Please Help me pick a strain for MY 1st SOG.

[FarEastOakland]

after months of research, ive decided to try a sea of green for the first time... from what ive read, the strain i choose will make me or break me... im working with the following mother plants and want to know if anyone has experience or an opinion... I'm going 4 plants per sq ft, straight from the cloner (no veg), aiming for one main center cola...

Green Crack
Blue Dream
AK-47
Girl Scout Cookies (i doubt this would be good considering plant/flower formation)

 

[MrStonerMan]

When I researched strains when I set up a small SOG grow I did all three of the top strains on your list were recommended. I haven't seen GSC run in SOG but that would be pretty dope! lol

 

[soserthc1]

green crack works great in s.o.g ....check out BirdDog's thread and down in 45 days......ding ding......winner...good luck

 

[soserthc1]

When I researched strains when I set up a small SOG grow I did all three of the top strains on your list were recommended. I haven't seen GSC run in SOG but that would be pretty dope! lol

The yield would suck thou , not something to run in sog just mho ......though also its a strechy plant also another reason - again jmho

 

[Confuten1]

Blue dream would kill a sog.
Confu.

 

[MrStonerMan]

yeah yield would probably suck lol. I was just high and imagined a big ol sog canopy of GSC haha

 

[FarEastOakland]

thanks for the input all...

ill check birddog's thread for sure

 

[GR33NL3AF]

I run Sour D - 3.75 per sq ft. - veg for 7-10days - lollipop - and click....usually get 20-22grams per.

 

[FarEastOakland]

nice numbers there greenleaf... nice dog too (a lot of dog owners on this site)...

how aggressive do you lollipop? im afraid with 7-10 days veg, plants would get too big in flower and there wouldnt be sufficient space (air ventilation). in the past, that always gave me powdery mildew.

 

[GR33NL3AF]

nice numbers there greenleaf... nice dog too (a lot of dog owners on this site)...

how aggressive do you lollipop? im afraid with 7-10 days veg, plants would get too big in flower and there wouldnt be sufficient space (air ventilation). in the past, that always gave me powdery mildew.

Thanks! Is that a bull terrior in yours? I love the brindle...

Anyways, I am setup in the hills where the climate is much like a desert. I call it the place PM goes to die - even if I bring PM'd clones up it dissapears in a day or two.
I like to thin slowly, sometimes a limb a day, up until they're done stretching...Now that i'm using heavy Caps bennies I never seen much stress or slowed growth after de-limbing.

The numbers I use haven't been a problem with Sour Deisel, if lollipopped right it stays slim and does not get too leafy. I have done it with Grape ape and Blackberry Kush and ended up with these fat ass single chodes that made things a little cramped, but never saw rot or mildew.

 

[John Ditchweed]

soma's lavender is a huge center cola dom plant. I yielded around two 0's each plant with a few weeks veg. No side branching what so ever. Also Blue satellite had the same one huge single cola. 1 months veg there and was yielding 2-4 O buds

 

[sands]

Good thread I am getting ready to do my first sog also. One old standby as far as PM is Eagle 20. Back about five years ago I got a tip about it after having my whole veg/mom room covered in that devil powder. I understand most ppls thing about systemic fungicides but I swear I sprayed that stuff one time and it was all gone!!!! Now I spray the veg plants 2 weeks before flower as the eagle 20 is systemic for 7 weeks and I never see the stuff anymore never.

http://www.tampaagriculturalproducts.com/fungicides/eagle-20-ew/

 

[outwest]

You hit on an excellent point. Air circulation is critical with the plant density of a SOG. You want air moving above, below, & through, the plants. Exhaust if you can. I'm running snowcap in a less agressive SOG style, just small plants really. 1.5/sf and I have room to go another 30% with the current strain. It's working out well. . .because the plants are only 20" all the lowers are getting solid light penetration so there is almost no larf. I have a garden of little xmas trees with massive center colas and really large side colas. I ran a few other strains to see what they would do, including the aforementioned lavender. As described I have 10" plant with a solid top nug. Blueberry & Master Kush also seem to have potential in the SOG. Single bud columns on both, although the Master Kush did stretch a lot.

As far as vegging, I'd recommend at least 3-4 days of veg time to allow the plants to establish a decent root system in their new home.

outwest