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Stoney grows Honey Fried Bananas in RDWC SCROG

What are you guys using the heat your water in the winter?
I haven't had to but I think Stoney uses an aquarium heater, or plans to.

Keeping my tent around 80 keeps my water temps while up allowing my chiller to run much less.

My basement stays roughly the same temps throughout the year.
 
Well look who just got into your rear view mirror in the pool!!! ;drive
You got a comfy lead out front and I'm back here fender fighting with the top 5 but I'm coming!
This is about to get nuts man. I've got Bell at Bristol and Briscoe at Loudon. But gawd damn it then I've got fucking Gibbs at Nashville, Dinger at Roval, Busch at Vegas and Haley at 'Dega so I might get to your bumper then you'll see this in the rear view

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Yeah in a pinch.

This was when I used Lotus nutes. They were much more of a pain to mix. I haven't had to with Athena's. Now it only takes maybe 10 or 20 minutes to mix a batch after it's filled. So really, if I have the time to top it up, I probably have the time to mix a batch.

My work schedule isn't nearly as chaotic as it was last summer, also. So maybe it had nothing to do with the Nutes.

i got ya now, i understand. i almost forgot about the lotus nutes.. were those the nutes that were all stinky when you first mixed them?

What are you guys using the heat your water in the winter?

i have an aquarium heater in there.. my system holds 25 gallons and i used a heater spec'd for 200 gal.

it's in there now but not plugged in. my water will get in the low 60's without it. maybe even lower now that ii've insulated the buckets.

nice growth stoney…Edward scissor hands would love those…

i can't wait to get in there and shave their legs!!! when i lower the cage down i'll trim everything back.. it's gonna be a lot!!!!

Well look who just got into your rear view mirror in the pool!!! ;drive
You got a comfy lead out front and I'm back here fender fighting with the top 5 but I'm coming!
This is about to get nuts man. I've got Bell at Bristol and Briscoe at Loudon. But gawd damn it then I've got fucking Gibbs at Nashville, Dinger at Roval, Busch at Vegas and Haley at 'Dega so I might get to your bumper then you'll see this in the rear view

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oh shit!! i didn't even realize you were right there!!!! damn, thats freakin awesome man!!!! i hope we can duke it out door to door for the rest of the year!!!!

this saturday i got the douche nozzle... next week i got the douche lagano, then byron, SVG for the roval, Larson at vegas, bowman next, and then Blaney and Reddick to bring it all home...

i have no idea whats gonna happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cool as hell being one an two though!!! can't wait to see how it plays out... i can hear my spotter in my ear, he's about 50 back.. keep up your pace.. all out front, hit your marks!! hahahaha

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took it out in the sun today... all shiny new!!!!! i ended up putting all the window decals on for now,,

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Haha yep. The plants LOVED them. Me... not so much. They stunk and didn't dissolve worth a damn.

That video cracked my shit up 🤣

yea, thanks for trying those out and letting us all know!!! hehe

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that video was all funny till i realized i put a freakin hole in the water jug the camera was on.. that was my favorite water jug for the chickens!!! dammit!! haha still a little funny...
 
Did you figure out the issue?

Plants look good

not 100% just yet, it was one of four things... could be my homemade ph up and down, at one point i did in fact have something in my water so maybe when i made the gallons worth i used that bad water?? TBD...

so up is #1 down is #2, almost the same was the buffer agsil16 that i also pre mixed in that same water.. could be #3..

#4 is easy to determine, it was possible that is was my heater... i just put it back in about a week ago so if everything goes to shit in the next week or two than it's possible its something in there. i know i'm splitting hairs here and really reaching for the answer but man those are THE only four things i changed between the horror and now.. i mean wtf?! right?

I'd personally have fun trimming the fuck out of them bitches, flipping and watch them monster out.

God I miss my plants

i will enjoy it!!! i have a plan too... i'm gonna put some of the solution in a spare bucket and set it on a low table right in front of a comphy chair and lollipop away!!!!

i think that moment might be the very last time i get to see the roots. once the cage is on i'm not sure i'll be able to lift the lid anymore!! i have a tiny snake camera i could weasel i there though!!! haha
 
not 100% just yet, it was one of four things... could be my homemade ph up and down, at one point i did in fact have something in my water so maybe when i made the gallons worth i used that bad water?? TBD...

so up is #1 down is #2, almost the same was the buffer agsil16 that i also pre mixed in that same water.. could be #3..

