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also it sounds like you could use a minisplit.... way cheaper than window units/whole house systems and easy to install yourself. just a vacuum pump (harbor freight $100) and some yellow jacket gauges.
my 24k BTU minisplit was only $1,100 shipped
and i am currently running 6 lights in one room and it holds at 70* with 95*+ weather outside
ya i feel ya. getting all the shit together is expensive, and it seems like when you finally get the last piece of the puzzle you find a new better way to do it anyway!
lol its funny i started acquiring all my equipment about a year n a half ago too.... since then i started with a partner and we went through 3 setup changes, 2 reconstructions and now its just me and our 4th setup change! ive got all the old equip too just sitting around looking like expensive junk!
and dido on the parent thing lol! i finally walked my dad through my shop about 8 months ago (my dads been sober for like 25+ years) at first when he found out he wasnt stoked. after i showed him that i had run 220v electrical, done 2 a/c installs, built 3 rooms from scratch and financed it all myself, he became supportive.
no one touches my shit. i have never had anyone take care of my stuff the way i do. my old partner used to get mad when id go in the grow and do stuff. im totally with hawk on this. crop first, vacation after.
what ive done that seems to work pretty well is cut back mothers getting to big and then transplant them. even into the same exact containers, but while you have the root mass exposed trim it WAYYYY back. this allows you to cut the plant back ALOT further where it wont just double from what you trimmed it back to in a week.
yellow notepad has some decent examples of bonsai'ing mother plants