Trellis height? LED height?

Traplife

Traplife

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Hey guys, so these two little ladies are about 3-4weeks into veg (sativa hybrid), i also "topped" them yesterday. Today i made a pvc frame for a trellis net i bought, however im not sure at what height to put the plants.
Do i want the canopy under the net or just over it?
Also by lowering the plants so that they would be under the net, theyre now about 18" under the 600w LED light, as compared to the 9" distance i had before.

So do i raise the plants back up?
are they good where they're at and i should just lower/raise the light with it?
basically the trellis height is set. however i can move the plants up and down because theyre on top of cardboard boxes.

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Traplife

Traplife

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update: started training branches and tucking them under. ran more net overlapped to make the squares smaller. trying to stretch the branches to the farthest square they can reach. lowered the lights to about 12" above the canopy

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Richard Drysift

Richard Drysift

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You want the entire canopy above the net. You've got awhile before you fill in that whole thing; don't stretch the branches just let them grow. Kill everything that doesn't reach the net. You want only stems under the canopy. You want to weave those main colas & tie them so that the side branching all become new mains. Flip when it's filled out completely. Lollipop just before you flip em. I'd leave your plants as low as they can go & just train out the branches but be sure you've got a large enough container to sustain them through to harvest. This pots look kind of tiny for a scrog; you might need to feed & water them heavily by mid flowering so use the biggest pot you can fit.
 
Traplife

Traplife

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Richard Drysift said:
You want the entire canopy above the net. You've got awhile before you fill in that whole thing; don't stretch the branches just let them grow. Kill everything that doesn't reach the net. You want only stems under the canopy. You want to weave those main colas & tie them so that the side branching all become new mains. Flip when it's filled out completely. Lollipop just before you flip em. I'd leave your plants as low as they can go & just train out the branches but be sure you've got a large enough container to sustain them through to harvest. This pots look kind of tiny for a scrog; you might need to feed & water them heavily by mid flowering so use the biggest pot you can fit.
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when you say kill everything that doesn't reach the net, when? right now? in a couple weeks?
the main stem/cola/thing whatever is already past the net. i added another ned right above that with larger squares.

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Richard Drysift

Richard Drysift

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Just before you flip; when your plants are done vegging and anytime during flower phase just cut off any leaf or branching that is underneath the net. Any growth shaded under the net will not produce at all so just get rid of it so the energy will be directed towards the nodes that will grow bud.
That 2nd tier is going to shade out the first. I think you are better off with a single net & just tie down all the branches like an octopus to force the branches to become new mains. Then flip once it is filled out with plant material. LEDs do not penetrate all that deep so you need to expose as much top surface area as possible & keep your canopy as flat & even a possible to maximize yield.
 
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