Quote Originally Posted by WashougalWonder
That is a possibility. I tried to point out to Emmie that I live in WA State and that I have very high humidity. So in ?Texas? (not sure of flag) and with her lower humidity, she may well need to use more. Low humidity is not bad, the plants can transpire much more quickly and use more water, in this case a great way to get them up to snuff.

I don't think those pots are quite ready for dousing though with the size of the plants.

Growth has been delayed by all this but many folks, including Emmie and myself (on how to give advice better) are learning from this. These plants have turned the corner and will be fine now.

By Fimming, the side branches will grow faster allowing you to take clone cuttings from each. Once rooted the 'mother' can go to flower to positively identify sex. So Emmie will also need to learn how to clone.

As far as building the other item, least expensive other than PVC would be 1x2 furring strips from lowes or home depot. Also depends on tools avail. The furring strips are usually soft still and easy to cut and nail without splitting a lot. I use sheetrock screws tho with a drill.
My time to experiment is rapidly coming to an end here as school starts again next week. So, I went to Lowe's yesterday and got the PVC after searching the web extensively looking for warnings about using it in this application. I will send pictures when I get the SCRog table assembled as the lower half of this is going to take the place of the table I have in the grow tent now.

Regarding watering, I got one of those long probe moisture/light/ph meter things and have played with it to figure out what it was showing me. As of this morning I know that if I insert the probe part way into the pot, it appears dry, but if i push it all the way to the bottom, it is still moist. So, I wait to water. I have learned my lesson. When it shows dry all the way down to the bottom, then and only then, I will hit it again. I am still playing with the amount to give them. 1/4 cup seems to dry out pretty rapidly and 1/2 cup seems to get me about 3 days with consistent moisture throughout the pot. I am also rethinking the actual act of watering after seeing how the roots developed in the last pots. Up till now, when I watered I carefully tried to soak the middle of the pot all around the plant. So naturally, this is where the roots developed... straight down from the middle. I'm thinking now that this simple thing was also a mistake, and that I am going to start trying to spread the moisture out to the edges and let the roots move out to it, possibly allowing for more horizontal growth of the root system. So many little things to learn here!

Emmie