[tequila_sunrise]

Hey all I havent been around for a few years but I decided to try out the SCROG thing and tell yall how it works out.

This is my first attempt at SCROG but it seems to be going fine so far got a bit of a problem with mites but I hope I killed them all today!


My set up consists of the following:

DR80 Dark Room Tent
2 120w Cool CFLs
Inline Fan
Lots of ducting for a small tent
3 NORCAL Pineapple Plants


So on the fun part! Pictures! (well just one right now)

Here is 1st pic showing screen. Veg growth is boring so I wont update till they get much bigger They were grown out from clones so IDK how old they really are but id say they are a few weeks away from filling up the screen.




Anyone ever grow this train out? Got it from a buddy with about as little info on it as anyone can expect


I am thinking about throwing a 400w HPS or maybe MH (3000kelven one) inside. Only problem would be potential heat issues.

[tequila_sunrise]

Here we go 12 days later I have a nice lush canopy shot just about ready to go 12/12! The fight against the mites continues on!

Using Azamax and got myself a nice sprayer to control things. I think I am going to flip it to 12/12 tonight!


so far I have been using SuperCropping by pinching the stalks to make them fatter and it really seems to increase the growth of the side branches. I am starting to bend the fan leaves down in order to get more room to potential budsites.

[tequila_sunrise]

edit: double post

[ArcticBlast]

nice clean tent, i'm tagging along! i'm looking into some tents in the next month or two, too

ArcticBlast

[tequila_sunrise]

Originally Posted by ArcticBlast

nice clean tent, i'm tagging along! i'm looking into some tents in the next month or two, too

ArcticBlast

Welcome Arctic

I snapped a full shot of the tent so you could see her in all her glory!


Also an update for today, I will be switching it down 2 hours every day until I am at 12/12. Today is the first day of 16/8.

I couldnt hold off any longer, they are growing too big for their little screen so it is off to flower they go!

I did snip off some Fan leaves that were in the way of budsites getting their light. I am leaving some lower ones there for now until most of the growth is above the canopy.


I have also added two 200w CFL's putting out 17,000 lumens each. We will have to see about the heat but I am shooting for 1g/watt!


We will see!

So here are the pics to update you all with:

[hempluvr]

Nice work! I rock a dr 120 with a 1000 watty. U could safely throw in a 400 watt hps and be fine. Just need to vent the hood and keep the room the tent is in nice and cool and all will be good with your temps. Good luck and keep it green!

[WasntMe]

new DR60 here with new 205W HydroGrow LED (see my album)

I have a film project running in to now but when it is done I'll be going back to soil based modular scrog.

Looking good so far ... nice under canopy clear out.

[tequila_sunrise]

Originally Posted by hempluvr

Nice work! I rock a dr 120 with a 1000 watty. U could safely throw in a 400 watt hps and be fine. Just need to vent the hood and keep the room the tent is in nice and cool and all will be good with your temps. Good luck and keep it green!

Woke up this morning and the temps were at 82 in the tent. I have to route my exhaust out of the room, maybe into the attic.

My buddy is pushing me to throw a 1000w in there! I am not that bold lol. I would have gone with an HPS but $$ is a bit tight right now so CFL it is!

Originally Posted by WasntMe

new DR60 here with new 205W HydroGrow LED (see my album)

I have a film project running in to now but when it is done I'll be going back to soil based modular scrog.

Looking good so far ... nice under canopy clear out.

Nice, I'll have to take a look. The modular scrog thing sounds like a cool idea. Do you just mount the screens to the pots? I have seen somebody use a tomato ring(?) and make a screen at the mid level. Sounds like it would be the way to go as far as getting it in and out of the grow room

Thankfully I did not cement my PVC so when the time comes, I can just cut the stalk and disconnect the top square from the rest of the PVC and pull her out.

[Weedsa]

Interesting grow man.

[WasntMe]

Originally Posted by tequila_sunrise

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The modular scrog thing sounds like a cool idea. Do you just mount the screens to the pots? I have seen somebody use a tomato ring(?) and make a screen at the mid level. Sounds like it would be the way to go as far as getting it in and out of the grow room

Thankfully I did not cement my PVC so when the time comes, I can just cut the stalk and disconnect the top square from the rest of the PVC and pull her out.

The Modular scrog: yeah, I have one for each of the 6 square pots I run (4 in tent & 2 in old school Nimby tub).
Using mod scrog I can...
-rotate each plant to maintain even canopy
- tend to the rear plants easier because I can pull out each individual and rotate each
- maintain an even canopy even when growing different strains by raising an individual pot & scrog
- have the option of continual harvest.

Exhaust vent you commented on: It really is easy to do .. only about $12-13 US from hardware to make it ....the way it flares out from 4" round to 4x10" rectangle helps eliminate alot of the sound of the air coming out the vent since it slows down as it spreads out. It also allows the vent grill on the outside to be stealth and look normal even to those familiar with household construction.
Duct or aluminum tape, a sheet rock knife, Tin snipes, drill and supplies ... 15 to 20 mins



You could easily set yours up like mine and route it to attic. In the future you can do an HPS in a cool tube... I'm using 4" insulated but hardly any heat ... with a potential hps upgrade I would plan for the future and run at least 6" insulated up to attic