Why large plants fit a count cap
Typical caps: many rules allow about 6 to 10 plants.
Yield lever: with few plants, size at flip decides the harvest.
Long veg: keep plants in 18-hour light until the canopy is wide enough.
Right variety: pick cultivars that can get large without collapsing.
A six-plant staging example
Shared veg lamp
four plants can share one 1000 W HPS until each canopy is about 3 ft (0.9 m) across
often about 3 months
Own flower lamp
move one plant under a 600 W HPS and set 12 hours on
12 off
Stretch in flower
the plant can fill a 4 ft (1.2 m) or wider circle in the first weeks of bloom
Finish bright
if you can
give it a 1000 W lamp for the last month
Three lamps
one 1000 W veg
one 600 W early flower
one 600 W or 1000 W finish
Staggered harvest
One at a time
pull a ripe plant and slide the next veg plant into flower
Monthly flow
this style can return about 1 to 1.5 lb (0.45 to 0.68 kg) a month if everything runs well
Too much flower
shorten veg so plants are smaller at flip
Direct link
bigger at the start of flower means more bud later
When you can harvest the whole room
No possession cap
you can flower a group together and cut them all at once
Easier care
same size and same stage means one watering and training routine
Still few plants
under a count cap, keep them large rather than adding extras
Plan the calendar
long veg is the cost of those heavy individual plants