Sea of green, Explanation

All thru this thread there seems to be a misconception of what SOG is or does. SOG is a technique to grow many small single cola plants, usually less then 18" high when finished, in as short a time as possible (meaning little or no veg).

1 plant per sqft is not what I'd consider SOG. A minimum of 4 plants per sqft to a maximum of 9 plants per sqft is where it's at.
And lighting should be greater then some have suggested here, 600w per sqM if using HPS, I would consider more appropriate.

IMHO, SOG is the most efficent method of growing the most BUD, regardless of the type of light or grow medium used. When you start growing bushes and trees, you wind up throwing away stalks, branches and alot of leaves....all of which you put money (read electric) to grow. Why grow it if you are going to throw it away?

But there is a down side, to do this effectivly you need to run 1 strain with the clones comming from 1 common mother plant at a time. Trying to grow muli strains in the same batch, with the enhierent differences in growth rates and hieghts, will cost you effiency.

The other down side, as Rusty pointed out, in the good ole USA it probably is a felony. Actually 99+ plants and your're looking at a federal crime. The answer to that is live in an area where MMJ is legal and they base how much you can legally grow on canopy size rather then plant count. Or switch to SCROG, and shoot for a bud density of 4-9 buds per sqft.

-Oldmac :twocents:

The way I used to grow a SOG is 6 inch rockwool cubes right next to each other. 4 plants per square foot. The grow I am doing now is in 5 1/2 inch pots filled with rockwool spaced a few inches apart. 8 inches if you measure from stem to stem. My SOG grow is lollipoped like crazy. Each plant has only one cola. You can check out my grow in my signature. It is the purple diesel medical grow. I do not know if my grow is considered a SOG but it looks like a sea. Anyway check out that video I left in a previous post. If I had 6 400watt lights that is how I would set it up. Unless I was limited on the number of plants I am allowed.

edit: Oldmac, is my grow a SOG in your opinion?
"purple diesel medical grow"
or should I not call it that.

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Originally Posted by oldmac

All thru this thread there seems to be a misconception of what SOG is or does. SOG is a technique to grow many small single cola plants, usually less then 18" high when finished, in as short a time as possible (meaning little or no veg).

1 plant per sqft is not what I'd consider SOG. A minimum of 4 plants per sqft to a maximum of 9 plants per sqft is where it's at.
And lighting should be greater then some have suggested here, 600w per sqM if using HPS, I would consider more appropriate.

IMHO, SOG is the most efficent method of growing the most BUD, regardless of the type of light or grow medium used. When you start growing bushes and trees, you wind up throwing away stalks, branches and alot of leaves....all of which you put money (read electric) to grow. Why grow it if you are going to throw it away?

But there is a down side, to do this effectivly you need to run 1 strain with the clones comming from 1 common mother plant at a time. Trying to grow muli strains in the same batch, with the enhierent differences in growth rates and hieghts, will cost you effiency.

The other down side, as Rusty pointed out, in the good ole USA it probably is a felony. Actually 99+ plants and your're looking at a federal crime. The answer to that is live in an area where MMJ is legal and they base how much you can legally grow on canopy size rather then plant count. Or switch to SCROG, and shoot for a bud density of 4-9 buds per sqft.

-Oldmac :twocents:

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OK....no more math while medicated.....12 x 18 =216 clones to fill the space in my post.but wannabe123 only needs one 400watter for his personal grow.unless he's a very heavy smoker [or a very bad grower].How much do you smoke wannabe123?

Yea that guy really knows what he is doing but the last video he put out he said that he wasnt goin to put up anymore videos and that he would prob remove some of the videos he had posted.

"I have to agree with Rusty. I've read a LOT over the last few months and one plant per square foot is really packing them in."

Shit, man. I do FIVE per square foot.