Just re-read softmac??s post. Shouldn??t have done that?..It??s got me laughing all over again. And if it comes down to the end and I still can??t grow successfully, you just won??t be able to take away from me the fun I had trying.
Ok?.I??ll try to get serious here.
Thanks for the reply Crabby. All input contributes to the end. While our styles may differ somewhat?.I??m learning.
I went looking for a quote that Ms Stinky used for a while?..can??t seem to find it again??so I??ll mis-quote it as something like ??eventually your style matches your space?. Being a Calif boy, and until it changes we??re allowed six mature plants. So after some study I decided on DWC and Scrog. My somewhat limited space seemed to lay out well for that approach.
Then of course it evolved into optimizing that style.
Here??s some advice offered by Headshake on another thread:

it all depends on your enviromental factors. lighting, nutes, strain etc, etc. why not grow a plant in your setup and see what it does in those two weeks. keep in mind that it will double to triple in size during flower.

So let??s imagine that I set the screen at 14??..that??s about 1/3 of the available space. Veg until I feel that I have a pretty good fill (maybe 70%) of the space below the screen??.then 12/12 from there on.
How does that grab ya???..If that puts your panties in a bunch?..then speak to me.

IMHO, within reason (and strain), you can make the screen whatever height you want, but the key and trick is to get the light penetration you need.

Is it foolish to think that the screen at this point has pretty much leveled the playing field, the light from here up more concentrated on the flowering portion of the grow. Isn??t everybody in the same boat?.raising lights in relation to the tallest point. The point of control being which lighting was chosen from the git-go.
I can do some tying down above the screen?.but not so clear as how to optimize penetration. (Yikes, I just now realized why I??m old and single)

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