Scrog vs Mainline questions
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4 dwc
calliandra
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i can take more pics later but i don't really like to post pics have nothing to prove
calliandra
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there's a 300 page thread on itOf course, you don't have to, it's up to you.
for me it's not about proving anything.
I am currently inhaling any and every info /examples / etc. on scrogging, to compare with what I have been doing myself and thus to learn. thats all
jacksthc
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tbh from the pic, you have filled the screen and your doing 4 plants in a dwc, good luck as its all going to mess up fellow
you can't grow plants like this, how are you going to lst the plants over the next 3 weeks as it gains 2-3 ft in height, you can't train them, you have run out of space
how long are you going to wait before flowering, have you ever done this before
calliandra
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Ah never mind all that -- do you have a journal of yours? I'd be very interested
jacksthc
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at this point in time, no sorry fellow, going change my setup over the next few weeks but you can click on the vegging plants under 40w t5's at the bottom of my post
and see what i tried and how it turned out, i like a challange and try diffent things
and see what i tried and how it turned out, i like a challange and try diffent things
calliandra
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LOL thanks for guiding the blind
will do!
homegrown100
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Anyone tried an unconventional mainline scrog ? Leaving 3 nodes to work towards 24 tops ?
jacksthc
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mainline is good for newbies, after you have don't it a couple of times you change the technique so the plant gives you the results you want
techniques are a waste of time for advance growers because you need to train the plants in the best way, so you can pull the highest yeild
so all my techniques are unconventional as i want the best yeild from my plants
for a start, growing a plants into a screen upto 3 weeks in flower and keeping the canopy very level and the buds 4" high like a lot of growers do, is a waste of time and money
you can more than double the yeild if there 10" above the screen but thats unconventional
scrog link
if you want loads of shoots from a single plant and just let it grow into the screen try LBH's 4 way lst tutorial
veg for a week longer and lolpop the lower canopy, flower the plants as the shoots grow through the screen and you will pull a bumper crop fellow
homegrown100
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Cheers for that Jacksthc.... Will put up some pics... I've got 2 HSO fem Blue Dreams and 1 Kosher Tangie which was a freebie regular. The two on the left are the Blue Dream's and on the right is the Tangie. Got the Scrog laying sideways in the back ready to go, but might need to make the holes bigger, from 1 1/2 inches to 4 inches.....
jacksthc
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your plants look great fellow
Yer 4" holes would be better, only real problem you have is the Kosher ( regular ) as it could be male.
If you wait 7-10 days in flower the plant should show its sex and then lift all the plants so the canopy is level, drop the screen on the canopy, try and get as may many shoots as you can though the screen so all the canopy is 3-4" above the screen and flower
most plants start to stretch week 2-3 in flower so they should end up 8-12" above the screen
homegrown100
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your plants look great fellow
Yer 4" holes would be better, only real problem you have is the Kosher ( regular ) as it could be male.
If you wait 7-10 days in flower the plant should show its sex and then lift all the plants so the canopy is level, drop the screen on the canopy, try and get as may many shoots as you can though the screen so all the canopy is 3-4" above the screen and flower
most plants start to stretch week 2-3 in flower so they should end up 8-12" above the screen
"only real problem you have is the Kosher ( regular ) as it could be male."
hey bud, cheers for you feedback... The Blue Dreams are fem as you know and have been in veg for 8 weeks now, showing pistils.
Although I'm not definite on the Kosher regular cause is showing the false bud/pollen sacs but no pistils or balls as yet.
I will take your advice and keep the Kosher to the side after the flip to determine.
The plan is to breed 4 lower branches of each Blue Dream with the Kosher Tangie for some hybrid seeds and them inbreed it again with the Blue Dream regeneration to stabilise the hybrid seeds.
The Blue has massive broad leaves.... Leaning towards the Indica pheno ?
What do you say mate ?
homegrown100
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Another thing is that I was planning to gradually decrease the light starting this weekend to 16 hrs and then shave off 2 hours every 3rd day till 12/12.... And ideally I was planning to fill the screen taking advantage of the flowering stretch ??
homegrown100
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Guys just to throw it out as I'm new in this community and I don't mean to intrude on anyone's thread.
I'm not able to start a grow journal or post of my own yet.
Sounds like ya have to earn your stripes before getting wings.
Is it just posting and commenting on people's threads or what ?
I'm not able to start a grow journal or post of my own yet.
Sounds like ya have to earn your stripes before getting wings.
Is it just posting and commenting on people's threads or what ?
pawpz13
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Massive root system that can breath and making sure the plants are fed are the biggest factor for large harvest. I know light plays aroll but I feel its not as big a deal as the other 2. And the obvious starting with good genes. Everything else is just techniques that work for one person but maybe not the next.
Hope it helps
Hope it helps
Thorhax
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I mainline and scrog... Only makes sense to me... equal distribution plus something to support all the colas. Don't fight about one or the other. I usually tent to mainline until 10-16 tops and then screen them out to get maximum bud sites under my light.
At the end of the day.. No matter how you train your plant your yields will be more ...by maximizing bud sites in your canopy and keeping your conditions good.
At the end of the day.. No matter how you train your plant your yields will be more ...by maximizing bud sites in your canopy and keeping your conditions good.