#4 is easy to determine, it was possible that is was my heater... i just put it back in about a week ago so if everything goes to shit in the next week or two than it's possible its something in there. i know i'm splitting hairs here and really reaching for the answer but man those are THE only four things i changed between the horror and now.. i mean wtf?! right?



i will enjoy it!!! i have a plan too... i'm gonna put some of the solution in a spare bucket and set it on a low table right in front of a comphy chair and lollipop away!!!!

i think that moment might be the very last time i get to see the roots. once the cage is on i'm not sure i'll be able to lift the lid anymore!! i have a tiny snake camera i could weasel i there though!!! haha
Besides that garden stool I have a large exercise ball. The type they use for rehab or physio.

It’s good as a stool too but takes up more space. But if I lie down on it I can super man the back of the tent under the net/table. Easier than getting up off the floor.
 
Hey man, how tall are you letting your plants grow up, before you scrog?

aiming for at least 25" from the base. my screen is 19" above the base of the plant. i won't lower the cage till they 6" above that...

got about another foot to go yet.... hehe

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Besides that garden stool I have a large exercise ball. The type they use for rehab or physio.

It’s good as a stool too but takes up more space. But if I lie down on it I can super man the back of the tent under the net/table. Easier than getting up off the floor.

oh man we need a video of that one!!!!! haha i was thinking maybe a creeper from the garage but i like your idea better!!!! i could see me getting stuck under there!!!! hahaha

it's gonna be almost a meter from the floor, seems like enough room to get under but still low enough to reach over top.

i kept trying to find a reason why i wouldn't like doing this scrog and just can't find one yet... i'm rolling with it!!! -- ball chair-- rolling with it.. C'mon!!!!
 
aiming for at least 25" from the base. my screen is 19" above the base of the plant. i won't lower the cage till they 6" above that...

got about another foot to go yet.... hehe

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oh man we need a video of that one!!!!! haha i was thinking maybe a creeper from the garage but i like your idea better!!!! i could see me getting stuck under there!!!! hahaha

it's gonna be almost a meter from the floor, seems like enough room to get under but still low enough to reach over top.

i kept trying to find a reason why i wouldn't like doing this scrog and just can't find one yet... i'm rolling with it!!! -- ball chair-- rolling with it.. C'mon!!!!
It’s nice because I leave it a little low so it’s softer. Let’s me lean sideways more and not try to tip me. I do it upside down as well. Feels good on the bad back. But I have the small table or a cane to use to sit back up when doing it upside down.

Tip: put on sunglasses before doing this! PITA if you forget. 🤣
 
aiming for at least 25" from the base. my screen is 19" above the base of the plant. i won't lower the cage till they 6" above that...

got about another foot to go yet.... hehe

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oh man we need a video of that one!!!!! haha i was thinking maybe a creeper from the garage but i like your idea better!!!! i could see me getting stuck under there!!!! hahaha

it's gonna be almost a meter from the floor, seems like enough room to get under but still low enough to reach over top.

i kept trying to find a reason why i wouldn't like doing this scrog and just can't find one yet... i'm rolling with it!!! -- ball chair-- rolling with it.. C'mon!!!!
K ...soo I'm going to guess that it doesn't matter the the distance from the base to the screen? Length above the screen is the important part?
Or is there another factor that dictates here?

I was wondering if it's worth my time doing or if it's just a trestle show like last time it's super crap time? Hum? ;idk
 
K ...soo I'm going to guess that it doesn't matter the the distance from the base to the screen? Length above the screen is the important part?
Or is there another factor that dictates here?

I was wondering if it's worth my time doing or if it's just a trestle show like last time it's super crap time? Hum? ;idk
If you mean what’s the distance from the base of the plant to the top of the table/net yes it does matter.

CG noted it earlier and iirc Stony echoed it. It’s lower for Indica.

Regardless which strain you need to have the plant about 6” taller than the net height so it pushes/crushes down the plant. If you let it grow into the plant that’s trellising.

This is just a quick reply. Not an exact statement.
 
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If you mean what’s the distance from the bar of the plant to the top of the table/net yes it does matter.

CG noted it earlier and iirc Stony echoed it. It’s lower for Indica.

Regardless which strain you need to have the plant about 6” taller than the net height so it pushes/crushes down the plant. If you let it grow into the plant that’s trellising.

This is just a quick reply. Not an exact statement
I I think I remember was it like 9 10 inches or something I can't remember where I saw
 
yea what he said ^^^^

K ...soo I'm going to guess that it doesn't matter the the distance from the base to the screen? Length above the screen is the important part?
Or is there another factor that dictates here?

