What do you guys think?

[GreenBean]

I always forget about the fact that you can run a hose on most dehumidifiers, mine included. Just depends on if it's a viable option in your situation. For me, it's really not as I work in my garage/shop too. Just one more thing I would trip over unless I cut a hole through a wall and ran it outside or something. My cube sits on top of it's own bucket. So when it is full, I believe it holds 5 gallons, I can lift the dehumidifier portion of the unit off of it's bucket and dump the bucket and done.

Anyway, for ME I follow the 80/60 rule. 80 F and 60% RH is my sweet spot. I can run that all the way through and be happy. But life doesn't usually want me to be happy. I haven't memorized the VPD charts. But if 80/60 is my happy place, then if I see say 70/50, I'll be ok. Problem here in Southern California, is that it's usually either BONE dry, or Oceanically moist. Went into the garage and checked the tent a few weeks back and it was like 65 F and 90% RH. That is when I broke down and bought the dehumidifier. The additional heat can be beneficial. Although mine does not seem to get too hot, I run it on low. YMMV.

 

[Chubstrr]

This is my first grow in hydro and they are growing like they're on crack. Trimmed up the bottoms again last night and took off all the lower hanging buds starting to develop that will never see the light and some fan leaves, but there are still so many leaves up top blocking bud sites and I've tried tucking them which doesn't help much.

Not sure if I should start trimming some of the leaves up top or not.....As of right now I've left them alone. Only thing I did to the top was a little bit of LST on the taller cola's. Any advice is appreciated.

Here are the new pics:

 

[GreenBean]

Your plants look very nice, so congrats on that. I run coco w/ a dash of soil, so it's some form of hydro I guess. I also like to see that you have a fan blowing up under the canopy. I run two on my floor in the 4x4 and they help a lot.

Your lower canopy is nice and clean, I like to see that too. Always good to do that as you go in case it gets overcrowded in there later and you can't keep doing it. Prevention I suppose.

As for the upper canopy; I'm generally a little more conservative in flower when defoliating upper leaves. I will remove leaves that are blocking lower bud sites, and I will tuck a lot. But that can be an exercise in futility when it gets hot and heavy in there. I also like to spread/ open my plants out as wide as I can possibly get them. For that I install grommets on my fabric pots and it makes it much easier.

In your case, you've got the lower scrog going and it looks like you could probably have used a second net up top. Might be a little late for that now. And looks like you're going wall to wall anyhow. Someone else may have a suggestion for you as to how you can open your canopy up more? I used to scrog a lot, but I'm honestly not great at it. It would frustrate me, and I think I stunted my plants. You can check out my indoor grow thread in that section of the forum and maybe it will give you some ideas, or maybe not. My tent is packed to the gills right now and the way I do stuff may be blasphemous to some. YMMV. There are also many other wonderful, and knowledgable farmers here that each have their own methods and styles. I would highly encourage you to check out their grow methods and I bet you will find a lot of answers to your questions.