Should I LST or TOP?

luiji

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Your out take will be dictated by the amount of intake or else you'll implode the tent ;p. Open all the vents and put a feather (etc) on one, if it sticks firm to the mesh then it's not getting enough intake or the out take is just too high. So then you'd have to open a lower vent hole if you have one.

Dehumidifier won't hurt but the problem you have if they do get over crowded is the mid canopy will have little airflow/movement so over lapping leaves will trap moisture along with the sides of the tent. Loli popping does seem like a safety choice in this situation where as normally it's a divided topic. But I dare say most people against loli popping would suggest that if you didn't cramp plants together you would not need to do it in the first place. On top of that, if your plants are say 1.5f tall and you loli pop, your lights can penetrate that far so you are losing weight. So then you are kinda removing the point of doing more plants since you'd likely get similar weight by putting in about 5 less that have more space and don't need to be loli poped (don't quote the numbers ;p). But, defoliated plants that have mostly big tops will be easier to trim so maybe you will like that idea.

Have you done a test run with all 600's going?. It's going to be a lot of heat and if you can't maintain lower flower temps through out the 12 hours you may be better off going with 2. If your out side humidity is high/spiking yet you are forced to suck in lots of air due to heat it might be a problem. I don't think a huey would be able to keep up with that but somebody with more experience in that situation could tell you more. You should also closely monitor your night time humidity, the setting on out take may need to be turned up/down or w/e your environment requires. One would imagine a low setting with dehumidifier would keep it right but again somebody with more experience of that issue could tell you.

Anyway your plants look lovely and you look like you've done a lot of research so you'll probably figure it out regardless. What you really do need to consider though is that by the time you realize some buds are starting to rot theirs not much you can do about it other than cutting it off, at that point it means your environment has failed but hopefully you don't lose much. Just make sure you stick by your guns of removing plants if they get too crowded after the stretch. Post pics at that time if you like I'm sure people will let you know if it looks risky.
I've donne a couple of runs with the 3 600s and was able to keep temps under 26 Celsius, I think I'll be able to run them almost all of the time switching to two if there's some hot weather. The intake/outtake situation is under control so far, will probably add some more of both in flower to move more air. If things get really humid I'll probably get a second dehumidifier and have one on each side and may add an extra fan to move air from the bottom to the top while two fans mix the air in the top. Definitely will take at least 3/4 plants out and hope everything goes well till the end.
 

Flowki

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I've donne a couple of runs with the 3 600s and was able to keep temps under 26 Celsius, I think I'll be able to run them almost all of the time switching to two if there's some hot weather. The intake/outtake situation is under control so far, will probably add some more of both in flower to move more air. If things get really humid I'll probably get a second dehumidifier and have one on each side and may add an extra fan to move air from the bottom to the top while two fans mix the air in the top. Definitely will take at least 3/4 plants out and hope everything goes well till the end.
Ah well if your reducing plant count you'll have a lot less air flow/humidity issues to worry about. You thinking of up potting with less plants or sticking with the 3 gal?.
 

luiji

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Ah well if your reducing plant count you'll have a lot less air flow/humidity issues to worry about. You thinking of up potting with less plants or sticking with the 3 gal?.
I think I'll stay with the 3 gal(right now I'm using the 1.5gal), jorge cervantes advocates the use of 3 gal pots for this tipe of grow and says that by the time the plant gets root bond it's harvest time so no need to waste soil and spend more on pots, but then again I guess I'll have to try it and evaluate at the end
 

Flowki

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I think I'll stay with the 3 gal(right now I'm using the 1.5gal), jorge cervantes advocates the use of 3 gal pots for this tipe of grow and says that by the time the plant gets root bond it's harvest time so no need to waste soil and spend more on pots, but then again I guess I'll have to try it and evaluate at the end
Yeah if your plants keep going as they are they will be root bound ;p. Not sure I agree with him on the ''waste'' thing though. Smaller pots just mean you veg less, get less yield but put in more cycles. Bigger pots are ever more the opposite, preference if you will.
 
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