I will join in too, and congrats on the new baby!
Let me also welcome you to the forum!
Lets make you a little less dumb right from the start, because you are going to learn quite a bit on this first grow. First, some terminology, SCROG. SCROG stands for screen of green and typically it is done so that the plants can be allowed to grow up to around 10" in height and then bent over sideways. For several weeks the gardener needs to spend an hour or two tending the screen, tucking the new growth down below so it all remains horizontal and fills the screen. To make this easier, a typical SCROG screen has holes no larger than 2" and I preferred 1" holes in chicken wire as my screen so as to have better control over the growth. This was all done because 7 or 8 years ago, florescent bulbs (T5HO) were very popular to flower with, but the trick was to get them to within 4" of a very tightly controlled canopy... the SCROG was the answer to optimizing these what would be considered today, very weak lights. SCROG also demanded that you grew fewer plants, because more than 2 or 3 would be way too much to fill up a 4x4 screen with the right timing.
What you have there is not a SCROG screen by the old definition (the new generation of growers have changed the definitions of several things), but it is going to be a trellis, designed to hold the plants upright and give them the extra support they will need. As mentioned earlier, you will want to place this trellis screen a bit higher, when the plants need the extra support... and I would suggest to start at around 24" above the soil. I see that as have been typing this, you removed the screen. Save it... it will be useful later.
Sounds like you are catching on to things pretty quickly. How is your new son?
