advice one 2x 4 plant cycle.

[misk]

im setting up 2 seperate 4 plant systems and wanted to do a cycle.
ill be using 600watt HPS globes and 2 plants per tub drip system with an airstone.

im after some advice on timing that has worked well for ppl.
like grow for 1month in one tent then take some clones, then wen first system hits 1.5 month change to budding and start veg in the other tent, then one month in on veg take some clones, then by the time the first tent is ready for harvest ill have fresh clones to start and the other tent will be ready to start budding.

lol sounds a bit confusing.

ive had a good think about it but would be great to hear peoples thoughts. cheers.

misk Reviewed by misk on 06-10-2006. advice one 2x 4 plant cycle. im setting up 2 seperate 4 plant systems and wanted to do a cycle. ill be using 600watt HPS globes and 2 plants per tub drip system with an airstone. im after some advice on timing that has worked well for ppl. like grow for 1month in one tent then take some clones, then wen first system hits 1.5 month change to budding and start veg in the other tent, then one month in on veg take some clones, then by the time the first tent is ready for harvest ill have fresh clones to start and the Rating: 5

[u.g.u]

just take how long you will veg with how long you will flower add that up mine is 70 days total so take half that 35 so you have to have a new batch of clones every 35 days mine take 7 days to root so I start my clones at day 28 from the begining

[misk]

awsome, cheers man.

[Zandor]

I assume you have 3 seperate grow areas?

mothers,clone Room

Room A veg/flower
Room B veg/flower

Was there a question I missed?

[misk]

i wasnt planning on using a mother, i was going to just take clones from the plants before they budded, would this work?

[Zandor]

i wasnt planning on using a mother, i was going to just take clones from the plants before they budded, would this work?

Yes for a time it would work but remember the clone inherits it's age from the mother it was cut from. So when you feed down the cycle just keep that in mind and keep records of what you feed and when. A quality 3-part nutrient as the base NPK is a must. For flower you still use the 3-part as the base NPK then add boosters over that. There is a grow chart in the FAQ section that shows the weekly feeding schedule. It's a good place to start and tweak it a little from there for each strain.

They need time to recover after the cloning and that is about 7-14 day's before you flower them. So you need to clone in veg cycle and make sure you have plenty of N in the veg cycle too. They will recover faster with more N just before you clone them.

The problem cloning that way is they are very small clones and will need more time to root so your veg cycle is important to track. Flower is what it is but vegetation is where you can tweak and work out the cycle problems. It will take you about 3 or 4 cycle to get the full timing down and that equals about a year in real time.

[misk]

wow thanx man, u should write some books

[Zandor]

wow thanx man, u should write some books

Thanks misk....I am a whole series but they are in leagle limbo at this time. One book publisher is claming my idea is his idea and he filed a suit to stop me from publishing my books unless he gets paid.

But thanks for the idea misk.

Happy growing.

[misk]

thats narly

nice work tho, would be a fine read