I was wondering if it's worth my time doing or if it's just a trestle show like last time it's super crap time? Hum? ;idk

that overall height comes from Granny's experience of how tall the plant should be so that when stretch it over it fills out the screen. the extra growth is to put pressure and a little stress on the plant to redirect it's efforts in growth.

i'm new to it so i'll learn as well.. back when i started all this i asked Granny to help me, then i had all those issues and i've had her on retainer ever since!! haha now that things are back on track she's gonna guide me through the rest. she's flipping her's very soon and will shoot a video of it..

so i lower the screen, trim the bottom leaves, do a change out to flowering nutes, and flip the lights all on the same day.

right now i'm only at 25R -50W- 50B on the lights.. these are the Gen1 one you have. one one hahaha!! so on that day i'll also pump up the red!!

It’s nice because I leave it a little low so it’s softer. Let’s me lean sideways more and not try to tip me. I do it upside down as well. Feels good on the bad back. But I have the small table or a cane to use to sit back up when doing it upside down.

Tip: put on sunglasses before doing this! PITA if you forget. 🤣

i'm down for it... sound like fun!!!! i actually have one of those balls somewhere around... i bought it years ago when i was gonna make a cement pizza oven... don't ask!!! i need to find that ball and blow it up!!!! kabooom!!!! haha
 
being a little ballsy here.. unproven float being left unattended for twenty minutes or so.. i ran a real screw into the drum to hold that bracket on though!!

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making my uppers high test is working out really good for increasing my EC... with top off's it's been going up 10 ppm every day. i'm now up to 750. this is what GH chart shows bare minimum for the age on the "light feed" chart. this is the most ppm i've thrown at them to date. once i get to where i think enough is enough i'm going to top off the upper with water till it matches and let that top off holding steady.

but i hope i didn't fuck that mix up, @GrumpAzz i been meaning to ask you man, when i mixed this ten gallons up i forgot to add the cal/mag.. i had the recipe writen down and everything and forgot to write in the cal/mag.. i realized it after i was totally done and went and added it anyway like ten minutes later.. is this a huge no no? i just now remembered to ask you when i peeked in on the uppers and saw some schmeg along along the solution level.. you think thats from the cal/mag not blended properly?

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i can't believe i screwed that up to, right when everything is going good.. it's only that small amount so it's no biggie if you think i should toss it? plants aren't upset... with switching vessels and that i can't really eye ball the volume being used.

one thing i know i'll be doing in that white top off is making gallon graduation marks on the inside so i can tell exactly how many gallons or in it and was in it.
 
So does it work? Hey man my plants are already over your target, sooooooo...I'll probably SC=TRELLIS...
On one side, and figure out the cuttings in that cube......

OH SHIT.... dammit just remembered I've got a hundred of those benders trainers things, I'll do that & double trellis

I'll follow you along here, and maybe get something going with your clones...✌️
 
So does it work? Hey man my plants are already over your target, sooooooo...I'll probably SC=TRELLIS...
On one side, and figure out the cuttings in that cube......

OH SHIT.... dammit just remembered I've got a hundred of those benders trainers things, I'll do that & double trellis

I'll follow you along here, and maybe get something going with your clones...✌️
Granny said even more the better on that distance!! she runs two different height screens. short plants get the 19" and the tall ones get a 24" tall screen (from the base of the plant)

she followed with 25" tall before the screen but more was even better, i'm sure thats within reason but not out of possibility for you.

i've never done this so all new to me.. the scrog or the hydro for the most part..
 
Granny said even more the better on that distance!! she runs two different height screens. short plants get the 19" and the tall ones get a 24" tall screen (from the base of the plant)

she followed with 25" tall before the screen but more was even better, i'm sure thats within reason but not out of possibility for you.

i've never done this so all new to me.. the scrog or the hydro for the most part..
No problem buddy, I'm curious to see what by the books scrog looks like . I've never paid much attention.
So we'll see brother
 
i'm down for it... sound like fun!!!! i actually have one of those balls somewhere around... i bought it years ago when i was gonna make a cement pizza oven... don't ask!!! i need to find that ball and blow it up!!!! kabooom!!!! haha
Mines in the work room ATM. I don’t use it in there often, too many pointy things.
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but i hope i didn't fuck that mix up, @GrumpAzz i been meaning to ask you man, when i mixed this ten gallons up i forgot to add the cal/mag.. i had the recipe writen down and everything and forgot to write in the cal/mag.. i realized it after i was totally done and went and added it anyway like ten minutes later.. is this a huge no no? i just now remembered to ask you when i peeked in on the uppers and saw some schmeg along along the solution level.. you think thats from the cal/mag not blended properly?
I've done this before too. I don't think that it's terribly detrimental. I get that schmeg in my top-off regardless. It's like the solution doesn't wholly mix until it's been circulating through the system. It doesn’t accumulate in the lowers and I mix the shit out of the top-off with my drill and paint mixer. Maybe just keep a close eye on your pH. I'd think that if it was a mistake at all, that's gonna be your first indicator. Or if you start seeing any calcium deficiencies, mix a new batch quick. The schmeg though... meh.
 
