New perpetual grow room setup advice and opinions needed...

Smitty42088

Smitty42088

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Alright guys I've had success growing as you can see if you look at my journal but I'm always wanting to learn new things and improve technique...Im gonna go through equipment room size ECT ECT but the main answers and opinions are ways to use what I got to set up and ventilate this perpetual grow all on one semi small room....
All right I'm gonna start by saying I have two tents one four by four and one five by five...At the moment I have one 600 watt hps vented hood as well as two hydro Mars 720 watt LED lights actual wattage about 300 on those hydro Mars lights. I'm also gonna be getting a new high wattage led soon haven't decided which but just say one big enough to cover a five by five and at least 1000 watts.I got two online fans that inuse to run on each tent plenty of ducting...My room is big enough to fit both my tents and to leave me a good right by eight space to play around in...
I'd like to Kno the best way to run all these lights and vent my area ..I really wanna run plants in two of those tents and then also flower plants under my new light in the remaining area of the room...The best way to ventilate this project in a sufficient way is what I'm really looking forsince I already have the understanding of growing and keeping cycles for the perpetual gatden...Trying to do all three in one room is where I'm really struggling to get ahold of.
Questions are welcome and pictures of the room coming soon.Im also not against taking one tent down and using one to veg and flower in the room of need be I'm just looking for ideas..
 
etruthfx

etruthfx

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Well the first thing to think about when running a perpetual grow is the cycle of when they come down.
Both methods are the same in that the require at least 2 rooms for veg+flower. And another area to clone but you can do that in the veg room. So
1) All the plants in each room come down at once, you have multiple flowering rooms staggered so there is time in between crops.
Or
2) All of the plants in the flowering room on different cycles. For example you could have 5 going in per week therefore you have 5 coming down per week all in the same room.
Each of them have their pros and cons. Option 1 is going to give you more money overall and all at once, and easier to solve problems. But will need at least 2-3 rooms.
Option 2 is going to give you a more steady supply, but if you are doing it for money this is not the way to go. This is more prone to problems over time because if you do end up getting pm or mites, you will have flowering plants mixed with newly flowering plants and the problem will just contaminate those and be harder to get rid of. You wont have any down time to clean and sterilize in between crops, Where if you have 2 flowering rooms on different cycles, one problem would be isolated from another and not ruin the entire perpetual grow. And you will make less money from less amount of plants.
Personally I am a fan of flowering the plants in the room that they were grown in. I also use 1000w Mh in veg but everyone prefers different. In flowering I use 1000w Mh and 1000w sodiums. For ventilation make sure you have plenty of fans and fresh air intake or co2 supplementation. And ventilation+exhaust.
 
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Smitty42088

Smitty42088

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Thanks man so basically I can't do it all in one room even if I do have tents or its better to have at least two separate rooms. Which is fine
 
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spek9

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Smitty42088 said:
Thanks man so basically I can't do it all in one room even if I do have tents or its better to have at least two separate rooms. Which is fine
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You can do it all in one room with tents (part of my grow has a veg and flower tent in the same room), but the tents (particularly the flower tent) must be leak proof as far as light is concerned.

The flower tent must remain completely dark when the lights are off. To test, get into the flower tent with lights out, zip it up, and ensure it's 100% dark. If not, you need to do some sealing, or use a separate room for each tent.
 
Smitty42088

Smitty42088

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spek9 said:
You can do it all in one room with tents (part of my grow has a veg and flower tent in the same room), but the tents (particularly the flower tent) must be leak proof as far as light is concerned.

The flower tent must remain completely dark when the lights are off. To test, get into the flower tent with lights out, zip it up, and ensure it's 100% dark. If not, you need to do some sealing, or use a separate room for each tent.
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What I'd like to do is veg in the tents and flower in the room itself outside the tents but yea I understand there can be no light leak I'm thinking I'll just put a tent in a separate room to veg and just flower in my main room...Only thing that sucks is the room I have set up now has a hide away door so it's not easily found ya dig ....Just feel it's hard to keep temps and all that other stuff when I got more than one tent in one room especially while their in diff cycles...I appreciate your responses big time my guy.
 
