Perpetual SOG Experiment - Multi Genetics

hey there

I’m feeling less paranoid than usual and decided to make a thread, documenting my way through an experiment.

After being inspired many moons ago by drbudgreengenes (icmag forums) I always wanted to do a perpetual SOG. It is time.

This Guava Fritter seedling was an unplanned pregnancy from bud I bought from a local dispensary. Will take a clone soon and put it in 12/12 as soon as rooted for sexing. It’s ~1 week old.



Other genetics will make an appearance in the near future (Cheese and C99, coming soon). The goal is to have a few solid bonsai moms for the SOG clones. Flowering will take place in 16 oz and 1 liter bottles for comparison. There’s going to be lots of experimenting as it gets dialed in.

I’ve a few different tools to work with when it comes to lighting: 150w CFL (dual spectrum), 210w (actual) Samsung LED (dual), an old 400w MH / HPS cool tube + bulbs with low hours on them, and various house light LED bulbs.

Flower tent is 3 x 3. Clones and Mothers will be kept micro style 24 h in a small dresser converted for growing with the household LEDs. Clones will be flowered at different heights ranging from 1”-6”. It will be several grows before I get it right so if you feel like it, stick around, learn from my mistakes and maybe giggle a few times.

I owe a good bit of the SOG idea to dr bud. I’ll talk more about his methods throughout the grow as I’ve heavily researched everything he’s posted

You’ll also see me make fertilizers with a combination of Korean Natural Farming and JADAM. My soil will be recycled and I’m aiming to need to not buy anything but seeds.

Not interested in doing things the “right” or designer way, I mostly want to have fun and try some shit. ‍‍

If that sounds cool to you I hope to have you around and feel free to comment.

Topped the Guava



Took a clone and put it in a small cab under a 30w LED. It's super tiny so I really don't expect it to root. I'm more curious, than anything.



Guava Fritter bounced back less than a week later



Germinated 3 x UK Cheese fems and had them pop above soil (only 2 in this photo)



Tent is all setup for flowering, just need some rooted clones to pop in there



Patience (my weakness)

Now germinating Malawi by Ace Seeds and GG#4 by GG Strains.

This is the original thread that inspired me over a decade ago by drbudgreenjeans on icmag - https://www.icmag.com/threads/compact-sog-with-cfls.64997/

If you enjoy going through all the intricate details of a grow and someone's methods, it's a great read.

Dr bud had a perpetual SOG where he was getting 7-21g (21 being the absolute max) a plant in only 16oz of soil and ~400w of CFL. He had his own cultivar but was able to replicate it across many different cultivars with sativas doing especially well.

He'd mostly run 12/12 as soon as his clones showed root to finish up just under the lights.

He has other threads on there that are also interesting.

Tuned in, this is going to be interesting

Ganja.Queen said:

This is the original thread that inspired me over a decade ago by drbudgreenjeans on icmag - https://www.icmag.com/threads/compact-sog-with-cfls.64997/

If you enjoy going through all the intricate details of a grow and someone's methods, it's a great read.

Dr bud had a perpetual SOG where he was getting 7-21g (21 being the absolute max) a plant in only 16oz of soil and ~400w of CFL. He had his own cultivar but was able to replicate it across many different cultivars with sativas doing especially well.

He'd mostly run 12/12 as soon as his clones showed root to finish up just under the lights.

He has other threads on there that are also interesting.

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forgot to note, this is 7-21g DRY weight, per plant, in 16oz medium.

FmSwayze said:

Tuned in, this is going to be interesting

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glad to have you along

The 4 mamasitas this morning



They get watered in this bucket with the flood and drain method Dr. Bud was using:

• Place the plants in the bucket, slowly filling with water (and any nutes) until the water covers 1/4" above the soil line.
• Once there aren't any more bubbles from gas releasing, lift the plant out (draining water into another bucket) and new air rushes into the soil.

Supposedly, this style of watering was key to the results especially when growing in such small pots to begin with.

It allows total saturation of the medium.

Nice start, I love SOG growing. I ran a perpetual SOG with ebb and flow for 10 years. I also enjoy experiments so it will be fun to see what you come up with.

Thundercat said:

Nice start, I love SOG growing. I ran a perpetual SOG with ebb and flow for 10 years. I also enjoy experiments so it will be fun to see what you come up with.

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thank you Thundercat, that’s awesome! Feel free to chime in any time, I’m sure I could learn a lot from you.