ScrOG (Screen of Green) Explained

Why use the Screen of Green method?

The screen of green (ScrOG) technique of growing is used for its efficiency, even canopy for equal light penetration, and ability to use less plants. Scrogging can be done on indoor or outdoor gardens.

What is the ScrOG method?

The ScrOG method is done by using a netting system (chicken wire, fencing, strings, wood, etc.) and putting them over the tops of the plants. The plants are then in vegetative growth until the growth reaches the netting. Once at the netting, the plants are manipulated into filling out as much of the screen as possible.

 (A fence is completely filled out with multiple bud sites, which in turn creates more colas.)

(Thanks to Las Fingerez of rollitup.org for this photo.)

How to ScrOG:

Once you have your netting set up above the canopy of your plants, keep them in vegetative growth until the growth shoots start reaching the net. Once they are tall enough, start bending all of the growth shoots throughout the screen so it fills it out.

Like so: 

(Each growth shoot was bent to one part of the screen to allow other sites to grow.)

(Thanks to Rotten Egg of grasscity.org for the photo.)

From underneath:

(Each branch is grown until it is tall as the screen and then manipulated to fill it out.)

(Thanks to RaceFan of 420 Magazine for this photo.)

(Las Fingerez of rollitup.org uses miniature netting for individual plants to maximize growth. Very ingenious!)

Advantages of the ScrOG technique:

• It is efficient, as it will maximize yield from a single plant by giving multiple tops and bud sites.
• This is a good method for people who have plant limits or spacial issues and want to maximize yield.
• If done correctly, ventilation could become less of an issue, as more air is getting through more of the plant.

Disadvantages of the ScrOG:

• There is a considerably longer vegetative growth time, which elongates harvest.
• It can be time consuming and tedious for some.
• If not done properly, branches could snap and ventilation could become an issue.

Scrogging is definitely a method that maximizes yield per plant and can pay off if done right. It might be time consuming and the veg time might be more, but the ScrOG method is worth experimenting with. 

TehBosh