Two 4x4 tents. Perpetual grow. couple ?s

Long time creeper, first time poster... I appreciate all of the wisdom I have found!

So here is the deal, I am not extremely new to growing, just have not done it in a while and not to this extent.
Ok, so here it goes. Right now, I have a 4x4x78 tent, with a 8 tube 2 ft. t5 sitting over 6 plants, using FF Ocean Forest soil. I was going to create two mothers. Well I thought I wanted to keep it simple and grab a flower light and call it good, well, I was mistaken. I am currently getting ready to purchase a bunch. Here is what is on the list: 2 Solis Tek Matrix 1000w ballasts, 8 inch reflectors, another 4X4 tent and ducting. I am going to build a RDWC system from scratch using 6 to 9 5gal buckets -for both tents. I have only used Flood and Drain and outdoor so this is new. Anyway, I want to have a perpetual grow, pulling decent amounts every month or 2. Am I on the right track? I was figuring 2 lights first tent, T5 and MH at 600 in one tent, Double Sided HPS is escond tent....

Am I getting the right utensils? I plan on buying this week.

Thanks,

D

DWC can be tricky. Really tricky.

But I'm all for experimenting. I say do one dwc and one soil/potting mix for starters. Then when you your killing it with dwc switch them both to it.

DWC with 5 gallon buckets sucks btw. If your gonna do dwc stick to larger res's and less plants. Also plan for a way to drain them, moving big plants and big roots is hard. I knew a guy who had 18 dwc 5 gallon buckets. They all looked good, but it must have been a part time job balancing nutes and ph.

- Jiji

Idk about dwc but I have a half built perpetual all organic soil. Right now I am at 1400w of hid and 5x5x6.5 and 3x5x6.5 flower areas and a veg/clone/mother area. I have a thread perpetual grow design, I will be posting there until my build is all done then maybe move to the organic forum.

ok u have some issues i am going to give u 2 things i am a auto grower so very byist.......clones are not my thing

1 u need a mothering /clone starting tent
2 your rdwc will work but u need to account for water chiller and auto PHer plus a reservoir
A your lights are great but 1000w hid will have alot of ir and black buckets.........u need a water chiller
B your ph is going to go down from the plants feeding and using water
C 1000w hid plants in full bloom unless u want to add water 2 times a day u need a system with a float valve and reservoir
3 now u need 2 sets one for veggie one for flowering

ok autos

u get a bunch of auto seeds
1 u use the t5 2 ways
A u set a jiffy green house ontop (u know has the little plug) theheat will start the plants fast and strong
B u used the light itself to start the plants get the first set of true leaves before u give it to a 1000w MH
2 u put the plants in soil bags (fabric pots ) ................feed and water like normal or mix up supersoil
3 when u move it to flowering use the money u saved and do a halo Co2 system for the plants and grow under that sweet 150k lumen HPS

they both need 3 tents
1 to start
2 to veggie
3 to flower
4 would be ideal for drying/curing but did not ask


seems u know something about clones so will not say anything

autos tho here is the sales pitch
they are genetic timed they grow to a set lvl then flip into flowering.........this allows u to stagger the growth and after 2 months u will be pulling hp qp every 2 weeks ........hell or every week/10 days ................if u spend some time looking at strains u can find ones that do 120 grams max or ones that do 400/500..........i found one claims 900 outdoors so that might be for u here it is
https://www.cannabis-seeds-bank.co.uk/cream-of-the-crop-seeds-narcotherapy-auto/prod_4512.html

good luck