Quote Originally Posted by AeroManT5
Welcome, Weezard,

I'm honored to have a wise one like yourself take notice. By all means, pull up a 'wall.':thumbsup:I welcome any suggestions or insights!

I really like your signature: "Plants do things for a reason....." That is what I was noticing when I saw all those scrogs with the dear girls struggling to "break free and reach the light." I wanta see if I can take advantage of their 'reasoning' and make us both happy.:smokin:


That quote was but one of the gems we got from Weedhound.
This board burns a li'l dimmer since she passed.
RIP Weedy.

(Don't mind me if I get too philosophical . . . its just the sativa talking.)

As I'm thinking it through, it seems like the key to maximizing yield using this method would be to work to minimize internodal spacing. As the shoots work their way up during the vegetative cycle, I want the girls dropping as many nodes as possible. Then, with the lst primed (auxin-triggered) buds settle in for flowering, they're all as likely to be primed to soak in as much energy as possible.

So during flowering, with nodal spacing set, the more the nodes the better, and each node is an equal and efficient partner in converting watts-to-lumens-to-thc.

So, at the moment, I'm exploring ways of minimizing internodal spacing. I understand that temperature of the roots is one variable that affects spacing. As you may see from my userid, I'm going to be using aeroponics, so am going to keep a close eye on reservoir temperature to ensure I can maximize that variable. I'm already planning on working evaporative cooling in the design of the reservoir. May need to eventually employ a more active cooling strategy.

I didn't see any corelation 'tween root temps and nodal spacing.
Then again, I didn't look for that.
I saw excellent stretch and internodal spacing control by controlling the Red:blue ratio with LEDs at different stages of growth.

Not sure how to do that with T5s
Might try getting some blue tubes and switching them in as needed.

One good thing about working with T5's is the low heat, but I want to keep the roots at optimum temperature. (I guess you could say that is the experiment I'm trying, trying to find a grow technique that optimizes all variable.)

Other thoughts on how to increase nodes would be appreciated.

See above.

Another issue I'll have to face is how best to deal with the growth spurt. Seems like it'll be like trying to dock a large boat. Ideally, you want to end up JUST along side the dock with the bow just 'kissing' the shore.

Gettin' da whoa ahead of da impact is furthur complicated by several variables.
A big one being the strain.
Then there's ambient air temps, daylength, light intensity and color mix, nutes, root room, RH/barometric pressure/transpitation rate.
Phew! I gonna take a nap now.:jointsmile:

With the grow, seems like the challenge would be to anticipate just when to cut the (light) throttle.

No cut. Modify.

I'm tempted to try a bushmaster approach, but would love to be able to 'kiss' the top of the scrog by natural means.

You got heart, brah.
Been dere, did dat, yah?

But, not vertical, and not T5s.:thumbsup:
I regret much of it as it offended my sense of laziness.:rastasmoke:

Sprayers, pumps n timers are a royal PIA.
But then, so is SCROG.
(Us farmers expects a li'l trouble but you jus' filled out 2 applications.)


Left dat all behin' and now jus' pop an airstone into a 5 gal. bucket o nutes.
Den I drop my many headed, (I "nip da heck out of them in veg), "Debutantes in coco" into da bucket about an inch from da bubbly surface.
Let da roots grow into da water and stand back.

As BTF said a side by side would be useful to us all.
(Does not sound easy to do fo' dis kine sing I t'ink.)


And Rusty's advice is highly prized by those who know the difference.

You are in good company here.

Aloha

Weezard
Weezard Reviewed by Weezard on . Calling all LST experts I want to experiment with LST to see how best to effectively fill a 7 inch wide by 40 inch high trellis. In essence, it is a vertical scrog, with wire creating four 1 3/4 inch squares across and 22 squares per vertical 'column. For planning purposes, I'll be growing a sativa. My vision is to fill each of those squares on the scrog/trellis with a bud. The simplest approach, as a newbie imagining, would be to LST while still a very small clone, and try to get three shoots to compete with Rating: 5