I got a 1000 watt Mh in an 8x8 walk in closet. I have 8 plants just started under the MH from seed. If I end up with less than 6 females I was thinking about just cloning the best ones, scrapping the grow cycle i have and then using up to 15 clones for a second try at it. Sound like a good Idea? Or should I finish the grow I have and take one or two clones for a mother plant to use for the next cycle. I feel like I;m wasting time with only 8 plants under a 1000 watt especially if a bunch of them turn out to be boys. What do I do? Whats most efficient here?
Well when those 8 plants get more mature, 8 is about all a 1000 watt light can handle. Also when you say scrap do you mean get rid of? Never kill good females, you neve know, your clones might not root.
def. never kill a good female, why scrap any of the mothers? you can constantly take clones from them, and smoke them while your waiting on all your little clones to grow up and finish... also 1000 watt in an 8x8 sounds like you might have some heat issues... not too sure, just my opinion
Sounds like he only has the 1x 1000w mh/hps light. So he wouldn't be able to keep his mothers. He'd have to clone and hope he ends up saving most of the clones. Personally what I'd do is clone the female and just grow the clones, that being that a majority of the clones survive, unless you're able to get a CFL light for supporting a mother or 2, then keep your best females as mothers and keep cloning them.
yeah I was thinking If I got enough females outta the 8 plants I'd clone the strongest female and create a momma outta the clone put it under perpetual light (CFL). and finish the crop.