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I have read a lot of this thread but not all by a long shot but I have some questions. If you can just guide me to the right place it would be appreciated.
I have been running manifold/mainline grows for the past few years and want to try something different.

1. Why are indicas better than sativas for a scrog? Doesn't it take much longer to veg the indica. Seem to me that the indica node spacing is to tight.
2. Can you build individual screens for your buckets?
I plan on using either a 4 gallon square tub or a 5 gallon bucket. I have the room that I can make two 23"X26" screens for two separate containers. and would like to be able to remove each one from my cabinet to work on them.
3. At what point do you use super cropping?
I use it for height control but have seen pics where the branches coming off the main stem are super cropped and then the branches coming off of those are also super cropped. It would seem to me that a SC just right off the node would be the ideal way, but I am just not sure.
4. How soon before the screen is totally full do you begin 12/12?

I have a Exodus Cheese clone I want to do in the late summer/fall and some regular Mr. Nice NHS i would like to plant for the next spring.

I am very sorry if this is repetitive,

GR

gr865 said:

I have read a lot of this thread but not all by a long shot but I have some questions. If you can just guide me to the right place it would be appreciated.
I have been running manifold/mainline grows for the past few years and want to try something different.

1. Why are indicas better than sativas for a scrog? Doesn't it take much longer to veg the indica. Seem to me that the indica node spacing is to tight.
2. Can you build individual screens for your buckets?
I plan on using either a 4 gallon square tub or a 5 gallon bucket. I have the room that I can make two 23"X26" screens for two separate containers. and would like to be able to remove each one from my cabinet to work on them.
3. At what point do you use super cropping?
I use it for height control but have seen pics where the branches coming off the main stem are super cropped and then the branches coming off of those are also super cropped. It would seem to me that a SC just right off the node would be the ideal way, but I am just not sure.
4. How soon before the screen is totally full do you begin 12/12?

I have a Exodus Cheese clone I want to do in the late summer/fall and some regular Mr. Nice NHS i would like to plant for the next spring.

I am very sorry if this is repetitive,

GR

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1. Indicas aren't better than sativa for scrog, they just have different times when to flip as the sativa will stretch more.
2. Look at my post On the previous page, metal screens on each of my planters. Works awesome for access
3. The only time I use super cropping is to bend down rogue branches that are shooting above the rest during the stretch and the screen is full. I use one aggressive topping when they're young
4. All depends on the strain. You just have to get a feel for it, keep the same strain for two or three runs. I would say generally between 50-75%

papapayne said:

7 cents a kilowatt hour

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Holy crap! Ours is 17 cents a kilowatt hour! $800 a month power bills for my 5k flower room

hey guys! so to update: my first grow is at day 44 of 12/12, i want to thank everyone on this forum for all the advice and useful threads! when i started these clones under a 50watt cfl i only had the hope of keeping them alive, i never would have imagined actually growing bud successfully in my closet lol. still a total noob.
So a little refresher of whats going on here, 2 clones hybrid sativa (Blue Hog's breath), in 3gal pots with organic soil, feeding Kyle Kushman Vegamatrix. vegged for 45 days under a mars hydro 600, topped once, and trained using SCROG method. i am now at day 44 of flower and wanted to know if theres anything i can do to get the most yield possible. here's a pic from day 40 with lights on, and a couple from today before they wake up. thanks in advanced, everyone here at riu has been very helpful and friendly, thank you all!

a little update from myself. Day 25 of my Cindy 99 (Female seeds) , 365W CFL, coco in 2 Gal pot, hand watered

Day 37 night shot. Still need to work on keeping the height a lil more uniformed across the canopy but I'm getting better with every grow

Big_Frosty: what ligts are you using? ...And how many plants?

SideNote said:

Big_Frosty: what ligts are you using? ...And how many plants?

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And what are your strains and medium?
GR

I've got 2 600 watt cool tubes each one sits over a 3x4' table. Flood and drain with cutting edge solutions nutrients. 2 gallon smart pots. 15 on that table. 9 Lemon Garlic Og's from Humboldt seeds and 6 buddha kush og from big Buddha seeds. My other table has 4 mothers I'm flowering out. The lemon garlic, buddha kush og, purple Afghan kush and a blue cheese

Transplanted 8- rooted clones from one liter pots to 15 gallon smart pots. Used fory liter canna coco bricks for the first time. If working with these is an indication of how cannas line up is, this is going to be a sweet grow. These expanded and broke up as fast as I could dump the water in. I'm running a side by side test on canna and botanicare coir. Right off the bat the canna fluffed up biger and looser then the botanicare. Canna claims 40 litters, and botanicare claims 65 to 70 liters. Both filled the pots to the same level! We will have to see how the grow goes. I gave them a light feed acourding to cannas online feed calculator.
Started with well water with an EC of .1 added botanicare calmag to bring the EC up to .2
Added the fallowing:
Canna AB 389ml to 55 galons water
Cannazyme 520ml to 55 galons
Rhyzotonic 500 ml to 55 galons
Brought the PH down to 6.0 with GH PH down.
Final EC 1.3 PH 6.0 and temp 65f

DAY 28, end of week 4

SideNote said:

DAY 28, end of week 4

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Looking good the SN, how many weeks you going to let her go?

They say Cindy is ready with 56 days in general. But this is in optimal conditions and HPS light. I think with CFL I can add +1 week. So maybe 9 weeks. Will see how she looks in Week 8

SideNote said:

They say Cindy is ready with 56 days in general. But this is in optimal conditions and HPS light. I think with CFL I can add +1 week. So maybe 9 weeks. Will see how she looks in Week 8

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Yes, I have been looking at the breeders recommendations, but now more often I check trichs for % clear, cloudy and amber. I will be posting some pics later, today is my 5th week, sure seems to be slow, but I am just antsy. LOL

gr865 said:

And what are your strains and medium?
GR

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Oh yea and im using coco, the botanicare aeration.

Some forming buds shots of DAY 30

Traplife said:

hey guys! so to update: my first grow is at day 44 of 12/12, i want to thank everyone on this forum for all the advice and useful threads! when i started these clones under a 50watt cfl i only had the hope of keeping them alive, i never would have imagined actually growing bud successfully in my closet lol. still a total noob.
So a little refresher of whats going on here, 2 clones hybrid sativa (Blue Hog's breath), in 3gal pots with organic soil, feeding Kyle Kushman Vegamatrix. vegged for 45 days under a mars hydro 600, topped once, and trained using SCROG method. i am now at day 44 of flower and wanted to know if theres anything i can do to get the most yield possible. here's a pic from day 40 with lights on, and a couple from today before they wake up. thanks in advanced, everyone here at riu has been very helpful and friendly, thank you all!

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nice work for a first grow man! The yellow tips on the fan leaves usually means nute burn, with how far you are in no worries. Id keep doing what your doing, and youll be all good. Id shoot for 9 weeks, but ten probably wouldnt hurt. I always just go by when the plant says its done...

rocknratm said:

nice work for a first grow man! The yellow tips on the fan leaves usually means nute burn, with how far you are in no worries. Id keep doing what your doing, and youll be all good. Id shoot for 9 weeks, but ten probably wouldnt hurt. I always just go by when the plant says its done...

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Thanks man, they are getting frostier by the day! I got a pocket microscope to check trics, but i dont have the steadiest hands but i managed to see the trics on the bd are mostly clear, but a lot of the sugar leaf ones are amber.

Four full days after transplant. I think these little darlings are doing all right. Pics are 4 days apart.