Well del... If you are only using top light (like most others do) then yes you are missing 2/3 of the plant. The lower parts will produce the same thick buds the top of the plant does if you give it some light. Some (not me) use a minimum of 3 lights for every plant some even 4 so every side of the plant gets even lighting. I use movers and custom built lighting to do the same thing. Hydro is the only way you can really give the plants enough nutrients to grow trees. Environmental control is a major point, not just temperature swings but humidity (RH) and Co2 are required along with maintaining the correct water temperature in the reservoir. You need consistency to grow trees not close enough. This is nothing new but most people get by with what they have and come close and thatā??s fine butā?¦.Close is not good enough for growing trees. You need to strive for perfection every time all the time. Did I mention Co2? They start in 5 gallon buckets filled with either grow rocks or lava rock. You do need to pre soak the rocks with Ph balanced RO water...the same water you use to feed your plants. You soak them for about 3-5 day's until the Ph is stable. Lava rock is popular because it's cheep but I like to either mix or just use 100% grow rocks. I did build a small cement mixer to wash the rocks after each grow so I can reuse them. Some people just trash them and start with new each time, not me but I know several that do. Itā??s just the cost of doing business like nutrients and Co2. We grow fewer plants then most only because they need the room to grow out and by doing so we all get higher yields. Everyone uses AC to keep the temperatures down. Most use 3-5 ton HVAC house type of unites. There is one distinct advantage to using AC. By keeping the temperature between 74-78 F odor is not as big of a problem. Itā??s when the temperature goes over 81 that I found odor gets worse but under 80 itā??s not as bad and in the mid 70ā??s there is really no odor to deal with that the carbon scrubber canā??t handle.

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I still want some of those Kush clones too dude.