Hi everyone! Glad to be here at last, its time
I'll be taking your very important advices on growing in mediterranean region near sea, with high humidity levels (not below %35 can go up to %85-90) and on roof (it has to do this way). So I'll need hell of a ventilation, probably an air dryer, an AC to stabilize temperature, but with all this, the power consumption goes much higher. I'll need intelligent advices to put out the suitable environment since I don't want 3 folded electricity bills, plus I want to avoid overall costs of much expensive (energy saver equipments).
I may even wait for the suitable month, since summers here are very very hot (also there is this roof factor making it even hotter, never above 30 degrees C), but also in winters it get much cooler and humid, falls to almost 10-15 degree C, with high humidity. So, fall times or spring times may be the best shot to control temperature and humidity.
I think selection of seeds are also very important in an environment like this too. There will be a 1.2m x 1.2m x 2m (WxLxH) grow cabinet with a 600w sodium bulb (probably, that's the scenario I'm going) but since there is only a 1 crop period time once in every fall and spring, there will be a need of growing small (not tall, not so wide) but with big buds.
I've seen a video about big buds 'small plants, big buds' see the video: [video=youtube;3Sa1IIgmtqY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sa1IIgmtqY[/video]
the guy was using clones (I think), and with only 2 day vegetation he starts flowering immediately and he's achiving big buds on a relatively small plants (like 40-45 cm) (I think this is made in the style of shelf growing but made in a cabinet with sodium bulbs and not flouroscent lamps) while this looks pretty productive, on the otherhand lacking experience and deeper knowledge, I wonder what would your advice be for a situation like this?
Also another choosing points to consider;
in the grow area of 1.2 x 1.2 x 2mt which way is the best (if you're not after varieties and just consider productivity)
1. several short and not so wide plants producing around 200gr/plant
2. one big wide plant producing around 1000gr/plant
also if the 'small plants, big buds' method is an option or not for high productivity in a situation like this.
Thank you very much!
