Quote Originally Posted by bigsby
Why only 2 under this screen? To fill that you are going to have to veg them way out. Why not go for 4 or even 6 smaller plants? You will reduce the veg time by half at least. Also note that you can FIM them quite a bit earlier. The common wisdom is after the fifth real node. Forced branching will help fill the screen faster.
You are probably right Bigsby. I have no idea how much this screen will fill, but when I have 6-8 clones sitting here I will no doubt be looking at using a few more to get a full screen. I like the idea of not having to veg out for 3 months before going to flower.

That 5th node was quite a ways back there... and I have read recommendations to do the FIM after the 3rd or 4th node too. I was then advised that after the FIM there wouldn't be a lot of vertical growth, so I figured that I had to get to at least 10-11 inches before doing it since that is the height of the screen. I need to see what happens after the FIM and how much growth happens after switching to flower so I can get a better idea how to best fill this screen.

I need clarification on 2 terms you used above... "real node" how does a real node compare to a "not real node?" Also, what do you mean by forced branching? Are you referring to the increase in growth from the lower branches after the FIM?

Emmie