Heres the setup.
31gallon rubbermaid tub. chiller set to 64, {2} eco 4 air pumps, 8 bubble curtains.
1kw light, shared. this tub represents half of the lights footprint.
the other half of the light/space is a soil perpetual. so the light is always 12/12..there is no changing this.
my choices are 3" net pots or 5" net pots.
i can fit {12} 3" or {5} 5"
if i do the 12 3" i can only really use 10 spaces, because of air lines and such. this means if i want to rotate the lid 180 to keep the growth even, i will have to pull two plants out through there holes and move them to the other side of the lid....this also means those 2 plants will never get rotated.
the 5" pots will be a symmetrical layout. like the pattern on a dice. so turning the lid will be no prob.
my issue is this... these are basically zero veg clones. or what little veg i can manage in the bubble cloner. however the res temps in that thing are pretty warm, and last time i added weak nutes it instantly grew slime and nearly killed everything.
my gut says go with the {5} 5" pots, but my greed says go with more plants since i cant veg them larger i might as well lollipop more of them...
all i want is the best yield per run from this system
im not asking much.