[pipeman]

Depending on your grow setup and the characteristics of your plants there are different methods you can employ to best take advantage of your grow space and maximise yields.

 

Very broadly speaking regular growing involves one plant per square foot.

 

An alternate method often used in small grow boxes is SCROG (Screen of Green) which involves a mesh screen like chicken wire about a foot above your pots and your plants are gently bent and grown to fill out the screen maximising light to more bud sites and creating an even canopy of buds, rather than one main bud and smaller lower buds like you get in regular growing. This method is used in growboxes to get around low head heights and to maximise yield. As a good example here is a pic of Rattdogg's SCROG.

 

Another method is SOG (Sea of Green) which is basically a lot of clones in small pots crammed in close together, (up to nine per square foot) and are flowered short soon after they root. This is done to maximise yields and reduce grow time. Can be a bit risky growing sog though because if you are ever busted having a large number of plants it may make things considerably worse for yourself.

 

Other growing methods include tipping and tieing down, which are done to create bushier plants and get more light to more bud sites, and therefore higher yields.

 

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Edited October 5, 2003 by pipeman