Starting purpetual grow for personal medicine

BudgetGrows

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Most of the people I help now a days have been liking diff strains than I. Looking to make a purpetual room for personal strains of my own.
I want to try and cut veg as much as possible this time. I have two plants of each strain so I can keep some as mothers. So being, im thinking of the Sea of green. However this goes against my previous grow style. I like to veg and train into multiple cola plants, not single. But hopefully this will cut my time having to mess with them.
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This is pretty much my thought. I will have a small Mother & clone area and use the four flower room sections to seperate the growth stages.
Looking for tips on growing. Im so used to screening I kinda forgot how to grow nice big single colas. Being personal/family grow. Id rather go quality then quantity. Any suggestions on size of flowering area? How many plants should I start with and in what pot size in flower for sog. These shouldnt be big plants but many plants with sog right. I was thinking squares of 9 plants. So at most in room would be 36 with all sections filled. I have four extra 300w LED lights around here so really best light in each section would reach 2x2. So I guess given the lights I should not go over 8'x8'. Would that be too tight to run a 36 plant purpetual? How long after clones root should I go into flower. Should I give them a week or so?
 

bigsteve

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I have had a perpetual grow going for years. Here's my input.

Don't let anyone tell you what to grow. You are the one putting out the funds and taking the risks that go with being a grower. Having said that, charge them $200 per month to grow their favorites.

You will nee just about 4 square feet of floor space for every square foot of veg space. I use a closet for my clone domes, a 3 x 5 foot space for vegging and an 8 x 8 foot room for flowering.

Hardest part about setting up a perpetual grow is getting your timing down. I have 9 spaces in my flower room so when I harvest a plant I need to have a plant in the veg room ready to be flowered. That opens up a spot in my veg room that I need a seedling or clone to fill. It is almost choreography to get everything moving in the right direction.

Go with clones to really cut down the cost of a perpetual grow. I suggest finding an indica strain or 2 you like and work on cloning them until you get close to 100% success rate.

Good luck, BigSteve.
 
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