Does A Trellis Help Alot wiht Sativas?

Running 3600 watts of Sour Diesel, and I think I'll do the same strain next time. I have some reall ynice buds that are pretty damn developed, but they hang low in the canopy and sometmes don't get enough light - still they are pretty nice.

I have to imagine if I bulit a trellis and put all these secondary shoots through it, and then took the bottom stuff off, I would be getting a better yield. Do you guys have experience wth a trellis?

Problem is my room is pretty damn close to being absolutely full...I don't have enough space on both sides of the table for the trellis. I could suspend it in air via chains that are on the ceiling and somehow make so my vents are above the trellis. You guys ever done this? This way the trellis could even be moved up if needed.

How far above your table do you put the trellis or do you kinda wait and see how they grow?

Mc, I can't be sure but it does make a lot of sense. I used dirt. I'm was thinking the next time I might put one of those "tomato cages" into the pot. Let the tree grow up into it for stability. But your idea sounds good. Controlling the tree by weaving the branches toward the light should = more tops.

I use Sunshine#4. I think it could work well, and then anything that you can't get through the trellis (gulp, I know someon this forum say it's a no no but do it without any problems) just chop it right off and have solid air flow around the bottom 1\3 of the plants at at "dirt level"

Any other input?

I was thinking that the trellis would be placed about 6" from the mylar wall. Vertically hang the light down from the center of the room. As the tree grew up the trellis, I would weave the head through the lattice toward the mylar wall and then back through the lattice toward the light. I would do the same for the branches. I imagine a wall of bud with a light on one side backing a mylar wall. The backside of the tree should get enough reflected light. Who needs growth on that side of the trellis? Put a small fan back there. If you are talking retrofit that's a tuffy. It would take you hours and present many dangers doing it correctly. You know, soldering metal coat hangers above plants, etc.

is that if you are weaving the plant thru it, then how does it get light when she's woven into the back part of the trellis? every time you shove the stem back into the trellis it'll be w/out light back there, or not as strong a light

once a few plants are interwoven into the trellis you are then stuck with their placement. also you can no longer turn them at all, and pulling buds would (I think) be a bitch if she's all tangled thru a trellis

Max is talking about a more complicated system them I'm proposing. I'd simply use the trellis to hold up secondary shoots so they get an ample amount of light.

Sour Diesel needs to be staked up either way, so why not just build a trellis? Right now I have lots of secondary shoots that can't support themselves, and while the bud formation on the end of it looks decent, I have to imagine it would be alot better if that was pulled through the trellis and into good light area rather than hanging for it's life to the side or under neath other plants.

Whatever doesn't want to stay put through the holes in the trellis, gets chopped off and the plant focuses on bud formation inside the net.

It's kind of like a SCROG, just a bunch of shoots all hopefully somewhat level through chicken wire, only you don't keep the plants small.

Input??