Bubbler Buckets for mothers.

[Buddahbear]

I'm new to hydro but I was wondering seeing as how people can grow monster trees with bubble buckets, is it economical to make bubble buckets for mothers? I'm thinking about trying this for a continual harvest system (using sea of green, ebb and flow)

[latewood]

NO...You cannot keep up with the foliage...Use A good ocean forest soil for your MUM's

I tried bucket for MUM and it got 6 feet tall and hermied iun the end...Now I just give my MUM's Pure Blend pro in soil...peace

[Buddahbear]

Would you reccomend that you not use any kind of hydroponic system for mothers and going with some

[ronjohn420]

yeah..... thats a big no no... plus eventually the roots will become bound in a bucket......

and even if you used a 10gal.... youre burning a hole in youre wallet just to keep the nutes up

[mistyganjatree]

actually in DWC you can grow and maintain very well a mother, as a mother is always being trimmed it wont get too much foliage at all, especially in sea of green where alot of clones are needed. the same cannot be said for soil, where the grow will be slower, the roots will be controlled by the amont of soil it has to grow in and the amount of soil to extract the nutes , not so in hydro!

[Buddahbear]

That's what I figured Misty. If my plant is really just going out of control I'll just take a bunch of clones, even if I don't need them.

[ronjohn420]

That's what I figured Misty. If my plant is really just going out of control I'll just take a bunch of clones, even if I don't need them.

okay.... have fun then, and update us on this mother as i am interested how it will turn out

[latewood]

Do as you wish, but if you take too many cuttings at one time you will produce a bunch of hermies...I know, i tried DWC MUM's for a year, and unless you plan on growing 20-40 plants at a time, you cannot keep up with the DWC MUM.

but, I cannot tell you what to do. If you go DWC, you will find yourself ovewrwhelmed at some point, I am trying to save you the trouble. I grow all hydro...DWC, Aero, Drip...But MY MUM's are in 3 gallon pots.

And, If LEO comes a knockin'...It is a whole lot easier to save your MUM by throwing her in a box and hauling ass...Very hard to do that with DWC...Good luck

[mistyganjatree]

thats what sog is!
36 plants a meter square
i cut 72 a time
just right for my rain forest cloner!, the mothers have trouble keeping up with that sort of abuse in soil,

[BigWeed]

I keep one mom in my dwc for only 2 months and I get off her in that time period about 100 clones and when Im done with her I lay her to rest because she is a massive 6ft to 7ft tall and already has out grown my space. So I just replace her with another clone and keep the process going.

[Buddahbear]

Big Weed that sounds like a good idea, that way you only have one mother that you just hack up then toss her and replace her with a cutting of herself.

[mistyganjatree]

thats what we all do except i lst mine to keep them low, i have chronic 7 yrs old, but this is like the 20th or more mother,from the same mother!???? is that confusing?
well thats how we keep our genetics going so long