No problem buddy, I'm curious to see what by the books scrog looks like . I've never paid much attention.
So we'll see brother

me either.. i'm gonna find out soon enough!! ah yeah!!

Mines in the work room ATM. I don’t use it in there often, too many pointy things.
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i found it!!!!! mine don't roll as good as yours... wtf?!?! hahahahahaha

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i didn't even know there was a pump in there, box was still sealed.. yeah like i'm gonna pump it up by hand, what are they smokin?!!? haha

I've done this before too. I don't think that it's terribly detrimental. I get that schmeg in my top-off regardless. It's like the solution doesn't wholly mix until it's been circulating through the system. It doesn’t accumulate in the lowers and I mix the shit out of the top-off with my drill and paint mixer. Maybe just keep a close eye on your pH. I'd think that if it was a mistake at all, that's gonna be your first indicator. Or if you start seeing any calcium deficiencies, mix a new batch quick. The schmeg though... meh.

thanks man, thats good to know. i think they're drinking so much right now they can't even tell what in it!! i think they'd chug kerosene right now!!! hahaha

it was my first time seeing that and this is the strongest i've mixed the nutes and thought maybe i messed it up.


i'll take that inspiration!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
i found it!!!!! mine don't roll as good as yours... wtf?!?! hahahahahaha

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i didn't even know there was a pump in there, box was still sealed.. yeah like i'm gonna pump it up by hand, what are they smokin?!!? haha

Nice! I hope it works for you. I got the idea from work years ago. HR gave one to a worker that complained about back issues. She used it as a chair for her remaining time there. My back was okay back then. I got this one after my accident.
 
Nice! I hope it works for you. I got the idea from work years ago. HR gave one to a worker that complained about back issues. She used it as a chair for her remaining time there. My back was okay back then. I got this one after my accident.

maybe i can blow it up with lung power and let the co2 ooze out inside the tent!! hahahaha

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heading into the sixth week since the transplant.. turned up the lights 10% last night...

here is a comparison from august 12th till right now...


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go Raiders!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
maybe i can blow it up with lung power and let the co2 ooze out inside the tent!! hahahaha

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heading into the sixth week since the transplant.. turned up the lights 10% last night...

here is a comparison from august 12th till right now...


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go Raiders!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dayum that's a bushy bitch, high ppfd or blue ratio?

Not a problem, just airflow between nodes/budsites,

1 thing came to mind, light penetration to lower nodes when a plant is that bushy and tight node spacing.
 
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man if they were cheering me on, i'd try a lot harder thats for sure!!!!! hahahahaha

just a few more inches... be really cool if i could flip on my bday...

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i'm starting to get bark!!! hahaha

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You can flip now if you want but your waiting for the screen huh


Looks like that screen will fit right over the top, once light schedule flips, they'll grow right into their squares, each square needs to be filled, collect rent on each tenant.
 
You can flip now if you want but your waiting for the screen huh


Looks like that screen will fit right over the top, once light schedule flips, they'll grow right into their squares, each square needs to be filled, collect rent on each tenant.
He’s waiting for them to be higher so the net squishes them down. He’s following CG’s method.
 
Dayum that's a bushy bitch, high ppfd or blue ratio?

it was heavy blue and white with only half the amount of red.

just today i bumped the red up to a pre flower spectrum. so right now starting today reds and whites are up and blue down half. i'll drop that blue down to just 40% once we see pistils.

most of the wattage of these lights come from the red diodes so just that spectrum change also increased the ppfd.

1 thing came to mind, light penetration to lower nodes when a plant is that bushy and tight node spacing.

yes this could be a concern. one thing i have gong for me is those lights.. CLW uses Osram diodes, the best in the biz when it comes to penetration!!!

nothing is really stretching bad or growing slow so i'm gonna keep the course.. believe me man i never intended to grow them like this, they did it all on their own!!

this whole time i could have been defol mode but honestly, it took me a year of looking at sad dead seedlings over and over so if these plants wanna grow leaves i'm gonna let them!!!!!!!!!

it feels damn good being able to grow them after all this so i'm not trimming anything until i absolutely have to.

