In need of some advice for new grow

Axion42

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Sup growers, looking for some advice on my next grow. This will be my second grow, my first was determining what strains I'm going to use and I was successful in that - Gelato, Chernobyl, Cookies n Cream and possibly Epoxy (may change to something different later). So with that being said I have those 4 strains as my mother plants in a separate DWC setup. My flower tent uses High pressure aeroponics with 1 ES300 LED light.

I'm wanting to flower clones from my mothers straight to 12/12 after rooting in my cloner. My question is what is the best technique(s) to achieving maximum yield? I dont want to veg because space is limited in my flower tent and I'm impatient. Keep in mind I'm growing with High pressure aeroponics and my plants grow insanely fast, on top of that the ES300 is an awesome piece of technology. So let's say my clones are in my cloner for 2 weeks generally it takes about 7-14 days to achieve feeder roots in my bubble cloner. After 14 days I plan to put in my aero box straight to 12/12. At this point should I top the clones, or super crop? I'm leaning towards those 2 techniques for maximum yield, more so the super cropping. Can someone give input on what they would do in my situation? Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks

-Alex
 
If you top them it will take a few weeks in veg to grow out new shoots. I would just pinch in between all the nodes as best you can and favor the lower branches by leaving them alone to allow them to become new colas. You say you want maximum yield yet you don't want to veg them out at all. I don't know how that's really gonna work for you but I suggest vegging at least for a week or 2. Like you say they will grow hella fast in a dialed in aero system. Here's what I would do:
Run the lights over your cloner 24 hrs a day.
Supercrop copiously after transplanting
Set your lights to 18/6; veg as normal for a week or so
Drop the hours of light by one or two hours per week; go to 17/7 or 16/8...
this helps induce pre-flowering and reduces stretching. By the time you get to a 15/9 cycle your plants may begin to throw pistils. Then just flip to bloom phase 12/12 as normal. You'll get the benefit of a couple more weeks of veg time while increasing the amount of nodal areas where buds form thusly increasing bud mass later on. The more gradually you reduce the hours of light the more pronounced the effect.
 
Thanks for the reply, yeah you're right about the topping idea, just thought I'd ask incase someone knew something I didn't. By maximum yield I just meant how do I get the maximum yield in my scenario, I know that vegging would be best for "maximum" yield.

I actually like your idea though about slowly lowering the light schedule, I have never seen anyone talk about doing this but this is good info, I will deffinetely give it a try. I now have my clones in the cloner and I'll give 24 hours light until transplant in a couple weeks. Thanks for the info!
 
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