U know what man....thank u sincerely for being reasonable and objective. ....more ppl are more interested in justifying their methods instead of having a rational conversation on the matter. One of my best buds from the farm here (mittenmedgrow)( the real one) have had this conversation on more than one occasion. He runs a 16k room and grows big trees in an effort to stay within his plant counts and has sed that if plant counts weren't a factor he wud be runnin a plantlet style method because of all the aforementioned reasons. Trees have their purpose, r fun to grow, and r def impressive to look at but are by no means efficient from a purely commercial/production standpoint. Its not a matter of opinion its plain common sense
I understand that faster turnover is a huge factor but I have found longer vegged plants tend to grow more potent and complex flowers. And I grow meds as well as its recreational use. So any method that might reduce canabanoids I really can not consider. So I space out bushes and flower them to the pot. Approx 2 feet thick of flowers. No real larf in my room except for a new strain I don't know maybe. I have learned to be pretty consistent.
If I had a proper veg room so I had several mature plants to choose from to immediately fill a flower room open space I could increase production.
But I only grow what I need. And quality has to come first.
I wasn't arguing with you. You mentioned plant count growers. I was commenting that because of plant count this is how I maximize my system.