[pico]

I like to make an even canopy under my lights and here is how I do that. PVC SCROG screens. Not sure exactly if this is considered SCROG or not as the trellis used has 6" squares. I have used different sized holes but I like the larger ones the best.







Ok, it is pretty easy to make these units and they are fairly cheap.

You will need



3/4" PVC pipe
Side Outlet 90's (SxSxFips) pvc joint



garden trellis
fat doobie
threaded pvc pipe
tape
pvc glue

ok, I use 4x4 ebb flow tables for all my plants because they are great for catching runoff, fit perfectly under a 1000w light.... So I build my screens to fit inside those trays. You can modify to whatever size you need.

Measure your pvc, I have 4 lengths at 4 feet.


Cut with your saw of choice. Yes, I did need the laser guided chop saw for this job.





Ok, now I take those four 4' lengths and link them all together in a square. build this on a flat floor to make it easier.



dry fit everything and make sure it is the correct size. The actual dimensions will be about 2" larger than the lengths you cut your pipe to. This is because of the joints adding about an inch each.




Ok, once you have everything dry fitted and tested, lets glue it all together. We don't need to get crazy with the glue since it isn't holding water pressure. Just a little inside the joint will hold plenty tight.


press it all together





Ok, what a workout. Probably time to smoke a phatty.

I like to use the threaded pvc legs that way I can break these units down easy and different size legs can be screwed in for different size plants.


Now take your garden trellis and spread it evenly over your pvc frame. I use electrical tape to fasten it down, but whatever you have around will work.






Thats that, now pop this baby over your plants and pull them all under.

Thanks for a kickass DIY meng!

[pico]

Thanks Indy. Hopefully it will help someone or give them a good idea. Deffinately has increased my yields by having everything all spread out.

[pico]

Just finished making all the nets for my garden and installed them today. so easy to build and will last for years to come.

[holla@yoboy]

nice, i might have to try something like this when i get back to reality and set up another show

Nice idea...

I will probably use it with a couple mods.....

First I like being able to tear my grows down the glue prevents that.....

Second I think I would drill holes thru the pvc so no tape....

I would also use phone wire(the multi strand multi color stuff) for the screen.....

Stringing the scrog would keep it together without glue ....

Some might also use 2 piece legs with unions so its easy to change the height of the legs.... this would require smaller pieces... or threaded connectors instead of threaded pipe if you have those laying about....

The 3 legged elbows are the key to this great idea....


thanks.....

[NorCal]

damn ive been doing a bunch of stuff w/ pvc lately, built me a cloner/mister thats helping me dabble in hydro, and now this. I might even use some to partition off a room and make a ghetto rigged hydro hut w/ some panda film, thanx for the tip...

[pico]

Glad you guys like it.

Oogglebird- yeah the glue is not necessary at all. the screen will hold it all together. I use these a lot and move around and like my main squares glued. I just take off my legs and could easily fit 50 of these in the back of a truck. I change my leg length for different strains and whatnot and those threaded 1/2" shedule 80 sections are great. Deffinately never glue the legs on.

They do make a 3 way elbow that uses all 3/4" slip joints, but they don't carry those at my hardware store. With those 3 ways, you could just use 3/4" pvc for the legs. That would be cheaper than the threaded legs and you could easily slip different size legs in there.

[pico]

Oh, I never mentioned. These cost right around 15-20 bucks each.

[killabrown420]

cool! i like your garden alot pico, real simple and effective...nice going w/ the screens, might build one for my box here shortly..thanks for the DIY, will come in handy when the day comes

scrogg on brotha