Perpetual Mother Box Setup

Hey everyone, thanks for checkout my thread out.
Currently I have a room which I am using for both veg and flower. I'm nearly through my first grow in this build and it looks like it will be a success. I'd like to set up a mother / clone box and I need help from you experienced people as to what kind of a scale I should be setting my targets on.

First my soon to be flower room. 14 x 4 x 12 room w/ 1000w in air cooled hood moving on a light rail. Drip fed hydro system. This grow I did 16 plants and 28 days veg time. (Im still debating doing a 7 day veg and going for a large volume of plants which is a whole other ball of wax. Any input on that would be appreciated too.)

If I plan on making ~20 clones every two weeks how many mothers does this usually require? And the follow up to that is can I use a 2-ft 4 tube Florescent or am I better off using a MH for them.

The setups I've seen most of are a two tiered box with mothers on the bottom and cuttings on top. I've never done any cloning before but it doesn't look outrageously hard so I'm going to assume the learning curve will be short.

Grow on brothers!

Get a humidome if your saving money, Or a botanicare 25 aeroponic cloner. Then just keep your mother/clone area separated from your bloom room of course. A 400w Mh over two plants and a dome or cloner should be sufficient

Thanks for the reply Hoag. So you thing 2 mothers should be sufficient for about 20 clones every 2-3 weeks?

I thought I could only use an aero cloner if I was running an aeroponic system. Im growing in rockwool cubes. Is it possible to adapt a cloner or am I better off just sticking them in 1" cubes and letting them go?

As long as you give yourself a couple months for some big moms you should be good

rock~1 said:

Hey everyone, thanks for checkout my thread out.
Currently I have a room which I am using for both veg and flower. I'm nearly through my first grow in this build and it looks like it will be a success. I'd like to set up a mother / clone box and I need help from you experienced people as to what kind of a scale I should be setting my targets on.

First my soon to be flower room. 14 x 4 x 12 room w/ 1000w in air cooled hood moving on a light rail. Drip fed hydro system. This grow I did 16 plants and 28 days veg time. (Im still debating doing a 7 day veg and going for a large volume of plants which is a whole other ball of wax. Any input on that would be appreciated too.)

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I would recommend doing a 7 day veg with a larger volume of plants. I've done this before, and it really cuts down a few weeks between every harvest, which all adds up to at least 1 extra flowering cycle a year.

rock~1 said:

If I plan on making ~20 clones every two weeks how many mothers does this usually require? And the follow up to that is can I use a 2-ft 4 tube Florescent or am I better off using a MH for them.

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I would recommend 2-3 mothers. I would also recommend using a MH for them.

purplekitty7772008 said:

I would recommend doing a 7 day veg with a larger volume of plants. I've done this before, and it really cuts down a few weeks between every harvest, which all adds up to at least 1 extra flowering cycle a year.

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Thats what I figured. I just hate to waste all the vertical space I have but I gotta work with what works until I can create a better solution.

purplekitty7772008 said:

I would recommend 2-3 mothers. I would also recommend using a MH for them.

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A 400 should be sufficient than right? I'm trying to use equipment I already have but I'm sure I can get a 400 for cheap.