the side branches are really short and thick
Well, thats supposed to be a charactristic of T44, so it's probably correct.
Mine have been so heavily LST'd though, so I can't really tell.
To me, the rest of your plan sounds great, though I wonder if 6 liters is enough for 14" veggies? Mine were about 14" when they went in to flowering in 8 kilos of soil each, and I'm wondering if the pot size will make it to the end of flowering...

Splifted, you're right, I was hoping that my LST's would be able to get scrogged this late, I only thought of doing that a few days ago, because I was getting tired of tucking leaves and always finding a new bud top that was being obscured.
I tuck every day, but if I went and had a look now, I'd still find 10 small tops that are being hidden amongst my 3 gals.

My expereince now is that it would be a huge hassle to scrog this late in the game.

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