My CFL strategy - opinions welcome

I pulled .5 grams per watt and then another .5 grams per watt 4 weeks later so I thought I would detail my strategy.

I top the plant at the 6th-7th node. I've found a 2nd topping is optional using a screen. Upper branches are trained out so the lower branches catch up. This continues into the 2nd week off flower. I end up with around 4 tops per square foot. Any time during the first 2 weeks of flower I may again top a branch to slow it's growth. This gives me a very even canopy usually 2-2.5 feet above the screen. Keep in mind other than the original topping and the other 'above screen' toppings nothing else is removed, no braches or leaves. During flower, bud growth is restricted to the top 2 feet of depth. At harvest I trim everything down to the screen. This gives me another level canopy ready to be flowered for another 4 weeks and I pull the same yield.

I think this produces the best yield in the time frame involved.

That's actually a pretty smart ass idea!

Soil? Hydro? Strain? Bulbs? Configuration? Pics?

I'm using a t5 panel. The main thing is to have 2 feet of space under the screen, holes large enough to move things around, ideally around 2.5"x2.5". LST as long as it makes a difference and then HST as needed up to day 14 or so. Everything above the screen will be vertical. When the plant is cropped at the screen there's another full flat canopy of popcorn that can develop into some nice buds -w- 4 weeks additional time. Yield on 2nd flower was slightly larger than 1st.

NaturalWorksOrganics said:

Soil? Hydro? Strain? Bulbs? Configuration? Pics?

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Yeah, we would love some pics!

I don't have any pics of that grow, though the current one will go the same way hopefully. I've been reading a bit and .5 grams/watt seems pretty good for CFLs. I was just impressed I could pull the same yield 4 weeks later.

As for the grams I ran 3 plants on 25 gallons of water with a max of 600ppm Maxibloom supplemented with microbe tea in a RDWC -w- water chiller @68F, PHed to 5.8 in flower under 8 bulb panels (2'x2' and 2'x4') using 3000k t5 bulbs (600 watt total). Both harvests were over 10oz.