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This is just a little story on what I might cost you to veg those plants just a little bit too long. In my case, one week too long. The delay resulted in plants too tall for my tent and light, and in consequence I ended up replacing a 4'x4'x80" tent with one a foot taller. (Gorilla Grow with optional 1 foot extension). I went from having only 19 inches from canopy to light in spite of the fact that I tucked the ends of the shoots back under a trellis net, to a good 27 inches (and dropping) with the branches untucked and set free to grow. I did this about 15 days since I changed from 18/6 to 12/12 on the lighting. Growing in coco coir/perlite mix from Roots Organics in air pots with 5x daily fertigation.
Ultimately I filled the tent edge to edge - but I did that with tall plants instead of short ones. I should have bent branches more aggressively earlier to fill the tents with shorter plants. Here is what happened on Friday:
BEFORE:
In the above shots you can see how the tent has been set since Jan 7. Plenty of room above the tent.
In the image below, you can see that the light is as high as I can raise it.
In the following image you can clearly see that I've cut the lower trellis net. I will remove the upper net without cutting.
Here's a shot of the light mounting. I just hooked the light's hangars together with small carabiners. This light, an HLG-600R, is supposed to have 18 inches of clearance above it, and 2-3 feet below. I figure I can raise it higher with an exhaust fan right there.
A little hard to tell, but the shoots have been tucked under the top net and are growing well.
Here is a shot of the canopy thickness. Note: I started germinating seeds Jan. 7, put them in solo cups Jan 10 and transplanted to coco pots Jan 17 or 18. I posted some shots of the early growth in the thread 'Explosive Growth in Coco Coir'. This is my first coco grow, and they took off so fast I was not ready to deal with the consequences.
To remove the plants from the tent, the first step will be to disconnect and remove the irrigation system.
SWAPPING TENTS
I unhooked a corner of the top net.
Disconnect the halo drippers.
All four halos disconnected and tubing shown on floor.
I tucked the tubing into the closet to keep it out of the way. Although I started the swap 15 minutes after the 2:00pm fertigation and the next watering wasn't schedule until 6pm, I also unplugged the water pump, just in case...
Now I continued with the messy process of removing the top trellis net.
Removing the net wasn't so hard, except I had used a lot of plant ties to tie shoots down, and each had to be found and removed.
Max pic attachment hit (20) - more in reply to post.
Ultimately I filled the tent edge to edge - but I did that with tall plants instead of short ones. I should have bent branches more aggressively earlier to fill the tents with shorter plants. Here is what happened on Friday:
BEFORE:
In the above shots you can see how the tent has been set since Jan 7. Plenty of room above the tent.
In the image below, you can see that the light is as high as I can raise it.
In the following image you can clearly see that I've cut the lower trellis net. I will remove the upper net without cutting.
Here's a shot of the light mounting. I just hooked the light's hangars together with small carabiners. This light, an HLG-600R, is supposed to have 18 inches of clearance above it, and 2-3 feet below. I figure I can raise it higher with an exhaust fan right there.
A little hard to tell, but the shoots have been tucked under the top net and are growing well.
Here is a shot of the canopy thickness. Note: I started germinating seeds Jan. 7, put them in solo cups Jan 10 and transplanted to coco pots Jan 17 or 18. I posted some shots of the early growth in the thread 'Explosive Growth in Coco Coir'. This is my first coco grow, and they took off so fast I was not ready to deal with the consequences.
To remove the plants from the tent, the first step will be to disconnect and remove the irrigation system.
SWAPPING TENTS
I unhooked a corner of the top net.
Disconnect the halo drippers.
All four halos disconnected and tubing shown on floor.
I tucked the tubing into the closet to keep it out of the way. Although I started the swap 15 minutes after the 2:00pm fertigation and the next watering wasn't schedule until 6pm, I also unplugged the water pump, just in case...
Now I continued with the messy process of removing the top trellis net.
Removing the net wasn't so hard, except I had used a lot of plant ties to tie shoots down, and each had to be found and removed.
Max pic attachment hit (20) - more in reply to post.