getting bigger each day and both are starting there 3rd node, will be "FIMMING" both once the 4th node apears. The Kalashnikova has some slight nute burn, lol it because the AN stuff is so concentrated so I emptied about 8L of water out of the res and topped up with plain ph balanced water to see what happens.

Pics

Temp 26.8
Humidity 47%
PH 5.8 (adjusted from 6.2)


First pic is Supersonic Crystal Storm | Second pic is Kalashnikova
more soon

 

[0blivious]

Update again.

Well, after a pretty heavy night with some friends Im feeling pretty rough so a little mishap this morning tending to my ladies, I droped my temp/humidity meter in the bowl of water I had in the tent and now its gone to valhalla Cant grab another one till next week now so they will just have to cope i guess.

Both ladies are doing good, the kalashnikova's nute burn looks a little worse after diluting the already weak nutes @1ml per litre by draining and adding 8L of plain water but the rest of her seems good apart from the humidity being low (was at like 39% this morning before I dropped the meter). The supersonic is looking really healthy and strong and liking the nute level so far.

I had a fair bit of growth so I "fimmed" both ladies today, in a few days we should have a four way branching from both hopefully if I have done it right, i cut about 80% of the 4th node off each. Will change the nutes over again tomorrow night so am putting the water for each bucket to de-chlorinate shortly and will count that as the start of week 1 veg.

Day 15 from seed

Temp 28.5
Humidity 39% (before i dropped the meter!)
ph 5.8 (adjusted back from 6.4)

pics


pics 1 & 2 Supersonic Crystal Storm | pics 3 & 4 Kalashnikova

 

[Jay_normous]

Nightmare about your meter... Have to get another myself...
How you going to change your res once you have your canopy developed..?

 

[0blivious]

Nightmare about your meter... Have to get another myself...
How you going to change your res once you have your canopy developed..?

Lol tell me about it but thats what happens when you mix blue widow and jack daniels methinks!!

I've raised both my buckets off the ground by putting them on plastic totes so I can empty the res as I have emtying tubes on both. I can either attach the lid of each bucket to the screen so i can simply drop the bucket off and change it over after cleaning or I have a funnel attached to some hose pipe that will let me refill easily. Which I do depends on how well the lid stays attached to the screen i guess.

 

[0blivious]

Update day 16 from seed

OK another quick update.

Both ladies are looking great, getting bigger each day. Not much has happened after "fimming both ladies" but I think they will bounce back nicely and show there new growth in a few days.

I'm changing the res out on both shortly and will be refilling will nutes @ 1ml per litre again and calling this the start of week 1 veg so unless anything comes up I'll prob just be dropping like 3 photo updates a week in from here on in. Not sure of the temp or humidity until I order my new meter - will prob be getting an aircooled hood aswell in the next few weeks to help my environment out a little more.

pics


pics 1 & 2 Supersonic Crystal Storm | pics 3 & 4 Kalashnikova

More soon

 

[nattybongo]

Hey mate. Hows it going? Any updates?

 

[GHOSTDOG SA]

update time?? where the pics at??

 

[AWnox]

Bump! How they looking man?