# First time grow, LST & Scrog! **URL:** \ **Category:** Grow Journals\ **Created:** [September 27, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/first-time-grow-lst-scrog/54936 "2020-09-27T18:15:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gg58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/958977/32.png) [@gg58](https://ilgmforum.com/u/gg58)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/first-time-grow-lst-scrog/54936/1 "2020-09-27T18:15:42Z")
Okay, this is getting kinda fun. Just a few questions about next steps. Bit of backstory: True OG clone purchased on impulse from local dispo. She was struggling a bit outside, wasn’t really vegging (guilty of rookie sin of overwatering)… ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/2/c/9/2c959f10639ed94f2baac3061a52568e60eaf5a0.jpeg) …so on advice from the ILGM community, we topped her, bought a light, moved her inside, transplanted her, and LST’d her in hopes of resetting the veg. After a few more mistakes, she started taking off: ![IMG_1971](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/1/0/e/10ea26066d7d09e14fb539861a42997c8d285d54.jpeg) Now we’ve built a scrog about 8-9 inches above soil level to eventually give her more support and increase yield: ![IMG_1981a](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/2/c/3/2c375d57d8ae3f6778ebe9e4f3e931f76d7323ae.jpeg) We’re trying to keep her tops somewhat even and she’s about an inch away from reaching the screen: ![IMG_1982](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/d/2/9/d29604135b05c37b301847118158878b5339e9b9.jpeg) Questions: - The growth is very thick. Do we need to be topping/pruning selectively to encourage more lateral growth all over? If so, how? - Our goal is “fill” in each of the screen squares with a bud. With 64 to fill in, is this a reasonable goal? - We’ve read that you should flip to 12/12 after 85% of the scrog is filled in. Is this correct? Does it look like we’re on our way to achieving that? - Next step: cover PVC frame with Panda Film, put in ventilation/filtration system. Does anyone here have experience in Panda Film tent building? Any pointers? Thanks to all who answer! ---
**Author:** ![Nicky](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/nicky/32/397422_2.png) [@Nicky](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Nicky)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/first-time-grow-lst-scrog/54936/2 "2020-09-27T18:34:06Z")
I’m not a SCOG grower so I can’t help you with that but you can raise the light to encourage more stretch ---
**Author:** ![Dagao22](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/dagao22/32/389852_2.png) [@Dagao22](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Dagao22)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/first-time-grow-lst-scrog/54936/3 "2020-09-27T18:49:47Z")
It also helps to know what type of light ur using and I would just train some of it to grow out of the way of the lower growth so it can get more light ---
**Author:** ![Noobgrower95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/898d66/32.png) [@Noobgrower95](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Noobgrower95)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/first-time-grow-lst-scrog/54936/4 "2020-09-27T20:03:35Z")
Honestly you might wanna raise the scrog to 12-18 inches just to have room to water and tuck/trim leaves and branches ---
**Author:** ![Nicky](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/nicky/32/397422_2.png) [@Nicky](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Nicky)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/first-time-grow-lst-scrog/54936/5 "2020-09-27T20:41:21Z")
Good point ---
**Author:** ![Dagao22](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/dagao22/32/389852_2.png) [@Dagao22](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Dagao22)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/first-time-grow-lst-scrog/54936/6 "2020-09-27T21:29:02Z")
That is true man 9hrs til likes return craziness 😵