Can I have help designing something ?

I only have a few feet wide and length for something that's going to be a perpetual grow. I was thinking of a big flower chamber on top of a small vegetative chamber. I wanted to use coco and perlite but, have recently came across DWC and was thinking maybe a 8 plant DWC reservoir in the flower chamber. There would be in another 8 plant DWC reservoir for the vegetative chamber. The reason for 8 plants is one plant will be one week old from each other so I can have a Perpetual garden and harvest every week.

Good thought but will be some work and risk involved. by keeping 100% of the light out of the flower chamber will be critical. One or two faults and lost. Also keep in mind your temps and humidity control for everything. Each stage requires different levels. 85% seedling/clones veg 65-75%
where as flower will require 65% and as you get closer to harvest down to 45%.

You can do both and run it as it goes but one stage will suffer at first and then both. If temps are high veg is great but buds might be airy and not weight. great for flower but then your veg will be very slow.

So if you can rig something up to manage that ... make sure you have great ventilation you can do anything lol

Hey Do you know whats the recommended wattage? for both Veg + Flower im looking to keep heat signatures down and was looking at 250w CFL but if i have to i will be going to low wattage 600w HPS

Utilize what you have to work with. You could use cooled hoods and direct the heat to were you want it.. back in to the veg or out. That would change a lot for you.
A veg room would like to see things around 75f or so with 75% humidity on average and pay attention to certain strains. Try to plant something that goes with the season to help to. Tropical strains can take some heat so spring/summer But then that matters on how high up you live to. high altitude growing is another ball park to get it right. If you are above 6000.
This might sound stupid but remember heat rises . The air intake is good low and the out high.

Few feet wide and length? Like 3x3? How are you planning to account for different plant heights with lighting? A seedling or clone needs to be alot closer than a 7 week old plant. Harvesting every week makes a lot more work for yourself than doing crops, especially in a small space.

You are not going to get a perpetual grow. your to small. If you wanted to harvest one plant a week (and that depends if you grow the same strain or not) would put you 8-10 plants and in order to keep your one a week you will be harvesting not all of them will make amber techromes before you will need to harvest.
Its not that it can not be done but a 3x3 is very small to boot. I really do not want to rain on your parade but maybe you could go towards a good grow that would hold you over till the next harvest. Do 6 plants or so in veg and 6 in flower and that would hold you over for 2 months or so. Thinking your getting 2 oz each. 12 oz. I do not smoke that much in two months.
But anything can be done...

I got an idea. What do you recommend for height wise for flowering? Also What about for Veg Wise and this will most likely be a 8 pot DWC grow, and what about how many watts should be used? i have a semi big budget but not for LEDs.

codvett said:

I got an idea. What do you recommend for height wise for flowering? Also What about for Veg Wise and this will most likely be a 8 pot DWC grow, and what about how many watts should be used? i have a semi big budget but not for LEDs.

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A picture can speak a thousand words, i know how to micro grow but perpetual dwc seems a little impossible in your space. Im gonna assume you have a 4lx4wx8h. Closet grow basically. I suggest 1 600w setup or 1000, cooled hood, your gonna need the inline fan and filter as well as an intake fan. i suggest 4 plants, and a scrog for the room.

http://supercloset.com/product/grow-boxes/superlocker-grow-box/ Please review this this is something similar to what i was thinking of doing

Thats a legit setup but honestly, still cant help but worry about the veg light transferin b to the flower chamber

yes but i was thinking maybe just build a wooden one. no veg chamber but build a separate veg chamber

codvett said:

I got an idea. What do you recommend for height wise for flowering? Also What about for Veg Wise and this will most likely be a 8 pot DWC grow, and what about how many watts should be used? i have a semi big budget but not for LEDs.

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if you grow an indica dominate strain you should not have too much to worry about just remember that however tall you plants are when you switch to 12/12 they will stretch fast in the first week or so and continue to grow till about another 1/3 of your final hight. I'm not sure what watt you should yes. I use 2 400 watt mh and 2 1000 watt hps on my 4 plant scrog. My plants use a 4 foot by 4 foot chunk of floor and my room is about 2.5 feet wider on all sides.