The Best Scrog Strains for All Growers

Screen of Green (ScrOG or Scrog) is a cannabis training technique that maximizes a single plant's yield. It’s also an effective method of restricting the vertical growth of tall sativa cannabis varietals and improving airflow in bushy cannabis varietals. For those with no experience, scrogging is one of the easiest plant training techniques to learn. Read our article on how scrogging works to learn more.

If you're familiar with the ScroG technique and already know how to apply this type of cannabis training, the next step is choosing the best strains for Scrogging.

Candy Kush

Candy Kush, sometimes spelled Kandy Kush, is an indica-dominant strain grown for its sweet-tasting and relaxation-inducing flowers. It was created by crossing OG Kush and Trainwreck, resulting in hardy hybrid indica cannabis plants that produce flowers with THC levels of up to 18% and a yield of 14 ounces per 3 plants indoors and 17 ounces per plant outdoors.

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Candy Kush is a marijuana strain that is perfect for enjoying at the end of the day. It's not too pungent or strong taste-wise or smell-wise, but recognizable and pleasant just the same.

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The Candy Kush genetics give the resulting plants a natural resistance to mold, allowing them to thrive in continental climates with cooler temperatures of around 65°F (18°C). It also lets growers apply low-stress training techniques like Scrogging.

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Candy Kush cultivar profile

Godfather OG

If you’re looking for a high-yielding strain, look no further than Godfather OG. This indica hybrid yields 12 to 20 ounces per plant indoors and 16-23 ounces per plant outdoors. Scrogging this cannabis plant will give you a better chance of getting the pound-per-plant yield you want.

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The Godfather OG strain is an indica-dominant hybrid (60:40). It's gained a following for its impressive THC level, which averages 25%.

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This particular hybrid indica strain may need plant training like Scrogging since it helps space out the bushy branches and large colas it's known for. Doing so provides better airflow for your plant, reducing the risk of mold growth.

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Godfather OG cultivar profile

Purple Kush

When it comes to relaxing highs that help with sleep, nothing beats the pleasant effects of Purple Kush. This indica strain is a master at relaxation, providing a high that fills you with warm euphoria that guarantees to help you unwind after a long day.

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Purple Kush seeds grow a potent cannabis strain that originated on the Cannabis-loving West Coast. It is a pleasantly relaxing indica strain that also delivers pure bliss.

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Regarding growth characteristics, Purple Kush produces hardy plants that are compact and bushy. Most experienced growers will have no issue cultivating this hardy strain since it’s resistant to most pests, parasites, and mold. You only need proper temperature and airflow to have it flourish, which can be done by pruning the plants when needed.

But the best method to maintain good airflow in your Purple Kush plants is through the ScrOG method, and because the plants can handle pruning, you can also apply topping on top of Scrogging.

Here’s a fact: topping isn’t necessary when Scrogging, but many growers who apply ScrOG also top or FIM their cannabis since it makes the plants much easier for Scrogging.

Grow Purple Kush by buying Purple Kush feminized seeds in our store, where you can also buy marijuana fertilizers to give your plants all the nutrients they need from seedling to harvest.

Purple Kush cultivar profile

Gushers

If you’re a new grower who wants to try their hand at Scrogging or other types of plant training, then ILGM’s Gushers is the perfect marijuana strain for you. Unlike some versions of Gushers, ours is easier to grow and responds well to plant training techniques.

Gushers Feminized Seeds

Like the candy of the same name, Gushers Feminized Cannabis seeds are packed with flavor. If you love the flavor of Runtz or Zkittlez, you'll love growing Gushers feminized.

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Scrogging your Gushers cannabis also helps reduce the risk of mold since the plants this indica-dominant strain produces are bushy. That means that they’re prone to mold if not properly pruned.

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Gushers cultivar profile

Crystal

When seeking good cannabis strains for Scrogging, a grower should look for three things: quality yield, ease of growing, and hardiness. You can find these in Crystal since it’s easy to grow and has strong genetics inherited from White Widow and Northern Lights. With two legendary strains originating in Holland as its roots, it has the hardiness you’re looking for and the quality yield.

Crystal Feminized Seeds

Crystal seeds grow herb that delivers a well-balanced euphoria combining a cerebral high with a sedating body effect. This feminized Cannabis is 60% indica and 40% sativa.

