Sog?Scrog: The finer details

[New Holland]

I have a 8'x4' area with 3 600watt HPS lights. For a SOG how many plants would you suggest I put in there?, And what size pots would you recomend?. I'm growing in Coco. 3 different strains White Widow, Northern Lights, Purple Power.

 

[MTF-Sandman]

Go with 72 plants in 1 gallon containers as a starting point...if you veg them more than a week to 10 days, you might want to consider 2 gallon containers.

 

[New Holland]

I've taken clones about 1 week ago. They would have only just sprouted roots. Should I switch them to flower now?. They're only about 2' Tall. Shouln't I veg them to atleast 8"?. That would take me about 3 weeks.

 

[MTF-Sandman]

As long as they're thoroughly rooted it doesn't really matter. The plants will pretty much all stretch to the same height whether they were flowered at 2" or 8".

Here's a pic of a SOG plant I did recently with 0 days of veg...just transplanted the clones and put em in 12/12. I usually wait until I've got 4"-6" long roots in my bubble cloner before transplanting them though...



And a few of the other colas from 0 day veg group...



Proper trimming is the biggest trick when doing a SOG...you'll want to remove about 2/3 of the side branches 1 week after flipping them to 12/12 then after the stretch is over, remove any other side branches that haven't already grown even with the tip of the main cola.

 

[RuralRoute420]

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nice ^. i'm keeping you in mind MTF, that is what i'm shooting for. getting closer. thanks for the tips. the strain i have now is not a stretcher and pretty much single cola, unless you veg it...

 

[New Holland]

Thanks for the advice MTF. For some reason my clones seem to take slot longer to root then everyone elses. They're been in there little green house now for 2 weeks. They're only just starting to grow now. So another week or 2. I think I'll have to investigate how bubble cloners work to speed up the process!.

 

[MTF-Sandman]

As long as they're rooting consistently I wouldn't make switching to a new cloning method a top priority.

What kind of rooting times are you having and what's your cloning method?

 

[BudBunker]

Dont flower them untill they are well rooted man. Once they are 8 or so inches tall, then id flower them. At least wait for the stem to thicken a bit and the plant to actually start growing rapidly(not roots, leafs). You want a rootzone able to supply the plant through its early life.