I’m in the process of building my new grow room and am about to build my set up to scrog six plants at a time . My question is… how does everyone collect their runoff once they are entangled in the screen? Looking for ideas like a drip tray design any pics would be great. TIA
I have my pot sitting on coated metal shelving. Sits about 5” off the ground. Under the pot is a wide plastic paint tray for rollers. The incline of the paint tray causes the water to collect in the paint basin. Then I use a turkey baster to suck it up.
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What size pots do you use. I’m planning for 6 5 gallon fabric pots.
@Not2SureYet, do you have pictures of your SCROG setup?
The only thing I would suggest is one plant per screen!
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5 gallon. The shelve is 24”x 12” and can fit 2 5 gallon pots
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How big should each screen be? Its going to be WW fem .
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I want to have the same amount of plants like you. Im pretty new could you explain me whats so important about the design ? Like the Basics lol
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Is that recomended for every grow tent?
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That will depend on the number of plants and the space to fill. Mine are 1/3 of my flowering space so I can fit 3 in the 4 X 6 space.
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It’s going to be a 10x12 room with a 7 ft ceiling. So I’m not limited much on space and planning for 6 plants
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If you focus on adequate lighting with that space, I would not SCROG.
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Right now I have a 600 watt hps and a 900 watt viparspectra Led so I’m not sure I have enough lighting
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You do for most of veg but definitely not enough for flower.
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How many plants do you think I could flower with what I have?
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That’s depending on the size of the plant but I’ll say 2. But I like bigger plants.
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Looks like it’s time to start shopping for a few more lights lol
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I use a 9 " metal grate used to cool food in pans from amazon and set my 7 gallon pots on those in a plastic drip tray . My turkey baster broke and I now use a water blaster kids toy to draw up the run off water from the trays . It works better than the baster . I use it to water the plants also . It forces me to water slowly . @BobbyDigital I like your paint tray idea .
I hope you have lots of lights to scrogg that many plants . One plant consumed my 2x4 tent . I hope this helps your planning .
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Love the aqua zooka 
. Necessity is the mother of all invention lol
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@Watt-Sun, the SCROG is for when your space is limited in height and/or you want to maximize the grow space horizontally. IMO it’s not a good technique if you have lights and space. Space being harder to acquire than lights you have the hardest part taken care of. With adequate lighting (whether MH/HPS or LED’s or LEC or whatever) growing upright plants with supercropping skills applied will serve you better than a SCROG would.
I do 3 plants in a 4 X 6 space and yield around 10 oz of flower per plant for a 6 month grow. Under DIY LED’s.
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