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I myself would probably only top once and mainline the two tops tying down horizontally as it grows...keeping the tips of the branches pretty well level with ur hub..u will notice all your bud sites flowering up to the lights so under lighting wouldn't be necessary...I've seen this done with decent results..I just saw a video on YouTube where the person has a small plant doing this..il try n find it and post it so u can see some what exactly wat I'm trying to explain..the clip has nothing to do with the technique it's a review on some sweet goodys so ignore the boring first part lol@Smokey503ski Thank you for the suggestion there!! I guess my main area (for small stuff and cuts) is a fairly small area (36" x 18"), but is already divided into 3 vertical tiers. The main "floor" area has 2 - 6's and is also a pretty small area. Over the years I've thought about how to make it more efficient but haven't been able to as of yet. I rotate things each week, so I do need a bit of room to get around things. I'll scratch some more on paper to see if I can possibly maximize it better. ATM, I plan on eventually getting Gavita; but just not lookin' forward to havin' to get the Ac/De's hoods xD.
@north knect Thank you also for your suggestion!! I had not put much thought into mainlining that area vs. SOG; though If you can buy it, I did think about "horizontal" at least. I did some reading on the various tropism's and which is greater. If I was to run any length of horizontal branching (either mainline or physical horizontal mounting), I would be very inclined to run lighting under and on top of the plants. Then I was back to wondering about too many bulbs or efficiency. Would you worry about an under light in that situation? Also, if you were to mainline bonzai in this space; how many numbers would you try to run?
I suppose one motivator for this area is to have a place for testing various things. I've got a proverbial bean salad that "could" be expedited with another area. Further at times I make my own "salads" and it would be nice to have space separate. Finally, I just like to play around with things (both design and hort.), so I really will get a kick out of "Figuring this area out" as well as various "Scary testing" I may try.
It does kinda suck so far, as, one day I'm leaning in a particular direction; then the next I'm thinking other things. I just can't seem to make my mind up. It may very well behoove me to take another look at my main area though...... if I could somehow get an area with proper height, it would be an HPS no brainer.
Thanks again for all the thoughts so far. There has been some great and logical suggestions and I do appreciate it! I'm always open and welcome ideas and love to discuss things, so feel free.
The plant part is like the last minute-ish..u can see the "side branching" now grows up and they could be topped aswell then scroged to keep your overall height at a very minamel..well hope this sparks some ideas and best of luck :D
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