Thanks! It's getting there, still learning with the new soils I'm using :jointsmile:

I understand recovery time as "no more training", but still keeping everything tied up.

Don't worry about the recovery too much with LST, if you top them then that's a different story. I trained 2-3 weeks into flowering for the scrog and had no problems. I think that's the best way to get an even canopy, and even then, some nugs will be bigger than others. No way to get it perfectly even.

I think the 3 gals will be a little too small to finish with, especially with 8 weeks of veg time. I try to transplant in a way that the plants don't spend more than 6 weeks in one container to avoid ph problems.