Stoneslacker's new 250w micro hempy scrog Blueberry, Blackjack and Permafrost

highnotlow said:

DAMN!!!! That's crazy good for 250watts! I love the color. They're so white, they almost look albino.

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Thanks high. That was my 3rd grow and was much better than my first 2. With luck I hope to break 80g on at least one plant this round.

How's everything going?

Started mild training 3 days ago. The idea is to pull the top branches down horizontal and cause the small growth tips on the branch arms to grow perpendicular to the branch. These will be the branches that will do most of the fill on the screen.


The PF is way ahead of the other 2 growth wise and I have pulled the apex tips back down and she is starting to respond. Her lower branches are shooting up nicely and soon she will be at screen height, though not as soon as I had hoped.



The BJ responded nicely to topping and is really nice and branchy. She is now running second behind the PF in growth and I have trained her down some. Once these get closer to the screen level I will tie the ends of the branches down and tie the middle sections up and to either side to the screen. This will help me create a significant bow in the branch arm and help me fill the screen in.



Poor Blueberry I abuse you so much you picky bitch. I have a love hate relationship with this strain. I cannot seem to get a nice veg off this plant for the life of me. I have been giving her extra cal mag cuz she always seems to have problems with N uptake from my past grows but she is not responding well at all. I think maybe she does not like to be topped and this could contribute to her problems. She also had the least developed root system when I transplanted, so this too could be part of her issue. She has had some moderate growth and I have started some mild training on her. She is pretty branchy but all the branches are very short and growing straight up so I am trying to pull some down and spread her apart some. Hopefully she will get a growth spurt soon and catch up. My last 2 grows the runt has finished out as the bigger plant both times and this strain was the bigger plant my 2nd grow so we will see.



I am contemplating lowering my screens a bit to possibly reduce veg time a bit. These were the smallest clones I had started with and none had much more than an inch of roots coming out of the rockwool cubes so I am looking at probably another 15-24 days of veg time here.

steeliesteve said:

How's everything going?

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You must be psychic my friend. Just posted it lol. I seen your nice BD harvest on WoH. Nice and chunky looking man. Didn't post any congrats for you on WoH as it gets a bit congested over there sometimes, figured I would wait till I seen you over here. That blue dream looks like a really nice strain. I remember it was clone only at one time, is someone producing seeds of this strain now?

Thanks Stone. She yielded 3.03 oz dried. I got the seeds from Humboldt Seed Org (HSO) on attitude. Its not exaxtly the same as the clone only but she's a great smoke already and is going fast. People can't get enough of it. Speaking of psychic, I was just talking to the wife about which seed to start tonight, blueberry or critical hog. I've heard blueberry is finicky but its one of the wifes favs. I think your post just made up my mind for me! Lol. I think i'll wait till i hqve a little more experience under my belt. Off to chop my Critical Kush. Your plants are looking great bro, hope your BB turns around for you.

Getting some decent growth out of the PF and BJ for only a couple days. Training a bit more aggressively now. The BB is still struggling along but I have been able to tie off some branches and spread her out some so we will see.

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Great grow... Amazing results with CFL...!! Im subbed for sure.... One day Ill take the plunge and go Hempy..!

Well done man..!

Jay_normous said:

Great grow... Amazing results with CFL...!! Im subbed for sure.... One day Ill take the plunge and go Hempy..!

Well done man..!

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Thanks Jay. I am actually running a 250w lumatek MH/HPS. I just supplement with a couple small cfl's. Still have a bit of veg to do here but check back, hoping this is my best grow yet.

Some good growth in the past couple days. Today is day 14 since I transplanted and while the blueberry is still way behind she is starting to catch up. I'll post some update pics tonight.

Here is a couple pics that show what scrog is all about. When you bend the branches horizontal the little growth shoots really explode and grow straight up. These new branches will fill my screens and hopefully produce a nice canopy full of tops.

This is the same branch on the PF taken 3 days apart.

Some good growth on the PF and BJ as we hit day 17 of veg. The BB is still running behind but she is starting to grow now and hopefully she can spread out some. I need her to since the PF is already close to 50% + of screen coverage. I'm thinking another week and I might be flippin.

The PF is really outsizing the other 2. She is really got some nice branching and should end up with a nice canopy.




The blackjack is a really short and bushy plant. I need to get as much screen coverage as I can before I flip since she does not stretch a bunch during transition.




The BB is definitely lagging but at least she is starting to show growth. She will stretch a bit so I will flip before the PF gets out of control regardless of where this girl is at.

Looking great Stone

looking good man. my hempys just about on pace with your girls. im on my first hempy bucket grow and its pretty amazing how fast they start growing once they get settled in their pots.

StevieStoner said:

looking good man. my hempys just about on pace with your girls. im on my first hempy bucket grow and its pretty amazing how fast they start growing once they get settled in their pots.

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Thanks SS. They sure do explode when they get their roots set. I have so much new growth in the middle its crazy. Cant wait to flip em soon.

steeliesteve said:

Looking great Stone

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Thanks man. All 3 are looking really healthy and the training has really spread the canopy out quite a bit already. Just trying to give the blueberry a bit more time.

I had started a snow white bean for my first attempt at scrog, but now I've decided to build a new flower room. I'm only running a 4x4 tent atm, I wanna build a 8x8 room so I can grow larger plants. Was thinking about building the frame out of 2x4s and using black and white poly sheeting for the walls. What are your thoughts? Think it'll be sturdy enough to hang lights? I'm wondering if I'll have to put up osb outside to stabalize. Dont wanna spend the extra $ if I don't have to though.

steeliesteve said:

I had started a snow white bean for my first attempt at scrog, but now I've decided to build a new flower room. I'm only running a 4x4 tent atm, I wanna build a 8x8 room so I can grow larger plants. Was thinking about building the frame out of 2x4s and using black and white poly sheeting for the walls. What are your thoughts? Think it'll be sturdy enough to hang lights? I'm wondering if I'll have to put up osb outside to stabalize. Dont wanna spend the extra $ if I don't have to though.

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You could always run a couple of 1x2 or 2x2 stringers across the top for reinforcement to add hooks to. I'm not sure of the reflectivity of the poly walls but if they are paintable flat white paint will get you around 93-97%, mylar's a bit better and I hear foylon is really good. But a gallon of paint goes a long way and a quick refresher coat is definitely cheaper than replacing mylar. Just remember flat white is far better than glossy white which reflects only about 87%.

how much of the screen do u fill before u flip?

The poly is only slightly less reflective than mylar but the poly is much more durable at 6mm. Panda film is poly and its used a lot for grow rooms. Gonna head to home dePOT today and price out the build.

hey steeliesteve you could get 2 sheets of 8x4 plywood for your roof. it would make your room hella sturdy and you could hang anything from it. and it would be the exact size for your grow room. just a thought

StevieStoner said:

how much of the screen do u fill before u flip?

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I like to shoot for 60-75% full. The main thing is you want your outer branches to stretch enough to reach the outer edges of the screen. And to make sure your middle growth is enough to fill in the interior of the screen. Judging by the pics in your thread you pretty close. Just train the branch ends down to get the middle stuff to shoot up and once you are close the flower stretch will do the rest. When they stretch in flower don't forget to keep training the branches to open areas of your screen during the first 10-14 days of transition.

Ya I know what you're talking about now. Panda film is good stuff. I would say that the poly alone would not be strong enough that I would risk hanging that big ole hood of yours over your plants. I think a couple 1x2's strung across the top should be plenty strong enough though and should only be a few bucks too.