Planning 3 tent perpetual grow... Thoughts? Tips? Advice?
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Haydoon
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Watch your cycle timings. Give yourself some space between the grows. If 1 tent isnt used for a week or 2 its better than pulling a harvest too early or ending up with out of control plants because they've vegged too long.
It's a great way to grow, a lot of work and skill involved. The rewards can be great though.
It's a great way to grow, a lot of work and skill involved. The rewards can be great though.
dadio161
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there is actually no need to move plants from tent "A" to tent "B" . you just need to alternate them. One month you harvest from Tent "A" and replace with vegged clones , and next month , harvest from tent "B" and replace clones. This is a great way to always have plenty of " medicine " around. You will really need to get good at making clones with a high success rate. This is very doable , just not going to happen overnite .
Cobnobuler
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Perpetual grow can be done but it really is some work to keep up with. I'm sort of in my 2nd round of such a thing and with different strains too to add to the equation. Is your veg room separate altogether from your flower tent room? I ask that because I use two tents in the same room where I had one flowering and one vegging and honestly it got to be too much to keep up with the different light cycles. With summer coming I had heat issues with keeping tents closed up so when the babies in my veg tent got a little bigger, I decided to flip everything to flowering and my life got a lot easier instantly.
Another thing to keep in mind with a perpetual grow, is normally when flowering after 4 weeks or so, you can cut down the light cycle of 12/12 down to 11/13 or even 10/14 BUT, its hard to even do that if the flowering plants are of different ages, and younger ones still need the 12/12.
So, its a lot to think about and a lot of planning to pull off a perpetual grow, but you can't beat always having a plant coming around to harvest every few weeks or so.
Another thing to keep in mind with a perpetual grow, is normally when flowering after 4 weeks or so, you can cut down the light cycle of 12/12 down to 11/13 or even 10/14 BUT, its hard to even do that if the flowering plants are of different ages, and younger ones still need the 12/12.
So, its a lot to think about and a lot of planning to pull off a perpetual grow, but you can't beat always having a plant coming around to harvest every few weeks or so.
Cobnobuler
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Right, but is the veg tent in the same room or in another room?
I put together a 3-room perpetual grow and have a couple suggestions.
I think that choosing smaller 2-gallon pots was smart. Bigger pots mean there is a lot more variability in the size of your grow.
It is much easier to control plant height with the smaller pots, and, varying plant height will be one of your major headaches.
Stick with the 2-gallon pots.
I see you are planning on using monthly intervals; 6 clones this month, 6 clones next month, etc. Unless you are going to be growing
clones ONLY from the 2 original mothers this will be tough, again, different strains and varieties produce rooted clones at varying rates.
I would suggest the schedule I eventually adopted -- do every thing by the week, not the month. I take 2 clones a week, root them in the dome room,
veg them at 400W in the veg room then move them into my 1000W flowering room. I count on one plant per week finishing. I root 2, pick the healthiest
and scrap the other one. My veg room is actually a closet in real life, maybe 4' x 6'. So there is room for 5-6 plants to veg at a time. By using a weekly
schedule I don't have to worry about clogging up my veg room. I can fit 5-6 plants that are all a week apart in the veg room where I could never fit more
than 3 larger plants. A weekly schedule gives you a lot more flexibility bro.
BigSteve.
I think that choosing smaller 2-gallon pots was smart. Bigger pots mean there is a lot more variability in the size of your grow.
It is much easier to control plant height with the smaller pots, and, varying plant height will be one of your major headaches.
Stick with the 2-gallon pots.
I see you are planning on using monthly intervals; 6 clones this month, 6 clones next month, etc. Unless you are going to be growing
clones ONLY from the 2 original mothers this will be tough, again, different strains and varieties produce rooted clones at varying rates.
I would suggest the schedule I eventually adopted -- do every thing by the week, not the month. I take 2 clones a week, root them in the dome room,
veg them at 400W in the veg room then move them into my 1000W flowering room. I count on one plant per week finishing. I root 2, pick the healthiest
and scrap the other one. My veg room is actually a closet in real life, maybe 4' x 6'. So there is room for 5-6 plants to veg at a time. By using a weekly
schedule I don't have to worry about clogging up my veg room. I can fit 5-6 plants that are all a week apart in the veg room where I could never fit more
than 3 larger plants. A weekly schedule gives you a lot more flexibility bro.
BigSteve.
superstoner1
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why 3 flower rooms? thats 3x the equipment and cost. use one larger area for flower. i have run a perpetual for year, one veg/clone room and one flower room. much easier to control.
ScoobyDoobyDoo
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i would do it out of 2 tents. less equipment to deal with. you are talking about growing plants out in 2 gallons pots so i'm guessing they aren't going to be "monsters" or anything. i would get a single 4x8 tent as your flower tent. less tents means less equipment and cost. you will only need to dial the environment in for 2 tents, not 3. put 2 600's in your flower tent and then just use each side as a seperate flower stage. then get a smaller tent (maybe 4x6) for your veg/clones. there are a few "cloning" tents that have shelves in them so you can clone up top and have vegging plants and moms down below. you will need more than a 400w light to cover the moms and the vegging plants though. maybe dual 400w lights or a 400w light and a T5. my only other suggestion is to think about getting another tent or having a space ready to put the plants into for darkness before harvest and for drying/curing. another smaller tent may be an option. or going with 2 flower tents like you originally decided. just realize that your flower tent will then be used for 10-14 days after harvest as a drying/curing space so you will need ot plan for that.