You can flip now if you want but your waiting for the screen huh

Looks like that screen will fit right over the top, once light schedule flips, they'll grow right into their squares, each square needs to be filled, collect rent on each tenant.

i agree, i could. but for this first time ever using a screen and net i asked Granny for her guidance and want to go by her book and just like Zen said, we're waiting for at least six inches taller than the screen to squash and put pressure on the tops. it's that same time when i'll lollipop the bottoms out.. some of the lower branches might not even make the screen and will most likely get trimmed off.

it won't be much longer though man... i'm really hoping for next weekend. and a few friends here have also recently flipped or just getting ready to as well so it will be cool to flower out with close to the same timing.

and the seeds for my next round of soil are getting dropped this weekend!!! all kinds of fun stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
it feels damn good being able to grow them after all this so i'm not trimming anything until i absolutely have to.
I would say give them a nice trim before the screen goes down. It'll be a bitch to get to the back part of those suckers once they get the smash and mesh with the screen.

Or wait for the screen and strip everything below it.

I just have hermie PTSD and it would suck to try and pluck anything in the back without a clear path.
 
I would say give them a nice trim before the screen goes down. It'll be a bitch to get to the back part of those suckers once they get the smash and mesh with the screen.

Or wait for the screen and strip everything below it.

I just have hermie PTSD and it would suck to try and pluck anything in the back without a clear path.

for sure man. i plan to set a bucket with solution on a short swivel table and park a comphy ass chair right in front of it and go to town!!!

i need to make an imaginary line around them to have a trim line to go by. you know how that is once ya get rolling with scissors its easy to go to far!! my general rule of thumb with all living plants is never prune more than 40% of the plant, so i have a feeling i'm gonna be close to that and want to have a guide to go by.. maybe pick up some of that spray snow stuff and spray all the stuff i wanna get rid of!!! hahaha

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something else i need to drop back on is my auto top off. it was working perfect with a small amount of top off solution but now that i've filled the barrel is creates a little too much pressure and even after the pump shuts off the line continues to siphon into the rez. the one night i caught it with like 1/8" of room before it would have overflowed!!! all the roots got washed that night!!!! hehehe

so i need to make a vacuum break in the line, after messing with it for a few minutes i think i can get away pretty ez with an eight or ten inch piece of bigger tubbing to let air past the liquid.

for now i'm just running it only when i'm right there.
 
That is a dense girl for indoors. It looks like there’s three more plants hiding underneath it!

I long for the day when we can have a global forum bud exchange. Probably not a MAHA priority!

I wanna try all y’all’s dope! It looks awesome!
 
That is a dense girl for indoors. It looks like there’s three more plants hiding underneath it!

I long for the day when we can have a global forum bud exchange. Probably not a MAHA priority!

I wanna try all y’all’s dope! It looks awesome!

man i have long said i want some homing pigeons.. send buds and doob's back n forth from all over!!!!!! that would be so much fun!!!

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i think i'm still looking good to flip next weekend.....

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i cut a couple lower branches off that were never going to reach the screen so that opened the bottoms up a little.. helped with my RH a bunch!!!

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getting close though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;hd

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thanks for lookin in everybody!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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man i have long said i want some homing pigeons.. send buds and doob's back n forth from all over!!!!!! that would be so much fun!!!

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i think i'm still looking good to flip next weekend.....

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i cut a couple lower branches off that were never going to reach the screen so that opened the bottoms up a little.. helped with my RH a bunch!!!

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getting close though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;hd

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thanks for lookin in everybody!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Is it a couple main branches one is looking for, to net tuck?
 
Is it a couple main branches one is looking for, to net tuck?
He'll grow it 6 inches passed the screen and then just smash 'em down.

Granny's SCROG method.

Smash and flip and all the shoots should come up through stretch for a nice full and even canopy. She does not tuck to my knowledge.

@CannaGranny also FIMs a week before she does the smash/flip, I believe.
 
He'll grow it 6 inches passed the screen and then just smash 'em down.

Granny's SCROG method.

Smash and flip and all the shoots should come up through stretch for a nice full and even canopy. She does not tuck to my knowledge.

@CannaGranny also FIMs a week before she does the smash/flip, I believe.
You are right on! On all accounts. 🥰
 
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