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    Perpetual SOG Timeline / Feedback Requested

    For the OP. I used to run a perpetual room when I grew. Like others have stated it's best to maintain mother plants. Every 6 months or so is when I would replace the mom with some cuttings. It is best to cut from the top of the plants. I noticed that when I took cuttings from the lower 3rd of...
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    Potent Strains? Only Potent.

    I know it won't do much good but when I grew 10 years ago I had received clones of pure G13, not the crosses that were floating around, but the REAL DEAL HOLYFIELD from the government lab. That was a very special plant, Northern lights was the other commercial strain I grew. As a comparison in...
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    vertical octagon questions? all advice is appreciated

    I'll tell you about the one I constructed 10 years ago... It was a massive 8 foot diameter by 8 foot high with 3 foot per side. It was 6 rings of 6" PVC with 1/8 bend connectors. the top ring was suspended from ceiling and each successive ring was suspended to the one above it. It was 144...
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    my current build - should I go LED's - pics

    First time posting here but to the OP, I had a similar setup 10 years ago. I'm not sure what the diameter of your setups are, but mine was an 8ft diameter by 7 foot high cylindrical vertical grow for 144 plants. At the center of mine was a custom fabricated 6" acrylic tube that housed 2 1000 HPS...
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