I have an 7' x 2' or so outdoor SCROG on a west facing deck in SF. Started with 12 sprouts in medium size terra cotta pots (yes not best I know thanks) hoping to get 6 fems (about right for space). Got 12 fems. Crazy. Scrog absolutely required to limit height for privacy. So nows it's crowded and I made mistakes including interlacing branches through the nylon twine of the mesh, and across each other. It was a wonderful warm July but a horrible foggy and overcast Aug for weeks on end (back to sun now for a week). I got gray mold on stems where they have been chaffed or perhaps otherwise damaged.. Cleaned up aggressively with apple cider vinegar scrub, which I'm repeating faily often on damaged areas. I'm about to start treating on the more proactive side with Seranade (on its way), as the idea of bud rot gives me nightmares, and I'm also about to do a general stem spray down with a diluted vinegar solution.
My question is, should I thin the foliage in some places? Am I over the edge with density here?? This is a grow completely open the elements, and there's plenty of natural ventilation. However, on foggy mornings it gets dripping wet with no wind at all (by afternoon it's windy and dry, sometimes with some sun).
Am I running way to high a risk with this thick canopy? Should I thin via some aggressive shade leaf removal, strategically to minimize contact points in general? Or is this probably just fine as is? I'm happy to reduce yield some here to minimize risk of disaster! If all goes well...I'm gonna have 80--100 colas (I've counted), most I suspect will be on the small side but a decent yield potentially, overall. I still have risk of multiple branches dying from the existing gray mold damage as well (I've lost several already).
Pics trying to show density, and a few of a couple of damaged stems, argh. Thanks for any advice.
My question is, should I thin the foliage in some places? Am I over the edge with density here?? This is a grow completely open the elements, and there's plenty of natural ventilation. However, on foggy mornings it gets dripping wet with no wind at all (by afternoon it's windy and dry, sometimes with some sun).
Am I running way to high a risk with this thick canopy? Should I thin via some aggressive shade leaf removal, strategically to minimize contact points in general? Or is this probably just fine as is? I'm happy to reduce yield some here to minimize risk of disaster! If all goes well...I'm gonna have 80--100 colas (I've counted), most I suspect will be on the small side but a decent yield potentially, overall. I still have risk of multiple branches dying from the existing gray mold damage as well (I've lost several already).
Pics trying to show density, and a few of a couple of damaged stems, argh. Thanks for any advice.
