Today is meant for SCROGing.
I'm setting up a second SCROG net on the big plant. I'll probably do something for the smaller one as well, but the big one is much more urgent. The smaller is growing slower and there's quite a bit more headroom above the smaller one, so, I'm not super anxious to do anything drastic to the little one.
The plan is to add the a net 38 inches off the ground. It will be mounted to the wall on 2 sides, then clipped to the net on the otherside, and to a post that doesn't exist yet, in the front. The existing net is too low to be any use. If I clipped branches to it they would break. I started with 36 inches, which may have been better for the short plant, but may have wound up an issue with the larger one. As of right this second I plan on having both nets at the same level... that may change.
The interaction between the plant and my SCROG is a bit different than the usual "tucking", that is so popular with using a net. I do it a bit differently. I use clips to pull the limb down from below. The limb grows through the net and stays above it. It's only held down at 1 point (usually) with a clip so it's a healthier lifestyle for the plant, better "air" and light and let's it do its thing instead of holding it down. One great benefit of doing it like this is the limb is adjustable. More than once have I unclipped limbs to get to my output filter, or check roots. Simply unclip them, move 'em and put them back when you're done. Or, if the stretch is about over and I decide the tops need more or less on the verticle. This is an impossibility once the branch is established in a conventional SCROG without breaking branches or cutting the net. I've been doing this for a little while, and will never go back to tucking.
Here's a brief video of my plans in the shed.
So, I've mounted the net and pulled the limbs through it. I'm gonna go through everything again and make sure there aren't any lost branches in below the net, which would spell death to that area of the plant, or at least make it useless. Once the net is pulled level and the limbs are clipped down I'll share the next video. Cheers!