altitudefarmer said:

Leave a little room to allow for initial stretch that happens during first part of bloom cycle! if you tie them, they'll be easier to maintain, but a pain in the butt during harvest. Trimming the undergrowth is HIGHLY recommended also, as Malachi says.

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dooobster said:

As the tops and branches start growing thru the net, once they're long enough you start weaving them thru so as to create that even canopy, and you prune out all the popcorn buds down low in order to allow the plants to focus on the top buds.

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forknowledge said:

So does this mean only the 1/3 higher portion of the plants needs to tied & remaining branches below cut off?

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altitudefarmer said:

exactly what that means- :) Anything under that canopy will not get enough light to produce top-notch buds, and detract from what the plant is trying to do on top. Only the branches and bud sites that will receive direct light from the bulb should be kept. The scrog does look pretty funny from a side angle; kinda like a long-legged green ostrich.

I should also mention that they usually do better if you don't hack them all at once. I try to trim the lower stuff as it grows, when i'm using the scrog method. An extreme hack job right as they're flipped could cause unnecessary shock to your gals, and a lower yield.

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Malachi said:

you can also check out my thread at the bottom of my post to see a full thread in detail on how to setup and do a complete scrog run, the grow is over but the thread is still alive!

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