I’m a long way from setting up the screen but I just built one today with about $5 worth of parts…
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I’ve never done a manifold or mainline grow before. Wanted to, but came to the same conclusion as you.
- No one is calling you or anybody bad or dumb for that matter. We’re all on here to learn new things, and stare at the pretty plants
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@Budbrother, did you get that full just by LST without any topping or fimming?
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I would limit differentiating between the two to whether or not a plant is trained to screen. You can scrog an indefinite number of plants. You can sog a small number of plants. In each case amount space would be a factor, and getting away from whether training takes place or not becomes highly opinionated.
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Yes the 6in net on top is to support the colas. @Mr.Indica
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Exactly, the whole purpose of scrog is to get more from less plants by growing horizontally. I just always wonder why I see people call it scrog just because a net is involved. Either way I still get to see amazing plants which is really cool. I love how @Drillbit maximizes his grow space which is also a key aspect of scrogging. I see almost 30 tops on your plants already!
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The net is not only used for support. As you tuck the the branches underneath, it trains the plant to grow more bud sites and spreads the plants out. In turn this method increases yields while supporting the plant.
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I tucked most of them but some I just tied to the net on top.
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Oh lol I meant 30 tops on drillbit’s, but his are much younger than yours. Beautiful scrog you have for sure.
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How many times did you top before hitting the net? I’m hoping for 36 tops with 3 plants and you have done that with 2 lol.
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The more toping you’re doing, the more away from traditional ScroG you’re going. You can accomplish the same horizontal usage with topping and LST.
Based on the amount of time I spent topping and training before lowering the net, I’ll tell you my next ScroG will have minimal toping. Either no tops at all, or a single top of the main center stem at node 4-5 then the rest is all about tucking and tucking and tucking.
If you’re toping that much, you may as well just forgo the net as you’re likely already creating a pretty even canopy 
That’s where your net becomes more about support than to quickly create an even canopy.
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It looks like you didn’t tie each individual string to be independent. I did the same thing initially then valid recommendations from the community reminded me that I’ll likely snip one of the strings by accident while defoliating and end up with a useless net.
It’s safer to have every string be independent for resiliency.
Haven’t topped at all. One on the left is a monster cropped clone and the one on the right has only been lst’d and super cropped once.
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I was thinking about that when I put it together. I figured I could tie a knot at each junction with some waxed thread. That should hold it together in case of an accidental cut somewhere.
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Its important to remember that “scrog” is a made up cannabis world word. Growing a plant or plants in a trellis netting is something that people have been doing for a long time with a variety of different types of plants.
A buddy of mine in the Lab, this is his two plant scrog @Kushmaster_D and he does most of his scrogs this way.
And there is actually am advantage, along with some disadvantages too, with running a two or more plant scrog, but two plants will fill the screen faster than just one giving you a quicker harvest
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This is kinda what I’m trying for right now. Got my fingers (and eyes) crossed already!
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Not only will it fill the screen faster. For me, I like to grow a day strain and a night strain at the same time with fewer but larger tops.
I made the mistake of just doing a heavy Indica and slept for 4 months; till I got a Sativa harvested eventually. Wake up in the recliner with a bowl in one hand and a lighter in the other. Bowl maybe 1/4 burned. FF the tv to where I passed out and smoke some more of that bowl. Then repeat 
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