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Perpetual Micro SCROG
There isn't a "Introduce yourself" board. So I will take this opportunity to do that.
I have a few grows under my belt, but that was about 7 years ago when I dismantled because I moved.
During that time I build a grow box for a good friend (he helped). He started some seedlings, then got cold feet. about a year later he moved way south, and dismantled the box. I saved it before he trashed it. It has been sitting in my dirt floor shed for the last 2 years.
Fast forward to today, I am in the middle of a renovation.
I came across some Strawberry Kush seeds. Only two sprouted. I should have built the box before I planted, but I am impatient. Because I didn't have all the stuff I originally built the box with, things were chaotic, patched and thrown together. I was making due, but I knew thing could be better. So this is a Do Over.
The bloom room 27.5" x 22" x 22.5" to the bottom of the hood. The hood has 150 watt HPS. And will shortly be cooled and sealed from the room. It (the hood) sits up in the utility room, which is 4" high.
The utility room houses the ballasts, air pump, timers, and wiring ( bet you knew that). It also will hold the carbon filter. the fan is external and connected to a central manifold (for lack of a better term). the space above both chambers and the HPS hood are connected to the manifold via PVC elbows. Sliding door vents will open and close these ports to restrict air flow from one chamber or another as needed to maintain proper temps.
The veg/clone room is four 27 watt CFLs. Maybe one day I'll use 2 remote ballast LED with a separate clone room. But I think I can do it this way for now.
The flower buckets are 2.5 gallon rectangle. They are near perfect size for the space. One plant per bucket of course. That screen frame is a prototype. The finished product will be made from 1/8" carbon fiber rod used for model airplanes. Each screen is 12.5" x 11". With the PVC, 1 inch in either direction is taken up by frame. giving my like .7 sq feet. hence the carbon frame in the works @ .93 sq ft.
Mother will be in a 1.3 gallon Rubbermaid, and I haven't settled on a clone pot yet. I will veg and train a mother until just the right size, take cutting and move it to flower.
I hope that every two or three weeks, one pot goes into flower and one come out. I also hope for 2 oz each screen. I'm using Pure Blend Pro nutes. I had really good luck with them last time.
Feel free to make suggestions or critique. One thing I would like to change is a separate clone chamber on top of the veg chamber. That would keep the cutting warm. I'm having low temp trouble now and it's taking for ever. Meanwhile the moms are getting big. I don't know which mom I'm keeping yet. going go wait for smoke vs yield report. One is nearly twice as big as the other. but if the other smokes better, it's the keeper.
I will keep this updated as needed.
Oh yeah, sorry I'm so wordy when I'm high.
There isn't a "Introduce yourself" board. So I will take this opportunity to do that.
I have a few grows under my belt, but that was about 7 years ago when I dismantled because I moved.
During that time I build a grow box for a good friend (he helped). He started some seedlings, then got cold feet. about a year later he moved way south, and dismantled the box. I saved it before he trashed it. It has been sitting in my dirt floor shed for the last 2 years.
Fast forward to today, I am in the middle of a renovation.
I came across some Strawberry Kush seeds. Only two sprouted. I should have built the box before I planted, but I am impatient. Because I didn't have all the stuff I originally built the box with, things were chaotic, patched and thrown together. I was making due, but I knew thing could be better. So this is a Do Over.
The bloom room 27.5" x 22" x 22.5" to the bottom of the hood. The hood has 150 watt HPS. And will shortly be cooled and sealed from the room. It (the hood) sits up in the utility room, which is 4" high.
The utility room houses the ballasts, air pump, timers, and wiring ( bet you knew that). It also will hold the carbon filter. the fan is external and connected to a central manifold (for lack of a better term). the space above both chambers and the HPS hood are connected to the manifold via PVC elbows. Sliding door vents will open and close these ports to restrict air flow from one chamber or another as needed to maintain proper temps.
The veg/clone room is four 27 watt CFLs. Maybe one day I'll use 2 remote ballast LED with a separate clone room. But I think I can do it this way for now.
The flower buckets are 2.5 gallon rectangle. They are near perfect size for the space. One plant per bucket of course. That screen frame is a prototype. The finished product will be made from 1/8" carbon fiber rod used for model airplanes. Each screen is 12.5" x 11". With the PVC, 1 inch in either direction is taken up by frame. giving my like .7 sq feet. hence the carbon frame in the works @ .93 sq ft.
Mother will be in a 1.3 gallon Rubbermaid, and I haven't settled on a clone pot yet. I will veg and train a mother until just the right size, take cutting and move it to flower.
I hope that every two or three weeks, one pot goes into flower and one come out. I also hope for 2 oz each screen. I'm using Pure Blend Pro nutes. I had really good luck with them last time.
Feel free to make suggestions or critique. One thing I would like to change is a separate clone chamber on top of the veg chamber. That would keep the cutting warm. I'm having low temp trouble now and it's taking for ever. Meanwhile the moms are getting big. I don't know which mom I'm keeping yet. going go wait for smoke vs yield report. One is nearly twice as big as the other. but if the other smokes better, it's the keeper.
I will keep this updated as needed.
Oh yeah, sorry I'm so wordy when I'm high.
