1st SCROG with Gorilla Glue

[rigman]

Girls seem to be going into a growth spurt about 6 days after major defoliation. Not seeing any trichomes yet. Just getting to where you can smell them a little when you walk into my shop.

[rigman]

Recovering nicely after the defoliation. 1 plant seems to be slightly ahead of the others on flower production.

[rigman]

I used nails 3" apart and then used nylon string to make my grid.

[Saturnalia]

Looks amazing. Top job. What size is that screen?

[rigman]

Well after a cool night in the shop all the girls are looking very perky. I was researching this morning and saw some photo's of someone who had done a massive defoliation like i did and 4 days later the plant growth had exploded.
I am attaching a photo where I will show the befits of weaving your branches in a scrog. One of the main branches has 7-8 sights where instead of 1 large cola at the end of the stem there will be several cola's that will help increase the amount of flowers harvested.

[rigman]

I will keep everyone updated with new photo's to see what happens. Let's keep our fingers crossed. Also the temperature in my shop has been down to around 50 degrees F at nights due to the extremly cold weather we have been having. I can't run any more heaters so anyway the weather will be warming up the next several days. one more night of cold temps and it will be okay for a while. actually hopeing this will help with the shock they are probably going through right now. gave them a good drink and nuetreats so they should recover nicely. will post more tomorrow and let you know.

[rigman]

Okay, I studied up on defoliation today and I'm taking a chance. did a Major defoliation and couldn't believe how many bud sites were covered up by leaves. i think if this works it will double the amount of buds i will be harvesting.

[rigman]

Did another lollypop today and cleaned out a 2 gallon bucked of leaves, weak buds. and long stems not reaching the top of the net. Girls are looking really good.

[rigman]

9 days from the start of 12/12 lights. It's quite obvious that LED cannot keep up with CMH bulbs. The 2 plants on the left are barely coming through the net while the ones on the rig have been woven quite a distance. Female flowers now showing on the tops of the plants!!!

[rigman]

zzzybil
Scrog is using LST (low stress training) and using fewer plants to weave their branches outward and keep the buds level so they all get the same amount of light.
SOG is using a lot of plants and going into flow asap
When i was defoliating I was actually taking off leaves that were shading bud sites and leaving as many of the large leaves as possible alone. I'm trying to increase the amount of buds that will be available. So if i can double the amount of buds by doing this i should see a good increase in the amount of harvest.
Since i have gone to 12/12 light 1 week ago the amount of large sugar leaves should be decreasing.

[zzzybil]

SCROG and SOG not sure I comprehnd the difference. Leanin toward 1 method involves more training ? Also I grasp taking off 1/3 ish of below canopy . Please expand on the defoliating ? I've read conflicting opinions on that . As in fan leaves are the solar panels of energy. Cool beans Rigman looks promising !

[rigman]

for some reason i keep posting but it is not showing up any more?

[rigman]

Saturnalia, I've heard as much as 2 weeks. Just did a good defoliation and lollypop on them and continuing to stretch

[Saturnalia]

Following. I love a scrog me!
From those pics I would definitely be flipping about now. What do people say about the stretch on GG?

[rigman]

Got home after a 6 day absence. Had to do some pretty good stretching on 4 plants. have another CHP light arriving this afternoon. Will get it hung and will see about starting 12/12 in a day or two.