Multi strain mother cupboard build

Hay everyone just looking for some help with my cupboard, I have built the cupboard but I have never had more than one strain/mother going at a time so am looking for some guidance setting it up. The dimensions are 600x1200x2300mm. I have 2 x 250W MH lights I am intending on it being a hydro set up for mothers (as many strains as I can fit)and space for early veg/flower (before the clones go into the flower room).
I was thinking of having 2 rooms, one for the mothers with two sides, left one being for the larger mothers that I intend on cloning soon which will have a 250w MH and the other side for newly cloned mothers and strains in storage, is there a way I can slow the growth on this side?
In the room at the top I want to have 9 plants with minimal if any veg time, this room will be to ramp the lighting down to 12/12 and the nutrient level up to a point where they can be moved into the flower room (1200x1200mm 5x5 rows 600w SOG) this space may also be used for drying. Due to its height I intend on having an external reservoir that will be raised by milk crates.
What do u think of my lay out? Can anyone for see any traps that I may fall into?

robobud said:

600x1200x2300mm.

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Lol millimetres really?..

Just in case anybody wants to know its 24"x 48" x 90.5".. or 2'x4'x7.5'

Imperial hay. . . hmm ok than I can do that. Thanks


This is what I have so far, it’s a bit of a mess at the moment due to a massive clean up to make room for everything. Its basically a aluminum frame that will come apart for storage when needed with a wooded front side frame that the door joins to. It has a black white plastic cover on the inside and wood on the outside to give it a stealth look when the flower tent is down

Very interesting, keep us updated!

^^what he said... I have never done anything like this.. So I don't really have any helpful input.. But interesting none the least

A bit of a ling delay but some progress has been made. I now have 9 strains growing on 24/0. The space has had lights/hydro/ventilation added and I am now raising my first generation of cloned mothers after my seed moms got to big for the space. I found it difficult to light proof the doors, in the end I used some black paces of plastic to shield the light out.

Hydro:
I have tried to design the system to be easy to reconfigure. For example I may want to have 2 seperet systems running one for newly planted clones and one for older mums that I am currently cloning from. In the photo u can see the set up with rows of trays that drain into a collector pipe, this makes adding/removing a tray take only seconds. On the feeding side of things I have 2 adjustable drippers over each plant. I have gone with a dripper that comes apart for cleaning as I experienced clogging with other types. I intend on making the feeding side more reconfigure in the future, at the moment all my money is about to go to the flower tent. Oh and I have also had a hydro set up running on the top shelf it is packed away right now to make space for some clone domes, I wish I had made this side slightly bigger to fit my heating mats as I can only fit 1 but can fit 2 trays I will get one of them soft mats one
Day.


Lighting:
I started out with 3 flooesent floodlights and a 250MH I was un inpressed with the flooesent output so I added my other 250MH but after a fue months of that I removed 1 of the 250’s and got 4 compact florescent with shades, im hopping with trimming I can manage some smaller mums.

Ventilation:
Right now I have a 25cm extraction fan on a speed controller and 2 24v 10cm input fans running at 12v. I don’t see like I have enough control over it so I will be upgrading it to a 12v computer cooling system soon. I also want to pinch a the 25cm fan for the flower room.
A bit of a ling delay but some progress has been made. I now have 9 strains growing on 24/0. The space has had lights/hydro/ventilation added and I am now raising my first generation of cloned mothers after my seed moms got to big for the space. I found it difficult to light proof the doors, in the end I used some black paces of plastic to shield the light out.

Hydro:
I have tried to design the system to be easy to reconfigure. For example I may want to have 2 seperet systems running one for newly planted clones and one for older mums that I am currently cloning from. In the photo u can see the set up with rows of trays that drain into a collector pipe, this makes adding/removing a tray take only seconds. On the feeding side of things I have 2 adjustable drippers over each plant. I have gone with a dripper that comes apart for cleaning as I experienced clogging with other types. I intend on making the feeding side more reconfigure in the future, at the moment all my money is about to go to the flower tent. Oh and I have also had a hydro set up running on the top shelf it is packed away right now to make space for some clone domes, I wish I had made this side slightly bigger to fit my heating mats as I can only fit 1 but can fit 2 trays I will get one of them soft mats one
Day.


Lighting:
I started out with 3 flooesent floodlights and a 250MH I was un inpressed with the flooesent output so I added my other 250MH but after a fue months of that I removed 1 of the 250’s and got 4 compact florescent with shades, im hopping with trimming I can manage some smaller mums.

Ventilation:
Right now I have a 25cm extraction fan on a speed controller and 2 24v 10cm input fans running at 12v. I don’t see like I have enough control over it so I will be upgrading it to a 12v computer cooling system soon. I also want to pinch a the 25cm fan for the flower room.