If the roots can grow outside of the pot that might work but a little effort will be required to train the plants to spread out so they won't just drown each other out and end up with runts. I aimed to let each clone grow up through one 6 inch hole in my hortitrellis.
Yeah I’m thinking I may have made a mistake going vertical. I don’t see how I could ever get 40 inch tall plants in that system as they would just be growing into each other... unless I have multiple rows of ScrOG nets but even when the branch is bent over the buds stretch upwards I don’t know if you can see what I mean from this pic but the buds all stretch up towards the sky not towards the light... even with 1000 ppfd
Thanks for your input buddy. Those pvc pipes cost me 2000 dollars lol they are very expensive where I am from probably because nobody manufactures them from here so it’s all imported. Couldn’t really get many more in. I could possibly get one more vertical stack in between every other pipe so 4 more stacks on each side of my system that would work out 13 stacks of 5 on each side.I've seen some awesome vertical grows over the years. Most of them used screens to support and control the plants to make an effective canopy.
Could you slide your tubes closer together to increase the amount of plants you could run per sq/ft. You might be able to add 30-50% more plants by eliminating the space between each row. Then maybe even try 2 plants per growth sight and add 50% more again.
I'm sure you have noticed certain plants growing differently in the system because of being different phenotypes. Some plants might yield better or worse, some plants might be branchy vs more straight, some plants smell or taste differently. Eliminating all those variables is the advantage to using clones. You can run one or a few phenotypes that perform better than the rest, so that the whole garden does better, tastes better, smells better......
If you found a phenotype that performed well for you and filled the whole system up with clones of that plant, and then used some screen or netting to really support the budding plants you should notice a solid increase in system output. Supporting plants is huge when you want them to yield well.
What kind of LED setup are you running, what type of spectrum do those diodes cover?
Citizen 1212 cobs.
3500K and a mix of half 80 and half 90 cri 2 of each on each heatsink
Incorrect. You actually can grow even better weed without them. IKR? But it's true. Just have to run hotter temps with out the IR. I didn't believe this until I saw the results from my first proper LED grow. Better terpene production was obvious without the IR and UV. UV may seem to promote resin production but it also degrades THC.
What temp would you recommend with co2 and without co2 using leds? And how would you accurately measure temps? Temp probe within the canopy or IR temp laser on the leaf surface?
Those temps do seem really high though. I’ve read about 80f but a lot of terps evaporate at that temps I don’t want buds that don’t smell.
I’ll have to up my temps a bit then I think. I’m at 25c but that’s with a temp sensor at pot level below canopy. Need to get a ir sensor to be sure
I disagree with your UV lights out chop theory.
Ive done both & they both have their Pro's n Cons. In end, the easiest, fastest way for me by far was double trellis netting. I run 6" on the bottom & 3.5" on the top. Would be nice to have light movers in my situation though, something you wouldn't want so much if you did individual cages.
Can you easily remove whole plants from
