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right now I have just harvested some autos and have an empty tent. I also have a butt load of clones that I was planning to flower outside, but we had some pretty wet and cold weather so I didn't bother. So, to tackle these two issues I'll put some of them in the tent, veg for a few days to get them settled and straight in to 12/12
I want to put in quite a few clones. I have about 40 available. I don't think I can fit that many in, but there won't be any real veg time so I'll pack in as many as I can. These are the clones that I have The tent is 120cm (4') x 80cm (3' ish) and 180cm (6') high. With a 600w air cooled HPS and a MarsHydro 100x3w LED that draws 170watts.
it looks like I can just about fit 24 plants in there but there's no way I'll be able to water that many pots and the pots would have to be so small that I think it would stunt development. So the plan is to make a shared bed. I know I'm going to be shot down about this because so many people think that plants don't do well when they share a pot, let alone 24 in one. Having one big bed means there will only be one body of soil to water and the roots of the plants can stretch out quite far distances I have cut 2 boards of 110cm in length and another 2 of 70cm in length so the bed pretty much fills the floor Then laid in some black plastic sheeting and poured in some expanded clay balls so excess water has somewhere to drain The balls are about 5cm (2") deep Then another sheet of plastic on top with several holes punches in to it I filled it with some old soil and perlite mix. This soil is pretty much totally void of nutrients so I'll be using my hydro nutes on this. I like my hydro nutes, I can easily control the dosages I've primed it with a mild nutrient solution and now waiting for it to soak in and even out
Im in gold I probably won't be able add much to your wealth of knowledge but I'll sure gain from it, Oh and dayum! That bed looks awesome
I can't wait to see what you get going in that bed, once I'm able to go indoors with my growing I'll be trying things of this nature and tbh I don't think I have seen this done on gc before so I'm kinda excited haha
I haven't ever made a bed this way so don't know how well it will work. I know it won't be as good as a free draining pot but I don't have anything the right size and shape. I did what I could with what I have. It's a one time effort, I'll be back to DWC after this one most likely
that was a while ago lol, yeah that went pretty well considering the restrictions. I'd like to have another go at that one day. I think an RDWC would work better than the flood and drain set up I had because with the pot being full of clay balls there wasn't much room for the roots
I may regret putting that many in there lol. But I figured the more I put in, the less time I'll need to veg. I figure 4 days of veg should be enough for them to settle in
good question, I didn't really think of that. I guess I could either try and pump water out from under the soil in the clay balls, or just not give them nutrients for the last 2 or 3 weeks and let the plants suck everything up
ok they are in. I suspect I'll lose a few from them fighting to get to the top but as long as I get a few ounces in just 9 weeks I'll take it as a win