You could be right......I am very concerned with plant count and always stay under it.

I do not flower directly from rooted clones....the Scrog was veged for 21 days and the SOG was the same....I have the same plants in 15 gallon containers that are huge....the pot size is a direct reflection in the size of the plant. The GDP in the SOG with 3 gallon bags is 1 huge cola....the same age GDP in a 15 gallon pot is like 16 smaller colas...and like a week behind the smaller pot...though they are the same age....seems like the smaller pots mature faster and of course they are smaller.

The Scrog....is also the same age....and about a week behind the SOG....not sure why...but they were topped to branch out and they were pushed down under the screen to get more bud sites...which led to more branching.

Container size has a major effect on plant size....and bud size....and maturity of the plants.....also....in the grow bags.....they dry out very fast...water almost every other day...in the 15 gallon pots....still water every two days...but they never dry out to the extent of the grow bags.

Experiment.....learn......experment more.....learn more......fine tune what works for you.....

Also I have grown lots of different strains the last few months as follows:

Grape Romulan
OG Kypronite
Purple Dragon
Ny Sour Diesel
Blue Dream
Black Berry Kush
Purple Berry Kush
Grand Daddy purple

New strains growing now

Strawberry Diesel
Power Plant
Purple Train wreck
Pure Kush
Green Thai
True Purple "Grand Daddy Purple"

Lots of keepers here....some I would not grow again.