Clone and Veg Box questions.

JKnuckles

Active Member
Few questions for a second grow. My first grow ended up with all Male plants so i trashed them. Out of 6 seeds 3 germinated and 2 were males and one never grew more than 3 inches tall and was not dying but literally quit growing. All the seeds were just old bagseeds honestly. Next I will get Feminized Seeds Nirvana I am thinking.

Alright i have 2 grow tents now both 3x3x78, After deciding not to use my first larger box i had built. A veg box with a 400 watt MH air cooled, 170cfm inline fan. The second is the same set up with 600 Watt HPS in an air cooled hood as well.

I have a Recirculating DWC system for each box. Each Plant in a 5 gallon bucket is the plan (3 or 4 plants Not sure yet). Will be using General Hydroponics Flora Series. And planning on Taking clones from the Vegging plants about 2 weeks before they go into the flowering box

Does anyone see any problems with this?

Will 4 plants be to much for a 3x3 box?

Any problems with taking the clones from the Vegging plants all the time?
 

chickengutz

Well-Known Member
I got 5 plants in a 4'x3', and 5 in a 2'x3'. Four plants will work fine, don't sweat it. Bend the plants, tie em over, tie em up, etc. What ever it takes. The only real way to find you sweet spot is to do the exact same grow, with the exact same nutrients, with the exact same veg times, over and over. I'm growing scrog so its easy to tie shit off. I take first clones anywhere from day one to day fourteen of flower. and second clones, day 14 to day 30. This lets me clear out the buds that arent going to produce, and if I want some extra clones I have a second bite at the apple. As far as taking clones of clones, and taking clones over and over, don't worry about it. There is so much bullshit about loss of potency and plant problems from people who are only regurgitating myths from one of their stoner friends who grew some bullshit schwag way back when. Genetic drift is real, and it does happen, but with a healthy plant that has a static life cycle, its imperceptible over a period of years. I use GH nutes, using the Lucas formula, and have bumper harvests every cycle. If your worried about over vegetation in your tent, go to 12/12 earlier, or flower with the MH. Mh has a UV-B component and will cut down on flowering stretch,( and thusly yield), but the buds will be sooo much tighter. When I do a sativa dominant strain I flower under MH for much denser nugs, and to cut down on shit growing everywhere.
 
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