Week 6 scrog update, net is filling in nicely

Pulled the net down to 14 inches above the canopy at the start of week 3 and have been tucking every other day since. Right now i'd say the net is sitting at about 65 to 70 percent full, which for week 6 of veg is right where i want to be before i flip. The main thing i'm watching is how the side shoots from the lower nodes are finally catching up to the tops i tucked early on. That's the whole point of the scrog honestly, you're forcing everything to reach the same plane so when the stretch hits, you get an even canopy instead of a few dominant colas shading everything out. Had about 8 nodes on each main branch before i started tucking and the structure underneath is clean. Did a light defoliation pass two days ago, mostly pulling fan leaves that were blocking bud sites below the net. Left anything that was still feeding an active growing tip. Some guys go heavy but i stay conservative until i flip and let the plant tell me what it needs. Flipping to 12/12 probably next Thursday once i hit 75 to 80 percent canopy coverage. That gives the stretch room to work without everything bunching up and creating humidity traps in the middle of the net. Running a Lemon Shining Silver Haze so the stretch is going to be real, i'm already bracing for it. Post a pic of your scrog if you're running one right now, would love to see how other people are managing their tuck schedules this time of year.

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Experienced3d ago

Good timing on the flip, that 75-80% coverage before 12/12 is the sweet spot for a sativa-leaning strain. One thing i'd push back on though, Lemon SSH can stretch 2x to 2.5x easy and if your net is already sitting tight at 80% you might end up with a nightmare tangle in week 3 of flower. I flipped a SSH pheno at 70% once thinking i had room and spent two weeks just trying to manage the chaos. Ended up losing some airflow in the middle and it cost me on the terps, stuff came out way more grassy than it should have. On the defoliation approach, i actually go lighter than most people in veg and then do a more deliberate pass at day 21 of flower once i know where the real bud sites are committing. Pulling leaves early that turn out to be feeding a keeper site is a mistake you only make once. What's the ceiling height you're working with? That matters a lot for how aggressive you can afford to be at flip with an SSH.

Seedling3d ago

I’ve been running some The Seed Pharm autos lately and while I don’t always run a full SCROG with them, I’ve been doing more aggressive LST and light defoliation. It’s interesting how much more even the canopy gets when you focus on getting the lower branches to catch up before flower.