AltarNation
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Good luck mang, I'm off to the land of nod! Happy growing!
Femenized vs Non
- Thread starter BuddhaC
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Hey, what's your experience with grow tents? I was looking at a 1000watt ballast for only like 100~$, all I would have to do is pop on a bulb right? I wouldn't be buying one, just making it out of mylar and PVC.
pelt1
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I think fem vs. non-fem is dependent on what you are trying to do. My MAIN deciding factor is the amount of space I have available to me, and the way I have managed my small grow space over the last few years. I have a vegging cab, and a flowering cab. My veg cab will accept either several small pots that I will have to transplant, or one big sized pot that I typically flower with that will require no transplant. I don't like doing transplants do to early root-bound conditions.
My flowering cab accepts 3 of my desired sized pot sizes. I like to keep them spaced 30 days apart, as that is typically how long my veg cycle is. So when I am not feeling lazy, I can have a new harvest every 30 days. So my max capacity is 3 pots in flower, 1 in veg. As soon one of my pots in flower completes..... BOOM, I move the one from veg into flower, and immediately start another seedling which will veg for another 30 days approx.
It took my a few cycles to get things he way they are now, but if I keep up full production, it is like clockwork!!!! I have dabbled with various seeds I've had, and sometimes if I get a male, it fucks that entire cycle up, and typically just makes me greatly slow down my production. If space weren't a concern, I probably wouldn't mind culling the males. As when I used to grow outdoors, I would typically plant a ton of seeds knowing that some of the heard would have to be trashed, and it was no biggie since i had plenty of samples.
So for me, given my space limitations, fem seeds just make the whole thing go a lot smoother.
My flowering cab accepts 3 of my desired sized pot sizes. I like to keep them spaced 30 days apart, as that is typically how long my veg cycle is. So when I am not feeling lazy, I can have a new harvest every 30 days. So my max capacity is 3 pots in flower, 1 in veg. As soon one of my pots in flower completes..... BOOM, I move the one from veg into flower, and immediately start another seedling which will veg for another 30 days approx.
It took my a few cycles to get things he way they are now, but if I keep up full production, it is like clockwork!!!! I have dabbled with various seeds I've had, and sometimes if I get a male, it fucks that entire cycle up, and typically just makes me greatly slow down my production. If space weren't a concern, I probably wouldn't mind culling the males. As when I used to grow outdoors, I would typically plant a ton of seeds knowing that some of the heard would have to be trashed, and it was no biggie since i had plenty of samples.
So for me, given my space limitations, fem seeds just make the whole thing go a lot smoother.
pelt1
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About my schedule, here's a look at what my flowering cab looks like. You can see how these 3 TWO Gallon pots fit in there.
pelt1
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Also, those boxes, I just use those to catch water from my grow bags. The way I water is that I just dump water in that box, and let the soil absorb the the water as it pleases. I have a pretty good idea of how much water my plants like to have depending on maturity. So in late flower, I know that each pot typically likes about 1/3 gallon of water every 3 days or so, so to water I just dump the amount directly in the box. So it's quicker than having to slowly water from the top......
I started doing this cause I used to keep a layer of sand on the top, and I got tired of having to redistribute the sand after watering every time. I have gotten lazy over the years
I wrote about it in a thread I mad, in THIS post.
https://www.rollitup.org/do-yourself/483402-diy-next-level-lst-tie.html#post6567300