Hello Kitty, Just came across your thread while searching for a commercial Aero set-up. & this form came up for some reason? You don't even use Aeroponics. lol... Thats the inerspace for ya.. Anyway, I did scroll through your posts. Seems like your coming along nicely. You have a nice size space! Score on that find...!
If you dont mind. I do have some pointers if your up for some advice? I was wondering why you dont use the space to your advantage? Dont get me wrong but it seem like you have alot of dead space in that 2000sqft. & w/ the 100s of plants your growing & only getting a few lbs per crop.? Doesnt seem right. I did read you said something about having root problems at one time? You should use Hygrozyme! Worth its weight in Gold & then some!! Even if you dont have root problems you should always use this! Your roots are your MOST IMPORTANT part of the plant! The root & their capacity to store starch will determine how well your plant will grow & yield. Oxygen is also very important. People dont realize how important it really is. Most place a air stone in the res. but this is the bare minimum. Enen if you add H2O2 you can still improve your Ox intake. Try adding a few large air pumps to your room & run leeds off the main pump so you have 10+ lines running from your pump to different buckets. Drill & seal one line per bucket.
Your girls look good & your set up is fine for now. But with a few minor tweaks you should pull of 100x the amount you've been getting!! & with out really buying anything else. Well you could add a few light movers if you dont have the $ for more equipment. ie. hoods & ballasts.
Im suggesting that you start doing a full canopy. Tie the girls down more & more evenly.(all the branches the same height on all plants) Every Branch throughout the veg cycle pull down & secure with a wire or ? It looks like you may have started to do this a little bit?? & then stop & tossed them into flower before they have any time to really grow up. I'm not sure how long your veg'n for? (I'm sure you stated it somewhere?) but if you went about 5 weeks Veg on a 18/6 light cycle for best results. (NOT 24 hours if you do this) Again im sorry if you stated this but your thread is huge & I had already read for over an hour. Anyway.. Your girls would be nice size bushes about 2'x3' (2ft tall x 3ft wide) I'm not sure if your intentionally trying to keep the size down or not? But for me this is the perfect size plant before flowering. You have so many girls you could really pull off some impressive #s!! like I said, I tie down all my girls for a full canopy & they tend to stay the same size, even with different strains. I'm happy to see your starting to cut clones & not germ from seed every time. That was another suggestion I had for you. Seeds are fine but even with the same strain of seed has phenotypes that are always different from one another. One stronger this, than that & so on.. w/ 100+ girls per room, its way too much to keep tract of. Its just nice to know what one girl will do, all her sisters will do the same thing if not better!! Anyway. that's your biz, if you want to keep growing from seed. I still do it myself but only to find a good strong pheno that I like in that strain & just clone from that.
Oh & I did notice you said you weren't sure if it was better to Veg w/ T5s or MH 1000s? Well I'll tell you right off 1000s for Veg is too Hot for your babies. & T5s are good but not great either. I have tried everything & 400W MH work the best for me. (save your T5s for your cloner) I know this means you have to buy new gear but trust me its worth it!! Just re-use your old hoods for Veg & buy new ones for flower. I dont mean to blow up your page, im a little ripped & could go on forever.. but these little things will help you in the long run!! Promise, or your $ back ;p
What I grow, so you dont think im totally full of shit. I have 48 girls at all times under 16 1000w XXXL Ocho's. Im pulling off about 13-22 oz per plant, every crop. (doesn't really matter what strain, my #s tend to stay the same) about 60lb a crop. Now you can see why I would luv to have more space!! Your place is sick btw. props! Really hard to find tho, I've been looking forever & a day, still nothing. So my shop is what I'm stuck with tell then. At least I have a nice outdoor spot on my property! Well Kitty, best of luck in your future ops! I hope you don't take offense to my post. I cant wait to hear your pull'n off big #s!!
Ok... From the Top, Re-cap.
1) Keep roots happy & healthy. Buy some Hygrozyme!
2) Try adding a few large air pumps to your op w/ multi leeds. One to every bucket. This simple step will Double your yield!!
3) Canopy your plants! Never grow Tall Trees! Shorter is better because the nutrients have less distance to travel between the roots & the leaves. This conserves energy - that energy can be used for extra Yield!! But keep in mind. Growing a short straight up and down plant isn't the best either. When you canopy, you are increasing the sq.footage & the Node sights. = more Bud!
4) Try to use clones & Veg w/ a 400 - 600 MH.
Oh & Lastly use a CO2 Generator. Im sure w/ this size op you have, You use co2, so sorry if I over looked it in your posts but like I said, I just came across your post tonight & found it intriguing & thought I could help?!! Anyway. Generators work the best because nothing else can come close to matching the amount of gas as a genset. I had a tank for years but when i switched to a generator I increased my yield by 30% in the same room without changing anything else!
Well Kitty... Thanks for your Thread. Ive enjoyed reading. Peace
~NS.