Zoonotic6988

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I run all my tents in one room. I hang white and black poly around each one leaving about a foot all around so air can flow. Different tents on different flower schedules and I'm in there alot with lights on. Has been working out for many years now :)
 
Rainmaker663

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etruthfx said:
Well the first thing to think about when running a perpetual grow is the cycle of when they come down.
Both methods are the same in that the require at least 2 rooms for veg+flower. And another area to clone but you can do that in the veg room. So
1) All the plants in each room come down at once, you have multiple flowering rooms staggered so there is time in between crops.
Or
2) All of the plants in the flowering room on different cycles. For example you could have 5 going in per week therefore you have 5 coming down per week all in the same room.
Each of them have their pros and cons. Option 1 is going to give you more money overall and all at once, and easier to solve problems. But will need at least 2-3 rooms.
Option 2 is going to give you a more steady supply, but if you are doing it for money this is not the way to go. This is more prone to problems over time because if you do end up getting pm or mites, you will have flowering plants mixed with newly flowering plants and the problem will just contaminate those and be harder to get rid of. You wont have any down time to clean and sterilize in between crops, Where if you have 2 flowering rooms on different cycles, one problem would be isolated from another and not ruin the entire perpetual grow. And you will make less money from less amount of plants.
Personally I am a fan of flowering the plants in the room that they were grown in. I also use 1000w Mh in veg but everyone prefers different. In flowering I use 1000w Mh and 1000w sodiums. For ventilation make sure you have plenty of fans and fresh air intake or co2 supplementation. And ventilation+exhaust.
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Rainmaker663

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Rainmaker663 said:
My micro grow?? Started in a Cardboard Box? But today is? Yummm? Cookies n Queen??? Ultra deeeeeLicicious? Brothers Grimm Queen of Soul female crosses with HTG “Master Cookies “( Forum Cookies xSpace Dood) x Master Splinter!
myQueen of Soul started in April 2017 and she’s still goin strong in 2020
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Micro grow in a cardboard box? Yep it’s possible
 
Rainmaker663

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spek9 said:
You can do it all in one room with tents (part of my grow has a veg and flower tent in the same room), but the tents (particularly the flower tent) must be leak proof as far as light is concerned.

The flower tent must remain completely dark when the lights are off. To test, get into the flower tent with lights out, zip it up, and ensure it's 100% dark. If not, you need to do some sealing, or use a separate room for each tent.
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Rainmaker663

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Rainmaker663 said:
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Micro grow! Small box! Two sections split up! Cookies n Queen she’s new and she’s mean! Boxing Match?Queen of Soul Met Master Cookies? In a Boxing Match! Lost on a hike in the San Joaquin Valley a RoyaL Courtship?
shhhh don’t tell no one! But yes indeed that’s F2 seeds of Cookies n Queen! I have lots of Master Cookies seeds! Watch your Boxxxx
 
etruthfx

etruthfx

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Rainmaker663 said:
My micro grow?? Started in a Cardboard Box? But today is? Yummm? Cookies n Queen??? Ultra deeeeeLicicious? Brothers Grimm Queen of Soul female crosses with HTG “Master Cookies “( Forum Cookies xSpace Dood) x Master Splinter!
myQueen of Soul started in April 2017 and she’s still goin strong in 2020
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I don't understand
 
Smitty42088

Smitty42088

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Rainmaker663 said:
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I've also vegged and flowered in the same room in two tents.. I think where I was not putting in full potential is I wasn't venting the tent heat outside the main room from either tent and running a window AC was being counterproductive a bit ya Kno ..I wanna veg in one tent and take the other tent and use the open floor which would at least give me three more feet all around to flower this next time while in the meantime keeping a cycle down that allows me to harvest at least every three months ya dig
 
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