Perpetual Harvest Setup, Advice Appreciated
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panhead
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A better use of space & light is to cut out the veg all together & focus on clones & budding plants,vegged plants are not in the best interest of a rotating harvest if you want them all to stay on the same rotation cycle.
Another issue i had when i was trying to get the rotation dialed in with my rotating sog was the different light spectrums,i had metal halide for veg/mother/clone & all hps for budding,the mh was outpacing the finish time with the hps in the bud rooms.
If it was me i'd group all the cfl's together in one veg/clone group & then put both the 400mh & the 600hps together & make one large budding area, in the bud area you'd have groups of fresh rooted clones comming in every 14 days or so,this will give you a harvest around every two weeks, it will also help out with the mother clone situation so your not chopping assloads of clones all at once,this way you can be more selective & cut only large clones which will make larger plants using no veg time, except the time it takes to fully root them.
Another issue i had when i was trying to get the rotation dialed in with my rotating sog was the different light spectrums,i had metal halide for veg/mother/clone & all hps for budding,the mh was outpacing the finish time with the hps in the bud rooms.
If it was me i'd group all the cfl's together in one veg/clone group & then put both the 400mh & the 600hps together & make one large budding area, in the bud area you'd have groups of fresh rooted clones comming in every 14 days or so,this will give you a harvest around every two weeks, it will also help out with the mother clone situation so your not chopping assloads of clones all at once,this way you can be more selective & cut only large clones which will make larger plants using no veg time, except the time it takes to fully root them.
xavierinthenati
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Your idea would work, but man, that sounds like a lot of work transfering the plants and takes up a lot of space.
I have eliminated the need for this completely by re-flowering plants. You get a nice looking bush (which is even better on space)with slightly increasing yield every time (I'm on my fourth rotation on the same plants). It takes about six weeks from the time you snip the buds until the girls are ready to flower again. This means you only need one room that is both used for vegging (six weeks) and flowering (~8 weeks). No need to clone or grow from seed, so that time is completely eliminated.
I also stole someone idea from here (forget the poster, but thanks if you're reading) for light the lighting idea. I have just one 400w HPS ballast. I also have four 4' flourescents that I place around the plants. I have a row of plants on the floor and another row on a shelf ~2' off the ground. I could add another row 2' off the ground on the other side as well to give a total of 12 plants (four per row). This yields about 1.5 oz dry per plant.
Why do more people not do use this method?
I have eliminated the need for this completely by re-flowering plants. You get a nice looking bush (which is even better on space)with slightly increasing yield every time (I'm on my fourth rotation on the same plants). It takes about six weeks from the time you snip the buds until the girls are ready to flower again. This means you only need one room that is both used for vegging (six weeks) and flowering (~8 weeks). No need to clone or grow from seed, so that time is completely eliminated.
I also stole someone idea from here (forget the poster, but thanks if you're reading) for light the lighting idea. I have just one 400w HPS ballast. I also have four 4' flourescents that I place around the plants. I have a row of plants on the floor and another row on a shelf ~2' off the ground. I could add another row 2' off the ground on the other side as well to give a total of 12 plants (four per row). This yields about 1.5 oz dry per plant.
Why do more people not do use this method?
panhead
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I dont know weather your refering to me or the guy who started the thread,if your response was directed at me i should clarify a bit,the rotating Sea of Green method i use was not my idea,a member here named Albfuct taught many here how to use his method but we are not the creators, i wish i could take credit for that plan but it was not my brain child,i like to give credit where its due out of respect.
Over the course of 12 months you will not beat a rotating sea of green for yeilds.
Panhead- using your method, I assume my clones would be around 4" when taken. With only a 400w HPS for flower, would trying to do a perpetual SOG be better than LSTing a few plants do you think? I can keep my light about 6" from the tops either way. Right now I'm going the LST method, but the thought of going perpetual is very appealing.