Crow River
Well-Known Member
Next grow has started, and with electricity prices rising I am looking at ways to save energy and maximise yield in small spaces. The strategies I have come up with are:
- Gas Lantern Routine for veg. That is, a lighting regime with 12hr on, 5.5hr off, 1hr on, 5.5hr off. Then standard 12/12 for flower.
- ScrOG. I have two small spaces currently, one is wide but short, suited for standard horizontal ScrOG. The other is slightly taller but small square footprint, so I will try a vertical ScrOG here. Screen will be on three sides, with lights suspended vertically in the centre.
The strains are both Indica dominant. Northern Lights in the wide space, White Widow in the taller one.
Some additional details on this grow.
Space 1 is a cabinet. 70 x 50 x 95cm approx.
Lighting is a 130w quantum style board, plus 2 x 18w 6500k LED side lights.
Final pot will be a 12 litre washing up bowl.
ScrOG net is 55 x 40cm.
Space 2 is a small tent. 50 x 50 x 100cm.
Lighting will be 2 x 54w LED corn bulbs - 6500k for veg, 3000k for flower. Supplemented with a 10w UV (395-400nm) LED tube light, and additional grow bulbs as required. Also will be using a Far Red (730nm) LED strip for a few minutes at the start of lights out once flip to 12/12 begins.
Final pot will be a 24 litre fabric planter.
ScrOG nets will be 3 x 50 x 60cm, so 150 x 60cm in total if laid end to end.
Grow medium for both will be compost, mixed with perlite and vermiculite. Nutrients will be Miracle Gro for veg, and tomato feed for flower. Plus occasional doses of liquid seaweed. Watering will be semi-automatic, using "Classic" Blumats, plus hand watering of nutrients as and when required.
I will do early veg and potting up for both plants in Space 1. I'll be topping, pruning and supercropping both to get them nice and bushy. Then once ready the White Widow will move into Space 2 for late veg and both plants will be put in their final pots and trained to their screens.
Okay so here are the seeds for the next grow. I let these get up to room temperature, then they went into potting mix, in peat pots in the small heated propagator. Now I wait...
- Gas Lantern Routine for veg. That is, a lighting regime with 12hr on, 5.5hr off, 1hr on, 5.5hr off. Then standard 12/12 for flower.
- ScrOG. I have two small spaces currently, one is wide but short, suited for standard horizontal ScrOG. The other is slightly taller but small square footprint, so I will try a vertical ScrOG here. Screen will be on three sides, with lights suspended vertically in the centre.
The strains are both Indica dominant. Northern Lights in the wide space, White Widow in the taller one.
Some additional details on this grow.
Space 1 is a cabinet. 70 x 50 x 95cm approx.
Lighting is a 130w quantum style board, plus 2 x 18w 6500k LED side lights.
Final pot will be a 12 litre washing up bowl.
ScrOG net is 55 x 40cm.
Space 2 is a small tent. 50 x 50 x 100cm.
Lighting will be 2 x 54w LED corn bulbs - 6500k for veg, 3000k for flower. Supplemented with a 10w UV (395-400nm) LED tube light, and additional grow bulbs as required. Also will be using a Far Red (730nm) LED strip for a few minutes at the start of lights out once flip to 12/12 begins.
Final pot will be a 24 litre fabric planter.
ScrOG nets will be 3 x 50 x 60cm, so 150 x 60cm in total if laid end to end.
Grow medium for both will be compost, mixed with perlite and vermiculite. Nutrients will be Miracle Gro for veg, and tomato feed for flower. Plus occasional doses of liquid seaweed. Watering will be semi-automatic, using "Classic" Blumats, plus hand watering of nutrients as and when required.
I will do early veg and potting up for both plants in Space 1. I'll be topping, pruning and supercropping both to get them nice and bushy. Then once ready the White Widow will move into Space 2 for late veg and both plants will be put in their final pots and trained to their screens.
Okay so here are the seeds for the next grow. I let these get up to room temperature, then they went into potting mix, in peat pots in the small heated propagator. Now I wait...
