Horseman, nice thread. I find myself in the same scrog newb boat. I just put one of my Master Kush clones into the screen today. I am a bit worried about the branches, as they are all bent and bruised from being forced back and forth through the screen and the leaves are all limp and sad looking. After Googling around, I think they should recover since they didn't break or anything.

As far as height, my screen is 2.5' off the ground and 2.5' from my 1KW light. I have a really small vertical space, but in the past I have been as close as 10 inches to the light and not had any ill effects. In retrospect I probably would have been alright a 2', but I wanted a lot of clearance between screen and bucket for some stupid reason. I am just using 300W equivalent CFL's to veg right now because my HID gets too hot in my small room and heats up my water.

Weezard, you have some pretty amazing roots with 90 degree water. Mine is about 77 and its starting to rot a bit, despite the 38W of air pumping through the bucket. :wtf: But the plant above the bucket looks great, and there's no slime on the roots, just some brown color and they don't look happy but they don't look that bad either. Hoping I can limp them along till fall. What the hell do you use for aeration to not get rot in that hot of water?

I posted a thread about my scrog in the advanced techniques forum with some questions that no one answered, and those are: 1) How big do I let the tips get before forcing them back through? and 2) (Which I think I answered myself in the affirmative) Is it OK that the stems are all brown and bruised at the bend site or should I unweave them out of the screen and straighten them out?

I am pretty excited to flower this plant in the ScROG in a couple months after it has filled up the screen. So far, its got half of a 4'x3' screen filled with two months before I can flower because of heat issues. Good thread, and I'm sure I'll be back! :thumbsup: