Hey, just want to say this is all really great, I remember reading about SOG and SCROG and other techniques in High Times years ago, as well as various books.......a quick comment about the English language......yes there are some particular peculiarities around certain spellings and all, but I think what makes English so good (whether it's what's made it dominant, or it's for other reasons I don't know), but I think it's because English is more built around its ease of speaking and dynamic communication, with the written parts of it being secondary, or afterthoughts. It's certainly not the same English of 300 years ago, or even 100 years ago. In many ways it's changed quite a bit since just the 1940s-50s. Look at movies and the way people spoke then, the words they used.......some of it is kind of comical. I'm sure English teachers would cringe at the way I write, which is as similar as I can get to the way I speak......maybe I should thank Jack Kerouac and a lot of the beats and hippies. ;). One of the words I use more than most people is "dude", which used to be a derogatory word for phoney cowboys or something. Nowadays it's mostly a term of endearment, or just a way to address someone you're familiar with. I don't do it but I know people who call women "dude", and it's not derogatory at all. It can also mean "what the heck is wrong with you why would you do that that's crazy!". And all you have to say is......"..Dude!!" ;)
Ok, the growing weed thing then I'll let you all get back to the SCROG thing, and what sounds like Star Trek talk about watering systems and nutrients.......to me, that's all a foreign language. Watering is something you do with the pouring or hosing of the clear liquid into the pots, and nutrients are things that come in containers that you add a little of into the clear stuff after a month or two as the soil and peat and compost and......guano.....start wearing down a bit. ;)
So yes, these methods are great, and many people would be well-served to listen and learn and adopt these methods. Maximizing yield, minimizing growth time.....maximizing space.....and when it's all said and cured.....maximixing $ return. A lot of people need, want to do all of these things.....all the way to production oriiented commercials growers.
So i can only speak for myself, and maybe some others......as I look at these systems some things I wonder are how you can access everything, what you do if part or all of the watering system fails (and you're not there), what you do if you want to go away for a week, although this can be a problem for all growers all the time.......automated systems are like self-driving cars, all good until a crash happens, then, not so much.....
And there are answers to all of these things, I'm not saying there aren't, but these things all together require lots of time and work and attention. Building and maintaining things, cleaning them, monitoring systems, wifi alerts......
Ok, so again, speaking for myself, what's great about all of this is that there's something in growing for everyone. Like any hobby........beer brewers. One person likes Pilsners, another likes huge 11% stouts......whatever it is, to each their own. The reasons the SCROG thing isn't really for me? I want to grow many varieties at once. Maximizing space, and time......isn't important to me. Maximizing yield isn't important to me. I couldn't consume an ounce of great weed, with my wife, in 3 months. I could supply us, and 10 friends for free, without ever having to maximize yield. And I don't care if it takes 100 days from seed to harvest, or 150 days. I have seedlings right now that are more than 3 weeks old, poor things........by the time they're ready to flip they'll be on social security... ;). I also like to see different varieties grow into their own various natural (as much as it's possible) shapes and sizes. I like good dirt, I don't want to root clones, I like crossing different strains and making seeds and seeing how they turn out. And all I want to do is wheel around a certain number of larger pots, with 4 foot plants, water them, and roll them back.....maybe marvel at their unique developments for a little while, then go watch TV or something... ;)
