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Kratistos
Kratistosstarted grow question 25d ago
Should I keep bending my auto’s main stem back under the SCROG net daily if it keeps straightening? It’s Week 3, I'm going straight with SCROG. Worried about stress, I have to wait a few days between adjustments or keep tucking daily?
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Mooncat
Mooncatanswered grow question 25d ago
Auto Scrog?😦 The only people doing that don't have to ask these questions... You are on a timer and cant develop her "too much" bcs of that. Scrogs are done for photos usually. Getting an even canopy for a Scrog takes time and at least some experience. Not hating or anything, but everyone who got one of those does some LST and calls it a Scrog. (And there are some impressive ones on this site you can find if you want to see the difference) Go for some LST or even HST imo. Like bend the main stem and develop the side branches that way. Highest point of the plant gets the most energy. Work with that in mind and you should be good. Have fun. Also those "SCROG" nets are not very good for LST (or good SCROG's in general) anyway unless you can get some tension on them.
BernMars
BernMarsanswered grow question 24d ago
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00110001001001111O
00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 25d ago
it's low stress. you should make an end-canopy goal, then work backward from that goal to make a systematic plan to get there. With an autoflower this involves some guessing as to when you should let it grow vertically, since you don't control the phase shift to flower. ~3 colas per sq ft is what i'd recommend for a photo, but with an auto of typical vege length and size i'd recommend shooting for 6-7 colas. The trick will be when to let that top growth tip grow vertically at a point where it can catch up. Manipulate apical dominance to kee the canopy level as you go. The variability in autos that you cannot control is the issue here... if it's an "xl" auto with extended vege phase you'll want more than 6-7 colas spaced out. Focusing on timing relative to something you can see is going to be key. take notes and adjust timing nex ttime based on your experience this time. So once you see preflowers, i woudn't be doing too much training after that. Let them go vertical and can still angle them out with some garden wire as it grows out, if necessary. By the time you see preflowers, you are about 1 week into flower relative to photoperiods timeline. It's a guess with autos, but it's several days before you can see preflowers with the naked eye in order to compare apples to apples and therefore use the typical timeline for training someone would with photos. With good growth, i'd expect at least 16-18" colas with this timing and 'average' genetics. Lots of local variables may make that guesstimate different in your garden. Even training a week into flower will result in a fairly squat plant for all be the biggest stretchers. Genetic variety is always a guess
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All_our_small_plants
All_our_small_plantsanswered grow question 25d ago
Also ich trainiere meine Pflanze immer in Abstand von 2 Tagen, mache aber kein scrog sonder toppe und dan LST, ich denke du kannst si alle 2 bis 3 Tagen anpassen, falls sie zu schnell wachsen kannst du auch alle 2 Tage sicher trainieren, aber am beste schau doch wie sie reagiert. Wenn du merkst das es ihr zu viel ist, dann warte einfach etwas mehr. Aber wenn du halt zu lange wartest werden die Stille zu hard und lassen sich immer schlechter biegen.
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