Quote Originally Posted by oldsanclem
The whole thing is to maximize the size of the plant, to the area.
Light on the floor does not produce bud.
In a small grow you do not have the option to grow a plant 4 ft hight and 4 feet square.
By fim and trimming the plant so it fill up all the growing space and miximizing the light output.
Done right you have all big buds , because you use ALL the light.
The SCROG system works best for the big single bud. But if you get caught with over 99 plants its a federal offence in the U.S.
NOW the real effective way to tell what you have done is the old Grams/Watts/months.
By prying outer leafs and exposing the center and cliping or pinching out the center groth. This is only good for the 1-4 branching of the plant.
At the point of where the branches are long enough. I add chlose pins to the branches to weigh them over.
You can not see the floor, thats when you have a full light use.
I am growing outdoors, well in a greenhouse.