A Couple Root Questions

i know in my ebb and flow set up dead roots = funk

50 plants in two rubber maids? What are they going to be 8 inches tall each at harvest? LOL

SOGfarmer: have you considered using top fed rock wool cubes on a flood and drain table? On a 4' by 4' drain table fifty plants might still be too much but even in two tubs, I think you're pushing it with 50 plants.
As far as cutting off the male's roots and leaving them in the reservoir, I think you're asking for trouble there. That could be a recipe for disaster. This will give you the same overcrowded situation in the reservoir that my friends who tried to grow more than two plants in an Aerogarden had and that ended in failure.
I'd say scale it down to at least a square foot, foot and a half, per plant and it should work but any less than that and you're going to create a lot of problems with overcrowding. Don't forget your plants not only need nutes but also light and air circulation.
I don't mean to rain on your parade but I think you need to research this a lot further. You might want to consult Cervantes and Rosenthal on grow planning.
I hope this helps. HSA

Originally Posted by BigBuddahCheese

50 plants in two rubber maids? What are they going to be 8 inches tall each at harvest? LOL

About a foot is the plan, it won't be 50 at harvest though as theoretically half of them will be males, so more like 25, 12 in each rubbermaid, 4x4 tent.

Originally Posted by HSA

SOGfarmer: have you considered using top fed rock wool cubes on a flood and drain table? On a 4' by 4' drain table fifty plants might still be too much but even in two tubs, I think you're pushing it with 50 plants.
As far as cutting off the male's roots and leaving them in the reservoir, I think you're asking for trouble there. That could be a recipe for disaster. This will give you the same overcrowded situation in the reservoir that my friends who tried to grow more than two plants in an Aerogarden had and that ended in failure.
I'd say scale it down to at least a square foot, foot and a half, per plant and it should work but any less than that and you're going to create a lot of problems with overcrowding. Don't forget your plants not only need nutes but also light and air circulation.
I don't mean to rain on your parade but I think you need to research this a lot further. You might want to consult Cervantes and Rosenthal on grow planning.
I hope this helps. HSA

Thans for the help HSA. I was planning or running 30 seds, tga and cal, but i have 30 bag seeds i wanted to throw in there as well. I thnk i will slip on those and jus do the 30 tga and cali connection, butdo you guys think with 30 plants, 15 in each bin, i will be able to remove the male plants with no or very minimal issues?

Why do you need so many plants. if its a vertical issue scrog 1 one two plants and get the same results.

Hey Guys: BigZ has a point, "Why so many?" If you want to be the town's pot king there are more efficient ways to grow. Most of the bubble tubs you see on you-tube are set up to grow eight plants and that's still a little too tight for me. From what I've seen of people who tried to grow that many plants in that close of proximity was a lot of problems. Light can't get to the lower parts of the plants, air circulation is poor and god help you if a bug gets into your grow. You won't know until it's too late. I vote against it. How about you guys? HSA

I also think it is a more efficient use of time and space to focus on 1-2 plants rather than 50. Maybe start with 10 and shrink it to 4 or 5 at flower?