Most people put a net above their plants, 10" from the soil, and let them grow up into the net. As they grow, they weave the branches out going over/under into the holes of the screen. This causes the branches to lay horizontally. The plant will shoot up toward the light, popping vertical branches every couple inches. You keep weaving these back under until the screen is 80% full.
Then, flip the plant into 12/12. It does its 3 week stretch through the screen. You finish with like 80 12" tops poking up.
I find it easier to grow the plant tall, & pop the top node out of every branch until it bushes out. Once it's a 5 ft tall bush with many heads, I bend it over and weave the branches into a SCROG. Then I don't have to do a ton of weaving for like 6 weeks. I just grow a plant normally, plucking out apical nodes, and put it in a screen in 35 minutes.
The end result is the same. Light hits the canopy evenly, so you get all big colas and no "popcorn buds".
Then, flip the plant into 12/12. It does its 3 week stretch through the screen. You finish with like 80 12" tops poking up.
I find it easier to grow the plant tall, & pop the top node out of every branch until it bushes out. Once it's a 5 ft tall bush with many heads, I bend it over and weave the branches into a SCROG. Then I don't have to do a ton of weaving for like 6 weeks. I just grow a plant normally, plucking out apical nodes, and put it in a screen in 35 minutes.
The end result is the same. Light hits the canopy evenly, so you get all big colas and no "popcorn buds".