Huh, I'd never heard that you needed to use twice as much light as normal when using SOG; I wouldn't have started the experiment had I known that. I have gotten 12 ounces from the same light and space via 3-plant ScroG. I was under the impression that SOG might give comparable results. On the plus side, the plants that are further along, they look pretty good, reasonably hefty, maybe 1/2 to 2/3 of an ounce per plant. If these 24 even come close to that, I won't be at all unhappy!

That still doesn't quite explain why the six plants directly under and very close to the 1k light look the same as these. Those six are *surely* getting plenty of light. Their tips are less than 6" from an air-cooled reflector housing a 1k light. In other words, 7 inches closer and part of them would be *inside* the reflector (and burn to a crisp). Actually, *any* closer and they start to exhibit heat stress and burning.

Eh, guess I'll see what happens. Being less than 4 weeks from harvest, I might as well see it on through. It's gonna take me that long to veg some NYC Diesel clones to appropriate size for a ScroG anyway. And if I can get 12 ounces with a 400 watt light (plus a few CFLs on the sides), but it'd take me 800 watts to do the same thing with SOG, well, that puts SOG at a major disadvantage in comparison. In fact, I don't see any rationale for *ever* using SOG if ScroG produces twice the buds for the same power in the same space.