🔹🔸🔹First grow, female seeds.🔹🔸🔹

[Tony Montanå1]

Ok I have 4 different strains growing into there 3rd week of veg, I have them in 3 gal pots a little over half full. I wanted to run a SOG method because there all bunched pretty close together in a 25 sq ft room I built, 5 ft high also, they vary from 5-8 inches. How long should I keep them in veg with my space and how long flower, what's the difference in growing SOG, can I still do it being 3 wks in veg? Then how long should I flower them? Like I said about 20 plants all looking really nice, pretty bushy at least 4 sets of nodes on each one, what would be my best way and time of flowering PLEASEE and thank you SO MUCH IF YOU CAN HELP

 

[Granger2]

Why'd you start a 2nd thread? -granger

 

[Tony Montanå1]

I thought you had to start separate threads for different questions, I've never used a forum for anything really..

 

[barletta]

A sog is a lot of little clones exactly the same height, placed very close together & flowered to produce 1 main cola each (~1/2-2+oz/plant) Its not the easiest thing to nail, especially for a newbie & especially with mixed strains.

20 female plants of multiple strains in 25 square feet doesn't leave a lot of square feets for each plant, so you could try to groom them to a single cola & jam them together to flower, or IMO a better plan would be to flower the 5-10 best looking plants. If you have 5' of headroom, flip the lights yesterday.

 

[Tony Montanå1]

Here check out my setup, let me know what you think. What would be my best route having limited space, 25 sq ft and 5 ft heighth. There not clones but most all the same height, around 6-9 inches and at least 4-5 nodes. I'm gonna be using a t5 setup for the flower instead of CFLs, which I should add the CFLs worked really well.! I only have the one tent so I thought I would veg and flower all at once.. Please any info?? Here's some pics

 

[Tony Montanå1]

Is there a way I can do select ones in the same tent and others seperatly, but also in the same tent.?

 

[Tony Montanå1]

Or if I do them all and the ones that don't flower can just go back to veg, or no.?? Thanks��

 

[barletta]

For your first grow, it would be very difficult to veg & flower in the same space. If you wanted to try, you would set your tent lighting to 12/12 & remove the plants you want to keep in a veg state during the dark period into a lit area (beneath a cfl, on a windowsill, etc...) Non-autoflower plants require 10 or more hours of uninterrupted dark time to flower. Give them 8 hours or less dark time & they will keep vegging.

Its still a bad idea, IMO. It will more than likely stress the flowering plants & the whole point is to not stress the flowering plants. A big Rubbermaid tote or 2 stacked with pandafilm & CFL's can make a decent bootleg veg space. Look thru the micro grow forums for ideas. If you can't keep 2 spaces with different lighting schedules the easiest way is to just start new seeds when your current run finishes.

 

[Tony Montanå1]

Thanks a lot man I appreciate it.! It crossed my mind to make another little grow area I just wasn't sure about the extra lighting costs, so I'll just make some kind of small area for my plants I keep in veg and my main tent for flowering. Then at least I can make sure they all are ready when they go in the tent, showing pre flowers etc etc. Again, thanks a lot your knowledge is very much appreciated.!����

 

[JamieShoes]

you're in good hands, Tony

 

[Tony Montanå1]

Awesome I want to learn as much as I can about growing, now that I started its almost become an obsession. lol. It's a really cool plant to study�� aaand smoke of course��

 

[barletta]

Yeah dude it starts with a few plants in a little bloom room or a big un outside. Read as much as you can & learn from the inetivatible mistakes.

Dunno where you are but in the states...
Rubbermaid totes (2)@ ~$15
Clip on 120v lamp sockets (2)@ ~$8
CFL bulbs (bigger the better, 26w+) ~$10
Timer $10
Computer fan & 120v -> ~5-7v power converter ~$5 thrift store
Duct tape $3
Panda film (if you don't want the tub to glow) $25

If you are in the northern hemisphere, you can just put plants outside or on a windowsill to veg this time of year. Security permitting of course.

 

[iampolluted]

With the t5 and 5' you can veg for another week or 2. I don't see those stretching 4' just yet. Give em a bit to fill out. The Rubbermaid thing is how I started growing. Great little veg spot, but watch the heat, they do get warm. If you do go that route buy the biggest PC fan that moved the most air. I had an air hockey table fan exhausting mine and it still got hot but never over 90.

 

[Tony Montanå1]

Females after 4 wKs under 8 cfls, last wk of veg under T5’s. 3 days into flowering

Females after 4 wKs under 8 cfls, last wk of veg under T5’s. 3 days into flowering

 

[Tony Montanå1]

The short ones a super lemon Death Star just in they're hanging out, it will be going back into the veg room in a few hours when The lights shut off.