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Originally Posted by akidynoken  even still this is one of the most informative posts i've read on all the forums out there, cant say for o.g. because I was never on that forum but I do check with pretty much all of them, been laid off for two months have had a lot of time on my hands, but even for such a short thread it is very informative. Thanks all |
I'm a former OG poster (in fact, a former OG moderator). This op was featured in a 'sticky' OG thread for a couple of years before the site was taken down.
I could make this thread much more involved and detailed, but there's no data omitted that anyone really needs. SOG isn't at all difficult. My only innovation is putting in 4 individual trays in the flowering area. So it happens, the flowering cycle is 8 weeks and it's convenient to move the plants from tray to tray every 2 weeks as newly rooted cuttings go in and plants ready to harvest come out.
The main points that newbs need to take from this are:
a) to put newly rooted clones in to flower with NO veg time outside of being in the clone box (which runs 24/7 fluoro light). This makes the individual plants wind up being about 33-36" tall at wk 8 (they stop gaining height in wk 3-4 of 12/12 light), ideally suited for the foliar penetration ability of HPS lighting.
b) remove all branching from the lower 1/3 of the mainstem - this allows a maximum number of plants in the available space without crowding, as well as getting rid of little buds and forcing the plant to spend its energy on making the fatter ones.