Thank-you Tech for the info. Just a bit of clarification please.

It sounds like my estimates were not far off from your??s, because admittedly I estimated conservatively in speculating the number of clones a mother could produce. Your figure of ten to fifteen clones per month, per plant, sounds more realistic. My overly optimistic estimate for rooting times were based on a machine called the E-Z clone. It cost about $250 and can clone up to thirty cuttings. It seems like the best (most expensive) one on the market, and claims to root cuttings without the use of nutes or rooting hormones in just three to ten days. I figured these ads were inflated a bit and conservatively estimated two weeks.

I estimate the veggie stage would only take two weeks because I do not expect to grow big plants. I concur with you that probably reason for the compactness of these aeroponic systems was for the intended use in ??cupboards and closets,? or a Sea-of-Green configuration. My grow rooms are in fact about the size of a large cupboard (5' X 2' X 3' veggie room) and closet (5' X 6' X 7' flower room.), which is why I want to grow a SOG.

Please clarify why is it a ??bastard? to flush ripe plants. If what you are referring to is feeding the plants with straight water before harvesting, then my question is, how do you do this ??by hand? in an aeroponic system. The system I am specifically looking to use is the MicroGarden Aeroponic Perpetual Growth Machine. To flush, you simply drain the reservoir and replace the solution with water. What system are you using?