d42zero
Well-Known Member
Hi!
About three weeks ago I finished up my second grow, it went great and I really think I got some of the basics dialled in which was my main goal from that one. I ended up just topping 1 gram per watt (1.03), which I'm extremely happy about! You could say I've definitely caught the bug and I'm all primed for another round!
The main thing I'm still not 100% happy with is the way the plants finish in flower, so this grow will focus on two things - increasing light during flower, and proper SCROGging to maximise the quality of the product. I'll be running a 1500x800 tent instead of 1200x1200, which is a slight reduction in space (1.44sqm to 1.13sqm), but due to the shape of the tent I actually feel like I have more usable space. When it comes time to SCROG, I'll be able to easily reach the back of the tent both above and below the canopy, and I think this is going to
I also bought a second 315w Adjust-A-Wings kit identical to my first.. I considered buying a single 630w setup, but that would've meant I'd have to find someone to buy my 315w (not an easy task) and it'd also mean I have to run 630w from seedling all the way to harvest which I'd prefer not to do.
Apart from the tent, the SCROG, and the light, not much will change from the previous grow. Watering and nutes seem to be pretty much dialled so I'll leave those as is, although last grow I went jiffy puck > solo cup > 1gal smart pot > 3gal smart pot... I think I'll skip the 1gal pots this time.
Based on the last grow, the rough timeline for the start of this grow will be:
04/07 - seeds go into wet paper towel
07/07 - transfer to Jiffy pucks
11/07 - transfer to coco in solo cups
18/07 - transfer to 3gal smart pots
25/07 - topping and SCROG training will begin
From there I'll play it by ear, as SCROGging is a new experience for me and I can't really predict what's going to happen! On the upside, the 4-way SCROG tutorial I'm going to use uses a very similar topping schedule to the manifolding method I've used on my last two grows, so nothing really changes apart from the fact that I'll use a screen to control their shape once the manifold is complete, rather than let them climb upwards.
I still haven't fully figured out how I'm going to build my screen, but the timber/eyelet/string screen in that tutorial looks good. I think I'll use either thin dowels or thin square dressed timber rather than 2x4, that's a bit heavy for what we're doing. I''m fairly sure that 12mm dowel or 12mm square dressed sections will be strong enough to hold the plants down, without getting in the way anywhere near as much.
Seeds were put into the paper towel as I was writing this, and the tent is all set up with one light and the exhaust fan running.. I've got the min/max gauge in there so I'll keep an eye on temps for a couple of days in order to decide whether I need to run the heater.
If anyone has any tips or suggestions for this run please chime in
And awaaaaay we go!
About three weeks ago I finished up my second grow, it went great and I really think I got some of the basics dialled in which was my main goal from that one. I ended up just topping 1 gram per watt (1.03), which I'm extremely happy about! You could say I've definitely caught the bug and I'm all primed for another round!
The main thing I'm still not 100% happy with is the way the plants finish in flower, so this grow will focus on two things - increasing light during flower, and proper SCROGging to maximise the quality of the product. I'll be running a 1500x800 tent instead of 1200x1200, which is a slight reduction in space (1.44sqm to 1.13sqm), but due to the shape of the tent I actually feel like I have more usable space. When it comes time to SCROG, I'll be able to easily reach the back of the tent both above and below the canopy, and I think this is going to
I also bought a second 315w Adjust-A-Wings kit identical to my first.. I considered buying a single 630w setup, but that would've meant I'd have to find someone to buy my 315w (not an easy task) and it'd also mean I have to run 630w from seedling all the way to harvest which I'd prefer not to do.
Apart from the tent, the SCROG, and the light, not much will change from the previous grow. Watering and nutes seem to be pretty much dialled so I'll leave those as is, although last grow I went jiffy puck > solo cup > 1gal smart pot > 3gal smart pot... I think I'll skip the 1gal pots this time.
Based on the last grow, the rough timeline for the start of this grow will be:
04/07 - seeds go into wet paper towel
07/07 - transfer to Jiffy pucks
11/07 - transfer to coco in solo cups
18/07 - transfer to 3gal smart pots
25/07 - topping and SCROG training will begin
From there I'll play it by ear, as SCROGging is a new experience for me and I can't really predict what's going to happen! On the upside, the 4-way SCROG tutorial I'm going to use uses a very similar topping schedule to the manifolding method I've used on my last two grows, so nothing really changes apart from the fact that I'll use a screen to control their shape once the manifold is complete, rather than let them climb upwards.
I still haven't fully figured out how I'm going to build my screen, but the timber/eyelet/string screen in that tutorial looks good. I think I'll use either thin dowels or thin square dressed timber rather than 2x4, that's a bit heavy for what we're doing. I''m fairly sure that 12mm dowel or 12mm square dressed sections will be strong enough to hold the plants down, without getting in the way anywhere near as much.
Seeds were put into the paper towel as I was writing this, and the tent is all set up with one light and the exhaust fan running.. I've got the min/max gauge in there so I'll keep an eye on temps for a couple of days in order to decide whether I need to run the heater.
If anyone has any tips or suggestions for this run please chime in
And awaaaaay we go!
I'll build the screen this weekend and will post up photos when I'm done!
It's all good, two transplants worked fine last time so I'll do it again this time.
