Vertical Scrog

[Ichabod Crane]

And you did it very well too!
This is what my room will look like when it grows up, lol.

Haha some times I complain that my grow room is to small being only 5 X 7. Hell my walk in closet is bigger. Then I see yours which is smaller than mine and more like a fricking hallway and I have to think damn I got half the USA compared to you.

 

[Grizz]

ic I remember when you first posted, very few people can take advice and put it to practical use the way you have in a very short time, no one grows rope like you do

 

[Ichabod Crane]

ic I remember when you first posted, very few people can take advice and put it to practical use the way you have in a very short time, no one grows rope like you do

Thats because my doctor said I had to take a year off from working. I am fat and eat alot so it was either get good at growing or starve.

Does not hurt that people like you, bobble, marlo and many many others have posted their grows and were so willing to help.

Big Thanks to you and all the many others.

 

[TBug]

This thread just got awesome again.

Now im looking at your grow kickin myself for doing a horiz scrog.....

high IC and all! haha i was thinking the same thing as i just read thru the whole thing.
This was very inspirational and gave me some real food for thought. ive been thinking of a vertical scrog since i peeked in on what marlo was doing a few years back..lol
I give you props IC very nicely done bro! good to see many of my old friends still out there too...
peace, bugout

 

[thewhitelotus]

man this vert stuff has me thinken

might have to give this a whirl here soon

 

[bobblehead]

ic I remember when you first posted, very few people can take advice and put it to practical use the way you have in a very short time, no one grows rope like you do

You should have seen his weed. Big blue. Lol... 100% popcorn.

Now he can grow B grade. I'm so proud.

 

[Ichabod Crane]

Now he can grow B grade. I'm so proud.

Sorry bobble I learned everything from you that I could about B grade bud. Only so much I can learn from seeing you B grade bud.

Now I am looking at Mr D's a grade bud.

 

[thewhitelotus]

haha you guys are brutal......great thread and great people!

 

[Mister_D]

Sorry bobble I learned everything from you that I could about B grade bud. Only so much I can learn from seeing you B grade bud.

Now I am looking at Mr D's a grade bud.

Ah shit! Thems fighin' words ich

 

[Grizz]

You should have seen his weed. Big blue. Lol... 100% popcorn.

Now he can grow B grade. I'm so proud.

well in his defence he did sell it,

 

[bobblehead]

 

[Ichabod Crane]

No selling here I got a donation for it. Got to stay medically qualified here.

I am sorry Mr D your buds are definately A- not a. JK I still have a lot to learn from you and everybody else, but nothing more from Bobblehead.

 

[thewhitelotus]

IC i had a question for ya regarding Jacks....do you get much of a PH fluctuation when using a res? I ph to 5.8 and a few days later its around 6.4......nothing drastic, but was just curious

 

[Ichabod Crane]

I don't use a res. I mix and send it to the coco. Can't remember what it did when I set this up with the blumats. Sorry.

 

[Sleeper7784]

Its great to see all the dogs on the same yard getting along.

IC Your doing great. Your hard work is admired and appreciated by this gardener.

Keep it up, keep it clean, and keep it medical.

 

[Mister_D]

I am sorry Mr D your buds are definately A- not a. JK I still have a lot to learn from you and everybody else, but nothing more from Bobblehead.

That's right damn it! I grow in coco, and everybody knows you can't produce grade A shit in coco

 

[einsteinlady]

Ichabod, when you train to screen and put in flower how much taller do they stretch? I know it's strain dependent but do they stretch more in height or more towards the bulb?

 

[Ichabod Crane]

Ichabod, when you train to screen and put in flower how much taller do they stretch? I know it's strain dependent but do they stretch more in height or more towards the bulb?

They do both.

I do not move my lights up like some do. This will cause the plant to get taller. I don't want more height to my plants and instead prefer them to grow towards the light.

The problem is then that they will grow into the light and burn. Also the racks will get front heavy and possibly fall into the center. To combat the racks falling in I use the piece pictured below to hold the racks back. It is on post 34 of this thread as well.

To stop them from burning I just tie them back when needed. I tie them back sparingly because I have crossing light patterns from two bulbs to combat the light being blocked from leaning into the light. When I tie them back it can take some of the best buds and push them into the canopy. Sometimes if you are gentle, you can bend them back out toward the light but that is strain dependant. Some will snap.

I also try to stay with plants that are a mix of indica and sativa. I want them to stretch but not to much that they are a nightmare of work tying them back. I generally want a plant that will stretch about 12-14 inches toward the light. Intense light will slow down the stretch were as weak light will cause them to stretch and be floppy. The only way to tell is run your plant and find out which works best with your set up.

 

[einsteinlady]

can you throw a pic of your veg up?

 

[Ichabod Crane]

My veg is empty right now because I am redoing it.

It is nothing fancy just a shelf with two bare bulbs down the center.I raise the plants to the shelf when I want them to fill in and put them on the floor to cause them to stretch. Has no walls just out in the basement.