Indoor Growing Scrog

[Mongoose]

Sanity check please: at this stage of growth, ( about 20 days ), should I remove all large fan leaves that are totally or mostly shading new stems? Started on that with plant on the left, not yet with plant on the right. ( Aside: accidentally left the fertigation pumps on all night a few days ago. 3/8" hoses, lots of flow. I thought for sure I had done them in. Both plants grew remarkably, even shockingly overnight. Crazy, eh? )

 

[KingRatt]

Sanity check please: at this stage of growth, ( about 20 days ), should I remove all large fan leaves that are totally or mostly shading new stems? Started on that with plant on the left, not yet with plant on the right. ( Aside: accidentally left the fertigation pumps on all night a few days ago. 3/8" hoses, lots of flow. I thought for sure I had done them in. Both plants grew remarkably, even shockingly overnight. Crazy, eh? )

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Im not sure you start quite so early, but you can always tuck it out of the way! Pinch the stem of the leaf if you have to, itll be fine

 

[Lil Dab]

Sanity check please: at this stage of growth, ( about 20 days ), should I remove all large fan leaves that are totally or mostly shading new stems? Started on that with plant on the left, not yet with plant on the right. ( Aside: accidentally left the fertigation pumps on all night a few days ago. 3/8" hoses, lots of flow. I thought for sure I had done them in. Both plants grew remarkably, even shockingly overnight. Crazy, eh? )

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I don’t know about removing them all this early but you can pluck a couple to open the nodes. As @420autoflower says “if you can’t tuck it pluck it”

 

[KingRatt]

What King said. Great post, love the details.

... And speaking of sprouting seeds, this is definitely the way I will do it next time, just ordered cotton pads.
Mine probably didn't put out tap roots, although they opened a bit, because they were waaaay too wet ...

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Yep! You CAN drown seeds with too much water!

 

[PeaceLove&Buds]

Sanity check please: at this stage of growth, ( about 20 days ), should I remove all large fan leaves that are totally or mostly shading new stems? Started on that with plant on the left, not yet with plant on the right. ( Aside: accidentally left the fertigation pumps on all night a few days ago. 3/8" hoses, lots of flow. I thought for sure I had done them in. Both plants grew remarkably, even shockingly overnight. Crazy, eh? )

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I wouldn’t cut any leaves until the stretch is almost done. Don’t be afraid to shove the fans all the way down and inside everything. No defol means no stress.

 

[420autoflower]

If you want to take cal-mag out of the equation, you could try General Hydroponics, NovaMax Grow, 1 part nutrient 7-4-10 as your main fertiliser. It has everything you need in its composition including cal-mag etc.

Yes, Brother! As you already know, Nova Max Grow is basically the US version of General Hydroponics FloraNova Grow. Great stuff! Only 1 bottle for veg (FloraNova Grow) and 1 bottle for flower (FloraNova Bloom). I run the FloraNova Grow religiously from seed to after preflower stretch and it guarantees me no deficiencies.

Another EPIC grow of our man @420autoflower online at the Dutch Passion blog website :

Auto Critical Orange Punch 1.4Kg dry harvest! | Dutch Passion

Sick 1.48Kg / 3.3lb dry harvest from Auto Critical Orange Punch grown indoors in hydroponics with supercropping and intense schwazzing!

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If anyone is interested in any Dutch Passion strain/variety, just go to dutch-passion.blog and search for the variety there.
We also have a lot of guides about germination, growing (outdoor and indoor) on there.

Peace out and big up to our top-grower 420!

Smoke on!

Thank you so much Antonio!
The blog looks fantastic! Had a great time running your top shelf genetics and hope to showcase more DP cultivars in the future.

What an awesome article and write up!!!! Did a good job of explaining the methods and highlighting the expertise of our Sensei @420autoflower !!! Thanks @Antonio_DutchPassion for posting this up here! Mad props to @420autoflower , the world aint seen nothin yet!!!

Thanks @KingRatt!

Sanity check please: at this stage of growth, ( about 20 days ), should I remove all large fan leaves that are totally or mostly shading new stems? Started on that with plant on the left, not yet with plant on the right. ( Aside: accidentally left the fertigation pumps on all night a few days ago. 3/8" hoses, lots of flow. I thought for sure I had done them in. Both plants grew remarkably, even shockingly overnight. Crazy, eh? )

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Hey Mongoose!
Try to tuck as much as possible and only selective defoliation at this stage. In a week you’ll have more of an established root system and you’ll be able to strip as much as you want with very little stress to the plant.
Good time to start bending the 2 main nodes over on the plant you accidentally topped if you haven’t already.

I don’t know about removing them all this early but you can pluck a couple to open the nodes. As @420autoflower says “if you can’t tuck pluck it”

You got it Dab!
“if you can’t tuck it… pluck it”!
Need to expose the nodes!

 

[420autoflower]

Crystal Caverns Treasure Stomper harvested 2/8/25 on day 93.
Total dry weight 629 grams and zero larf.
$49 150 watt Maxisun produced 4.19 grams per watt.

Crystal Caverns Treasure Stompers harvested 2/10/25 on day 95.
Stomper on the left 727 grams and Stomper on the right 714 grams. Combined dry weight 1441 grams. $49 150watt Chinmoons produced 4.80 grams per watt.

 

[420autoflower]

Crystal Caverns Hulks Stash harvested 2/11/25 on day 96.
Dry weight: 973 grams or 2.17 pounds and zero larf
$99 300watt Bloom Plus Pro turned up to 75% power (225 watts) produced 4.32 grams per watt

South Side Genetics South Side Ripper harvested 2/23/25 on day 100.
Dry weight: 1247 grams or 2.78 pounds and zero larf.
$109 240 watt FarmLite produced 5.19 grams.

 

[420autoflower]

ILGM Gushers harvested 3/4/25 on day 112.
Dry weight 1253 grams or 2.79 pounds.
$119 240watt Aglex produced 5.22 grams per watt.

 

[420autoflower]

4 auto SOG combined dry weight 3124 grams or 6.97 pounds and zero larf.
Front left corner: ILGM Apple Fritter harvested 2/20/25 on day 105 (657g), back left corner South Side Genetics Chocolate Mint Jelly harvested 2/20/25 on day 100 (708g), back right corner Crystal Cavern Hulks Stash harvested 2/20/25 on day 105 (798g), front right corner South Side Genetics Chocolate Mint Jelly harvested 3/2/25 on day 108 (961g).
All 4 plants had The 420autoflower bent coat hanger method applied to them and also spread out with 3.5" netting but were never flattened out with the 420autoflower SCROG method. Would have easily been over a 10 pound crop if I gave them the 420 SCROG treatment but the 5x5" tent just wasn't big enough.