Netting the darn things

[ErolDude]

Just got a frankenstein idea. Would putting netting over the plants make them bushier? As in it would restrict vertical growth?

 

[moruga welder]

i  don't think so  ,  now trimming and topping will      

 

[Helvete]

If you start your seeds indoors under grow lights and keep the lights very low without scorching the seedlings you can make your plants stocky and short.  I used to do this so they could withstand the volatile weather where I used to live in the south.

 

[stevie]

close intense light.

 

[Geonerd]

Doubt it.  Besides, netting does terrible things to birds and other critters who get tangled in the stuff.

 

[oldsalty]

Netting is the worst!!

 

[Immolated]

I was forced to net because a deer went ape s#^% on my reaper, brown moruga, and pink tiger plants.  Neighbor kept feeding deer and then took a vacation, so deer got hungry without neighbor there and went after my plants.  
 
Long story short, I netted the plants because I didn't know what else to do to stop it from happening.  One month later, no more deer issues and an abundance of peppers.  Nature will always find a way though - instead of making the plants bushy it looks like they are just sending branches out of the quarter-sized holes naturally found in the netting.