Totally Rethinking Everything...Need help

I have been planning my first grow for when I move into my apartment for almost half a year now. I thought I had thought everything out, but I have been recently reading on Dr.Bug sog method using only only cfl in a very small small to acquire yields that people using HIDs might not even be able to get in the space that he does it.

I am now in the process of re working everything, but I still only have 15-17 weeks to grow a full harvest, and dry it in time. Because of money concerns I think using this method I can have the same yields I was expecting but cutting down on my cost by a least $300 dollars. I am currently in the process of calculating my new cost and comparing. My main concern is how much time do you think it would take to veg a mother to take 6 clones from them under 300-400W cfl, 400W MH, or 600W MH if my pocket allows?

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A lot longer than 17 weeks.

TeaTreeOil said:

A lot longer than 17 weeks.

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Even with zero veg time for clones?

How will they grow a healthy root system capable of flower-power without veg?

^ignore that. You could probably get 6 healthy clones in about 1 1/2, 2 months of vegging. Its all depends

TeaTreeOil said:

How will they grow a healthy root system capable of flower-power without veg?

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If you read the Dr. bud grow he does not veg in his see of green, and he is able to get 7-14 g per plant. Other people have tried his method and are getting he same results. I have seen these results with only 300 W cfl, 16 plants per sq ft. I can provide you with 3 other grow journals which are accomplishing these results if you want. My cab is 6ft, which means i would have 90-96 plants, 7 grams per plant 22 oz. Or I was thinking 8 mini dwc using 2 gal buckets, 5 clones per bucket. If i can accomplish 2 oz per bucket I can get 16oz of herb. Even through I have seen get 2.5-3oz out of a system such as this.

Ok... assuming he can hit it out of the park on his first try at the plate.... Anything's possible?

17 weeks is definitely pushing it.

TeaTreeOil said:

Ok... assuming he can hit it out of the park on his first try at the plate.... Anything's possible?

17 weeks is definitely pushing it.

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I don't expect to get those kinds of numbers on my first run, I am shooting for 8ounces of dry herb. The numbers before show what can be done with the system once I have a few more runs. I was just asking how long do you need to veg a plant to take 4-6 clones from. Assuming I used a 400W MH bulb. I really wish I had a few more weeks, but its the best I can do. Tell me if these numbers work 25 days to acquire a mother for 4-5 clones from seed under a 600W MH, this is the step that determines if I can make the deadline. I am banking on the 90000 lumens over only 6 ft to give rapid growth to my plants. 2 weeks for clones to root. 8-10 weeks of flowering, the strains which I am usng are all going to be feminized, and flower in this time period. I just need to know if these numbers work, if not I can just go back to my original plan of lst.

If you plant on killing off the mother for her clones, it's conceivable.

But that assumes you get a female, and without a clone already... the time to sex them to figure it out.... I don't see it happening without a great deal of luck.

TeaTreeOil said:

If you plant on killing off the mother for her clones, it's conceivable.

But that assumes you get a female, and without a clone already... the time to sex them to figure it out.... I don't see it happening without a great deal of luck.

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Yeah I was planning on killing off the mothers, and only using femmed seeds, even through I am currently rethinking the whole plant. Might be safer to just lst since its my first grow.

I think you might have enough time do what you plan... but, no matter how much you read and research, there are always problems on your first grow. So I think you should keep everything as simple as possible to ensure success.

If you plan on just using 1 mother to take clones off of, the CFLs will be fine. You won't notice much of a difference in veg until the plants get a lot bigger or larger quantity of them.