For sure Scrog is a WAYYY easier method. no pinning, my problem with lst is after you have your bush formed its hard to get in there, the canopy gets really thick, which isn't bad its just hard to work with. Scrog controls the top without having to make it so dense, and you can take the screen off and its relatively easy to get in there and trim. With my lst I started when she was still little, and I was pretty agressive pinning new growth spreading her out rather than up, it worked and I got a thick thick canopy, but the original stem of my plant got covered up when I put a layer of perlite on top of my soil. So basically I made my main stem a root when I buried it, its really awesome it just looks like I have all these tops sproutin from perlite, but really the stem is just right under there all pinned to the ground. ***I've heard said "I've never had yields, like the yields I get with a ScrOg". Go with it, you might just become a ScrOg thumper. I probably would have done it if I had a screen at the time and a bit more space.