Less Veg, More Plants or Longer Veg, Less Plants

I have a question that I have been meaning to ask for awhile.

Should I have a shorter Veg time (3 - 4 Weeks) and have more smaller plants?
or
Should I have a longer Veg time (10+ weeks) and have fewer but bigger plants?

This said, I will tell you a bit more about my setup and what I intend to do.
In the next two or three months I will being using my spare room once again to grow but this time going a lot better then my first.
I will be using 600W HPS (Air Cooled), Aero/NFT System (Modified version of Stinkbuds), C02 etc..

Here is a basic version of what the setup would be.

This is what my orginal idea was to do. Veg plants for four weeks and put 8 plants per 600W HPS.

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Aim here I was hoping was 1.5 - 2 Ounces per plant

This is what I was thinking of when I meant less plants. Only have four plants that have been vegged for 10+ weeks per 600W HPS

Less Plants.jpg
Aim here was 3 - 4 Ounces per plant

When it comes down to doing this I was thinking of running one strain as a test trial.
Sometime like Northern Lights x Big Bud (Mostly Indica) that I have heard has a large yield.
What would the best for the system I am running more indica strains or more sativa strains.

Another reason I am asking this question is because less plants also equals risk if getting busted.
But am I asking for too much from these systems? What would be best to reach my aim?
 

roidrage152

Active Member
It's my understanding that aero is better for smaller plants. Not to say you can't grow some plump fuckers in an aero set up quite efficiently I think it's better suited for faster flips.
 
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