outdoor scrog help

[Ozzy420]

Doing very nice Ange keep up the good work...

[Sir PsychoHashy]

Looks good, maybe a bit of fencing wire to make sure none of that mesh moves around.

 

I've been amazed at how much abuse some established canna plants can take without showing any signs of shock at all, but you still need to be careful as some strains are very sensitive to it.  But once you know they can take it and enjoy it, you can just hook in and do whatever needs to be done.  I did have one strain many years ago (about 20, and no idea what it was) that would completely shut down for near 2 weeks if I tipped it, or took more than a few leaves off it, so it pays to test their limits first.

 

Will be interesting to see what she looks like in a few weeks.

[itchybromusic]

yeah a bit more but very nooiiccee Ange , looks the goods

[thc24]

Looking good, id pull that mulch back from the main stem alittle specially if there is a dripper below. Od should start flowering this week so id guess plant will double if not tripple in size.. if height is a problem id add another screen or trellis when 30cm above first.

And. Keep up the seasol and ferts will get rather hungry soon.

[merl1n]

Hey Crow,
                Looking nice, BUT, although Nay loves the "...precious antique cans..." I have a bit of a concern. When I first started doing SCROG I did something similar, but instead of using cans I used a stack of bricks and had my mesh sitting on top of them. In the middle of the night the mess slid off the bricks somehow and in doing so damaged multiple developing buds and the stems. Because of this damage the stems weeped which encouraged a huge mould infestation to set in. This is why I made up a steel frame on legs for my netting and now I can stand on the frame and the netting does not move, no more damage.
If you could secure the mesh somehow to those cans, even with just a piece of fencing wire (EDIT: doh, I've just read this back and recommend you follow SPH advice "...maybe a bit of fencing wire to make sure none of that mesh moves... ), it would be much safer imho.
 
Merl1n

Edited January 10, 2016 by merl1n

[thc24]

Yep, nothing like a good ole snap down the Y or fork oft the stem from too much screen weight or tension. I've split too many down the centre, electric tape bandaid but better off being aware and on top of this before it happens.

[RickShawRyder]

Nice work Crow, almost like we're having a bit of a "scrog off"

[Sir PsychoHashy]

Yep, that's exactly what I was referring to Merl1n, and thought being on a farm that fencing wire is the go to material to fix everything.  If Macgyver was an Aussie he'd use that instead of duct tape

[reginald blumenfield]

Looking good Crowsange!! Kinda similar to Rickshaws zamaldelica with the steel reo. Looks so lush in that dry bush!

[crow]

Thanks everyone for your help and advice.

 

I did end up securing the reo a little better - used some of that wire I found lying around to twitch the 2 pieces together in the corners

I'm sort of attached to the rustic look so the old cans and the surrounding shrub still support the whole setup.

 

I'm too slack and lazy to put much effort into this - I can't (or won't) get underneath to prune properly. 

 

It's just going into flower now and I've observed several browned bits in the newly forming buds.  I've also seen some caterpillars in the bush so I suspect they may be the culprits.  My action at this stage has been limited to plucking out the dead bits of bud.