Ok well with that I will drop this:
1: Just a personal opinion but advanced nutrients is a waste of money when you can get the same results for SOOOOO much cheaper, and way TASTIER as well. I am an ALL day smoker every day all day ya feel me? I have done side by side tests with organic and chemical nutrients and hands down every time the organic wins smell and tastes tests and lets not forget about high tests lol. There are alot of great organic nutrient companies look for OMRI labels this is pure organic stuff. Natures Nectar great product 3 part seris with a 2 part add on line that is optional.
2. Topping works GREAT new growers (as I was once as well) are always leary about just cutting the main growth tip off the plant in veg. You gotta have the big picture in mind when you are growing pot. Let your plant get 4-6 nodes and just cut the main growth tip off. The end result is 8-10 colas. You then tie these colas down and out horizontally till they reach the outer rim of your big 7-10 gallon pots. Once they have reached the edge all the way around you can let them free to go vertical again. I find yarn is the best substance to use when doing LST (low stress training) to tie the plant out. About this time which is normally 6-8 weeks of 20-4/18-6 (whatever you prefer for veg time) is when you switch to 12/12 or flower. Unlike letting a plant go natural you are gonna cut off all the under brush growth or the lower 1/3 of the plant. Leaving it only cola to grow. You normally stop this trimming or "lollipopping" about the third week of flower once your buds are starting to form. Now by the time you have flipped 12/12 you should have already had preflowers forming in veg. You thus start counting flowering days AS SOON as you flip 12/12 (as long as you had preflowers in veg mind you). I never go by the days on the seed packets or breeders info I always go by look of eye. You'll know when its right got all red hairs that are receeding into the bud, the bud looks a tinge of orange and just is hard as a rock.
3. BIG POTS result in BIG BUDS. You can do 1 of either 2 things. Fill your tent up with a BUNCH of small plants with smaller buds or fill your tent up with a few big plants with huge buds on them. Also I have found when using big pots that cutting little cheater holes on the side of the bottom pot resivour helps a BUNCH when watering and draining the pot into the shower like I water.
4. Cool tube or air cooled reflector. You can get the light SOOOOOOOOO much closer without risk of burning the plant resulting in more trichombs.
5. If your thinking about more sativa side strains that tend to stretch stretch stretch I HIGHLY RECOMEND you getting the Humboldt County's Own Trio pack Bushmaster, Purple Maxx (or Snow Storm Ultra whichever you prefer), and Gravity. Do some research on the products they work GREAT.
I'm gonna be along for the ride anyway you go man just giving you some insight that I would've loved before my first grow. Good luck with the whole thing
. good tent but it will definatly need an Intake aswell as an exhause since the area is tight..