first growing box - sea of green or traditionale

il_zed · 01-27-2010, 12:42 PM

hello all of you.

I am new on that forum, and I am askying a question about the set up of my first serius hand made groving box.

I grew plants long time ago, but more or less without any notions about how to manage it.

Now I just finished to build the scheleter of my growing box, it's mado by wood and it's dimensions are 1.25mt x 1.70 mt and the highest point for the lamp is at 1.30mt from the floor plan. the lamp is a 400 HPS
It will be completly bend of B/W film paper in order to have the internal faces all white and to keep clean and more isolate the ambient.

What I am wondering now is: in my case of lack of height, will it be better to grow the plants in the traditional way or throught the system "sea of green"?
Cound somebody post me some open thread or guide aboot the sea of green?

And how many plant can I fit in my box with those two system? (I thougt to use 8 seeds in order to have at least 6 female plants).

well. I guess it won't be my last thread on that place..

giving my thank to all of who will be greato to help me
bye bye
zed

**farmergiles** · 01-27-2010, 03:44 PM

SOG is a method where you use a large number of smaller plants- often with one main kola on each.

Normally you would find a suitable mother plant and clone it for plants to make up the SOG. This way all the plants should grow in a similar fashion so it is easy to keep the canopy even.
Also the clones will be showing preflowering already so you can flower them small.
If you want you can take clones from a mother plant and keep adding a clone every week or so- this way you get a continuous harvest.

If you are growing from seed the plants will likely get a bit big for a SOG grow.

If you don't want to mess around with cloning then consider less plants- maybe 4 in that space. With some Low Stress Training (lst) you can get a nice even canopy so the plants can use all the light.

Here's a pic of a SOG using a screen to keep the canopy even, sometimes called scrog.

il_zed · 01-31-2010, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by farmergiles

SOG is a method where you use a large number of smaller plants- often with one main kola on each.

Normally you would find a suitable mother plant and clone it for plants to make up the SOG. This way all the plants should grow in a similar fashion so it is easy to keep the canopy even.
Also the clones will be showing preflowering already so you can flower them small.
If you want you can take clones from a mother plant and keep adding a clone every week or so- this way you get a continuous harvest.

If you are growing from seed the plants will likely get a bit big for a SOG grow.

If you don't want to mess around with cloning then consider less plants- maybe 4 in that space. With some Low Stress Training (lst) you can get a nice even canopy so the plants can use all the light.

Here's a pic of a SOG using a screen to keep the canopy even, sometimes called scrog.

sorry I just made a mistake explaining my idea. I mean S.C.ro.G the screen of green, when in lack of height like my situation might be usefull in terms of best space utilization

01-27-2010, 12:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
il_zed YaHookan Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 56 Thanks: 1 Thanked 10 Times in 4 Posts	first growing box - sea of green or traditionale hello all of you. I am new on that forum, and I am askying a question about the set up of my first serius hand made groving box. I grew plants long time ago, but more or less without any notions about how to manage it. Now I just finished to build the scheleter of my growing box, it's mado by wood and it's dimensions are 1.25mt x 1.70 mt and the highest point for the lamp is at 1.30mt from the floor plan. the lamp is a 400 HPS It will be completly bend of B/W film paper in order to have the internal faces all white and to keep clean and more isolate the ambient. What I am wondering now is: in my case of lack of height, will it be better to grow the plants in the traditional way or throught the system "sea of green"? Cound somebody post me some open thread or guide aboot the sea of green? And how many plant can I fit in my box with those two system? (I thougt to use 8 seeds in order to have at least 6 female plants). well. I guess it won't be my last thread on that place.. giving my thank to all of who will be greato to help me bye bye zed Last edited by il_zed; 01-27-2010 at 12:56 PM.

01-27-2010, 03:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
farmergiles Yahookan Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: In My Fire Engine Posts: 7,134 Thanks: 2,040 Thanked 3,167 Times in 2,191 Posts	SOG is a method where you use a large number of smaller plants- often with one main kola on each. Normally you would find a suitable mother plant and clone it for plants to make up the SOG. This way all the plants should grow in a similar fashion so it is easy to keep the canopy even. Also the clones will be showing preflowering already so you can flower them small. If you want you can take clones from a mother plant and keep adding a clone every week or so- this way you get a continuous harvest. If you are growing from seed the plants will likely get a bit big for a SOG grow. If you don't want to mess around with cloning then consider less plants- maybe 4 in that space. With some Low Stress Training (lst) you can get a nice even canopy so the plants can use all the light. Here's a pic of a SOG using a screen to keep the canopy even, sometimes called scrog. Attached Images __________________ Cultivate a stoic calmness *Fuck the Monkeys*

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