Recently been cramming 12 3 g pots under each 600. I have 4 hoods so there are a few plants in between hoods.
2-2.5 oz per plant. 3 week veg. Bam. 24oz/600 w. And i have zero "larf" just trimmed up 6 plants and have 10 grams of trimm no little nugs or crap at all. Loveing this new way. I used to do 4 10 g pots. 3-4 oz each. Works but this is way easier.
i've thought about doing this. i totally would with some blumats. self watering, living soil, rocking it. nice stuff man.
my favorite way to break a lb on 600 is 4 plants, with a nice even canopy all the way across a larger hood for that little bit of extra spread. to this effect:
if i remember, i'll post these same plants in about 3 weeks to this thread. gettin ready to stake them up and spread em out just a hair, not too much. each plant has at least a half dozen colas in the sweetspot, and some have more like 10. been growing this strain for a few years, and i know it well though. they're just a few days into flower now.
in my experience so far....one more key element, if growing in soil, is the frequency of CEC. if you can size your containers properly so that they require a good watering every other day midway through flower, you're increasing the CEC in the soil. CEC requires water to break ionic bonds from cation holding medium (or for bottles watering is required to feed plants) and deliver the solution of ions to the roots.
when I have a plant in a soil container that will fill it in with roots just right over those 8-12 weeks of flower and can achieve the need to water every other day towards the end of flower, I saw big improvements in total harvest. Like with the vegamatrix i'm currently using, the more frequent i can feed, even if it requires less food (ppm) each watering, the more the plant will consume. it's just about not overdoing it. use common sense when feeding, and know your plants limits.
but think about it, the hydro guys get so much faster and bigger growth because everything is fluid already and plant available. some water many times a day... thus a lot of nutrient uptake. this is what happens when your container is appropriately sized, and requires more frequent watering because roots are taking in the available water MUCH faster having filled the pot with roots. one nice contained Rhizosphere, ready for water.
IMO, when plant roots sit in a pot that is too large and has not filled in with roots, and they've used up the available water that is close to the roots, CEC slows dramatically when that water is gone. yes there is moisture in the rest of the pot, but there are no roots to pull it in if there is way too much soil! the moisture wicks or moves much slower towards the plant through the medium, and water is required for CEC to occur since h2o breaks the ionic bonds. water wicking, i would bet, has much less solution of dissolved ions that fluid water. Also, this is what causes roots to sit in wet soil, as 90% probably know already.
i dunno, maybe i'm just rambling from coffee and Dr. Who bong rips, but this is just my opinion on how I grow, and not necessarily for everyone's methods. however, it works great for me...
