I wouldn't say mastered, always room for improvement. My overall impression was that it was a game changer for me in this climate. I purposely tried to keep them in check for stealth purposes, that was the whole reason I did a scrog in the first place, I also put them in buried fabric pots to somewhat contain thier size, so I'd say my yields were definitely not at max potential. My husband almost had 37 heart attacks the previous year due to my untamed forest that was obvious to anyone that went up my front steps and could see over my fence. My biggest and oldest lady, Black Cherry Punch, yeilded 30 ounces. Super Silver Haze was started a few weeks later, she yielded 14 ounces. Amnesia Lemon was a little behind BCP, I think she yeilded about 13 ounces... I can't remember exactly, she was last down so she's not on the list I can find lol. The other 3 were at a second location, not scrogged. The scrogged ones were far easier to care for. I could see everything and keep ant debris off, keep a better eye on pests, defoliate and remove dying leaves easier. The buds were more uniform in size, no gigantic tops, well nor as big as they would have been untrained anyway lol. This is the first year ever I've not had a major issue with rot or pm, there was close to none in the garden only very minimal pm on some inner lower leaves at the very end that I easily removed before it spread because I was able to spot it right away. I also bought a leaf blower and having them contained in the scrog made drying them easier. I had no broken limbs despite some decent wind storms. Having a large spread out plant was helpful during the super hot dry times, I sprayed the top soil with water to add some humidity. Overall, only benefits, no drawbacks other than needing to stay on top of moving them regularly to keep up, but that's scrogging for ya... I wanted to move them one more time, but I went camping for a week and they grew so much I didn't want to risk breaking them so I left them. Lot's of people say scrogging outside is unnecessary or silly, but I disagree, in my climate it's 100% helpful. Oh an and I had a built-in frame for when I had to cover for frost.
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