stoneslacker
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Hey RIU, after running my first mainline grow, I'm back with my usual 3 plant scrog. Got some nice ideas from the mainline grow I am going to experiment with this round. Going to incorporate the topping and bonding of mainline training and train them out horizontally to fill the scrog screen. I'm getting a little bit ahead of myself though, first the basic rundown of my grow.
Growing in a small cab, 36" x 36" x 36" cube. The back 12" contain the exhaust fan and carbon scrubber. This leaves me a growing area of around 23 x 34. I use the Hempy method with 100% perlite substrate. I'll be using 2 gallon buckets for the first time, and I have individual screens for each pot, measuring 11" x 23". Using a Lumatek 250w dimmable ballast, with Maxlume 250w MH & HPS bulbs. Ventilation is powered by an ActiveAir 4in inline fan with carbon scrubber. I like alot of air movement in my cab so I use up to 3 small circulating fans. One fan blows between the light and canopy top allowing me to keep my hood less than 5in away from the tops. The other fans blow through the canopy.
The 3 test subjects for my current grow are 2 freebie seeds, Dinafem Blue Hash, and WoS Afghan Kush Special, and Big Buddha Cheese from clone. I will top and bond the Blue Hash for 4 heads in the mainline fashion. I will then train the heads out horizontally, leaving the undernodes to fill the screen area. The AKS and Cheese will be topped above the 4th node and scrogged normally. Trying to see if mainline training will help to improve the overall size of tops. Not a scientific experiment obviously but still should give me an idea of what the benefits might be.
I use the GH 3 part nute system, supplemented with Florablend, Floralicious Plus, CaliMagic, Liquid Koolbloom, and Floranectar Pineapple Rush. I feed with every watering, and once plants are in flower I flush every 17-21 days with clearex. For those familiar with the hempy system, I like to let my buckets dry out almost completely between waterings, usually about 3 days. IMO growth is increased by letting the buckets dry out and get plenty of air (oxygen) to the root system.
Couple pics of my previous scrogs to give an idea of what we're shooting for here. Link to my previous journal https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/630714-stoneslackers-new-250w-micro-hempy.html
Once the new girls are big enough to top and start training, I will try to go in-depth with the training process and show why I think scrog is such a game changer, especially with low wattage, small scale grows.
Here are the 3 girls, Blue Hash and AKS are at 15 days from ceed, Cheese is a just rooted clone. In order - Blue Hash, Cheese, Afghan Kush Special.
Updates will be sporadic until I get these girls into the main grow cab in about 10-14 days, once I harvest and dry my current crop.
Questions, comments, criticisms? Post away - this is a freely open journal to post in, no need to ask.
Growing in a small cab, 36" x 36" x 36" cube. The back 12" contain the exhaust fan and carbon scrubber. This leaves me a growing area of around 23 x 34. I use the Hempy method with 100% perlite substrate. I'll be using 2 gallon buckets for the first time, and I have individual screens for each pot, measuring 11" x 23". Using a Lumatek 250w dimmable ballast, with Maxlume 250w MH & HPS bulbs. Ventilation is powered by an ActiveAir 4in inline fan with carbon scrubber. I like alot of air movement in my cab so I use up to 3 small circulating fans. One fan blows between the light and canopy top allowing me to keep my hood less than 5in away from the tops. The other fans blow through the canopy.
The 3 test subjects for my current grow are 2 freebie seeds, Dinafem Blue Hash, and WoS Afghan Kush Special, and Big Buddha Cheese from clone. I will top and bond the Blue Hash for 4 heads in the mainline fashion. I will then train the heads out horizontally, leaving the undernodes to fill the screen area. The AKS and Cheese will be topped above the 4th node and scrogged normally. Trying to see if mainline training will help to improve the overall size of tops. Not a scientific experiment obviously but still should give me an idea of what the benefits might be.
I use the GH 3 part nute system, supplemented with Florablend, Floralicious Plus, CaliMagic, Liquid Koolbloom, and Floranectar Pineapple Rush. I feed with every watering, and once plants are in flower I flush every 17-21 days with clearex. For those familiar with the hempy system, I like to let my buckets dry out almost completely between waterings, usually about 3 days. IMO growth is increased by letting the buckets dry out and get plenty of air (oxygen) to the root system.
Couple pics of my previous scrogs to give an idea of what we're shooting for here. Link to my previous journal https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/630714-stoneslackers-new-250w-micro-hempy.html
Once the new girls are big enough to top and start training, I will try to go in-depth with the training process and show why I think scrog is such a game changer, especially with low wattage, small scale grows.
Here are the 3 girls, Blue Hash and AKS are at 15 days from ceed, Cheese is a just rooted clone. In order - Blue Hash, Cheese, Afghan Kush Special.
Updates will be sporadic until I get these girls into the main grow cab in about 10-14 days, once I harvest and dry my current crop.
Questions, comments, criticisms? Post away - this is a freely open journal to post in, no need to ask.