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And, despite being an indica hybrid, Crystal produces tall plants that can reach heights over 3 feet tall (91 centimeters) indoors and around 10 feet tall (304 centimeters) outdoors. But don’t let the height of the plants fool you. Crystal is still one of the easiest strains to cultivate, and by Scrogging the plants, you won’t have to worry about their height.

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Crystal cultivar profile

California Dream

California Dream is a great strain for Scrogging because it yields plants that have a high resistance to all kinds of stress, like training and cloning. Its cloning trait is so noteworthy that it’s often called a cloning machine in growing circles.

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Are you interested in a high so good even experienced smokers call top shelf? You are going to love the herb grown from California Dream seeds!

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The hardy plants that the strain produces also allow it to grow easily in any environment. But if provided the ideal growing conditions, California Dream can yield up to a pound per plant. However, its vegetative growth is an important thing to consider, as it can grow quite tall. Within just 3 to 4 weeks of growing, it can reach up to 3 and a half feet tall. If you’re growing outdoors, you can expect this strain to grow up to 8 feet tall, making Scrogging more or less necessary.

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California Dream cultivar profile

Chronic Widow

Chronic Widow is an especially great strain for Scrogging because it produces tall weed plants with multiple flowering sites. Scrog growing gives all the flowering sites equal light distribution, as opposed to letting it grow naturally, which would result in some flowering sites getting overshadowed by other branches.

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Chronic Widow seeds grow herb that delivers an energetic, spacey high. After just one puff, you'll feel completely stoned. It comes with a spicy yet creamy flavor, with extremely high THC levels.

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Chronic Widow are resilient plants that allow some room for error when growing. That being said, it’s a strain that can be difficult for first-time growers. But the challenge does have its rewards since Chronic Widow can produce a yield of 18 to 24 ounces per plant.

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Chronic Widow cultivar profile

LA Confidential

LA Confidential is one of the easiest strains to grow on this list, and it produces quality flowers to boot. It’s a popular hybrid strain on the West Coast, loved for its high THC content that provides a psychedelic and euphoric high.

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You'll find this popular West Coast hybrid to be in high demand, especially around the Los Angeles area. This is a super-strain that delivers a powerful euphoria and psychedelic high.

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You need to ScrOG and Lollipop the plants to get the most flowers out of this strain. Lollipopping is a different technique that removes extra bud sites and foliage from the area below the canopy that Scrogging creates. Doing this causes your plants to focus their energy on the bud sites located on the canopies during the flowering phase, producing larger colas and, therefore, greater yields.

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LA Confidential cultivar profile

Pineapple Haze

Pineapple Haze is a high-yielding sativa-dominant strain that produces flowers with well-loved effects. Because of its Haze genetics, this sativa hybrid is sought after by people who love the energizing buzz, and euphoric head-high Haze strains are widely known for.

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The Pineapple Haze strain delivers the cerebral high of the Haze strain, combined with the tropical fruitiness of the Pineapple strain.

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To build up a stash of quality Pineapple Haze flowers, you must get the most out of each plant. A ScrOG grow is the best way to achieve that. Thankfully, Pineapple Haze plants can handle being Scrogged as well as various other plant training techniques such as Super-cropping and Topping.

That being said, there is a caveat to this sativa hybrid. It’s notorious for its long flowering time of 10 to 12 weeks, but that’s all the more reason to get the most out of each plant you grow.

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Pineapple Haze cultivar profile

Runtz

Runtz is a highly praised strain that has won multiple awards since debuting in the 2017 Santa Rosa Emerald Cup. Since then, this 50/50 marijuana hybrid has racked up multiple awards, including the 2020 Cannabis Cup, the 2020 People’s Choice for indica Flower, and the 2021 Hemp Cup.

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The Runtz strain of marijuana has THC levels averaging between 19% and 29% and is a powerful blend of potency and flavor.

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If you’re interested in growing this award-winning strain, you’ll find that it’s easy to cultivate, especially if you have prior experience growing cannabis. Runtz also responds well to Scrogging as well as high-stress training techniques, meaning you can apply Topping or Lollipopping on top of Scrogging.

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Runtz cultivar profile

Growing cannabis should be a fun experience, even as you learn to apply various techniques like Scrogging, Super-cropping, or Lollipopping. All three are examples of growing techniques, high-stress training, and pruning techniques. You can learn more about these and more by downloading Robert’s free Grow Bible.