Saturday, January 10, 2015

Growing In Small Spaces Using Scrog Technique

By Enid Hinton


A cannabis growing method called Screen of Green is a very effective way to grow large plants in a small space. This technique is also known as Scrog, and it allows you optimal use of your grow room. Even larger strains that used to be prohibitive due to their size, can be grown easily. This method makes it possible to predict the size and to solve the problem of inadequate light penetration.

There are different variations of this method. You can set your screen just before the flowering period, after changing the light cycle. When you change the light cycle, marijuana will continue to grow for a few weeks, and the buds will come through the mesh. Now it is the time to bend them on the screen and fix them in this new, horizontal position.

You can use different materials for your mesh, for example trellis netting, chicken wire or any other material with appropriate hole pattern. The holes can be smaller or larger, as long as they are suited for their purpose. You will also need something to hold the shoots on, for example tie straps or different clips. The point is to create a flat screen of buds on the top, a nice, even canopy.

Once your plants stop growing, all flowers will be bent on the top, supplied by adequate amount of light. You just have to wait until their flowering cycle ends, and your crops will be ready for harvesting. The numerous advantages of this technique include better light effectiveness, better height control and significantly increased harvest.

SOG method is more interested in continuous production and speeding up the flowering cycles. By limiting vertical and promoting horizontal growth, this method maximizes the production of a single plant and allows better light effectiveness. The point is to grow in limited space with maximal results and controlled height.

Your screen should be appropriately fixed, because it will hold the weight of your marijuana. This means that each plant will concentrate only on growing and flowering. It doesn't matter if some stems are smaller, they will all reach the top and get enough light. Just bend each one when it gets through the mesh and fox it in horizontal position. Make sure to use feminized plants, by the way.

It is much better to use only Sativa strains for this type of growth. Indica strains have much stronger stems and cannot be bent so easily. Besides, Sativa strains have higher internodal distance. When approximately sixty percent of your mesh is filled, it is time to change the photo period to 12/12 hours. Flowering will cover the rest of the mesh.

You may do some other things to maximize your harvest as well. For example, if you eliminate maybe eighty percent of the central shoot when your plant is young, instead of eliminating the whole central shoot, you will get more new branches. Traditional pruning creates two new shoots at cutting point, while this way of pruning may result with up to eight new ones.




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