Stretch in scrog

[LiberalThinker]

If you trained a plant fully horizontally along the the net in veg, then after a time, when its nearly full, allowed the stems to grow through the holes for, say, a foot above the net, would the horizontal parts stretch horizontally in 12/12 and push into the next space or would the stems follow through upwards... if that makes sense.

 

[Weaselcracker]

No. They’re naturally inclined to always go upwards towards the light, so there is no real sideways momentum. The sideways growth will mainly be a result of you laying vertical growth down on its side.

I see a lot of people talking about growing under the screen and tucking branches under. It’s sort of a misconception. Myself I see no good reason to purposely grow underneath a screen, it’s just a pain in the ass and keeps that part of the plant in the shade which is a bad thing. I rarely do a lot of ‘tucking’. I basically treat the screen as something to tie down to. Branches are lightly tied down horizontally on top of the screen- laid down and twisted and turned whichever direction works best to fill the space. I use pipe cleaners to hold things down.

 

[LiberalThinker]

No. They’re naturally inclined to always go upwards towards the light, so there is no real sideways momentum. The sideways growth will mainly be a result of you laying vertical growth down on its side.

I see a lot of people talking about growing under the screen and tucking branches under. It’s sort of a misconception. Myself I see no good reason to purposely grow underneath a screen, it’s just a pain in the ass and keeps that part of the plant in the shade which is a bad thing. I rarely do a lot of ‘tucking’. I basically treat the screen as something to tie down to. Branches are lightly tied down horizontally on top of the screen- laid down and twisted and turned whichever direction works best to fill the space. I use pipe cleaners to hold things down.

Thanks. That takes that anxiety/uncertainty away. Yes, I've thought it would be easier to tie the stems down rather than tuck... pipe cleaners is a great idea. And now that you mention it, it would be easier to do a 4-way LST that way, once I'd got the 4 main branches set up. How big should make squares of the net? 4 inches?

 

[Weaselcracker]

4” is fine, I wouldn’t go bigger. I usually use around 3”. Sometimes you’ll see a rack or piece of of metal fencing that works perfectly. Strings stretched in to a grid work fine too

 

[LiberalThinker]

4” is fine, I wouldn’t go bigger. I usually use around 3”. Sometimes you’ll see a rack or piece of of metal fencing that works perfectly. Strings stretched in to a grid work fine too

I may end up using green garden wire on a frame but looking for something already made that's knocking around.