For highest yield, and still quality, SCROG vs SOG?

[radrichie61]

Hey and happy Sunday funday. I just reached day 28 in flower in a SOG 4x8 with 40 plants in 3 gal bags. See pic below from Friday.

What are your thoughts. Biggest yield and maintain quality, choose SOG or SCROG?

 

[Azimuth]

Well, always SOG if you're measuring by total annual harvest numbers as you'll get more rounds per 12 months since you have much reduced veg time each round. But, that increases your plant counts which can be a legal risk in some places as well as watering chores unless you have it automated somehow.

I'm actually partial to Quadlining since that saves time over a Scrog, can still fill a given space and allows for pulling the plants out for maintenance as necessary.

Grower's choice though as all three of those methods can lead to impressive yields.

 

[radrichie61]

Drip system and I can grow up to 100 acres of plants legally.

 

[HappyHazmat88]

No input other than beautiful garden

 

[Azimuth]

Drip system and I can grow up to 100 acres of plants legally.

So in that case a true SOG will out yield anything else over the course of a year, but that assumes small plants (like 4/square foot), trained to a single cola, flowered as soon as they're sexually mature from seed (about 4-5 weeks).

But if you do them as bigger plants like you are, you lose that quick turnover advantage and then you're down to simply using a few more plants to fill the space sooner rather than training one or two to fill the space. So, your version of the SOG still wins over the course of a year, but the per cycle return is probably a push as long as the grow space is filled equally.

 

[radrichie61]

Setup is wrong. I left no access to rear by mistake. Placed tent doors side to close to a wall to get to backside of plants. Damn bad planning, but not next time. Will fix that.

 

[Regrowth]

You need a net that's tight enough to spread the nodes out and fill all the holes.
Looks like you're using the net for support instead.

 

[bluter]

you haven't really got either going on here. plants look good though.

Drip system and I can grow up to 100 acres of plants legally.

how do you squeeze that in a 4 x 8 ?

 

[Trump]

You need a net that's tight enough to spread the nodes out and fill all the holes.
Looks like you're using the net for support instead.

I define a ScrOG net as splaying the branches out under the net making the net a giant LST tool whereas using the net to support branches from falling over because they are too tall is a trellis.

Either way, I agree with @Azimuth that SOG would yield the most annually due to the low veg time. ScrOG would come in a close second.

Each have their pros and cons.

 

[Chrondocious]

Well right now I'm kinda doing both. I've ditched the net though. But I have plants flipped from seed and plants that have vegged for a few weeks. Well 4 or so. Running perpetual will ultimately keep the faucet flowing. I just cut 4, and will cut a much larger plant this weekend. Have one "large" about 3 weeks in, 3 flipped from seed, and 4 about 3 weeks old from sprout just went in. So you kinda get the idea. I say large in quotes, as for my space. It's maybe 2.5 x 3. Large is 3 oz plus. Strain also depends. I've had one that I flipped from seed that grew over 3 ft tall. Would have been nice to tuck that one a bit. Definitely could cut veg time and scrogg it out through stretch IF you knew that what it's plan was. That's why it's good to run a strain a few times. There's some that grow one ounce colas. Fill a 4x4 with like 20 1 gallon pots, or however many fit, and you're talking some serious weight. Guess it just depends. Lol

 

[radrichie61]

Here are some pics from today. I am thinking 2 more weeks or so.