My room has 4 lights , and i run 8ish week strains, so every 2 weeks i cut .
The 1st down side is when you start you are only using 25% of the space
2 weeks later fill another light etc .
If you want it automated , that's 4 of everything, pumps res, manifolds etc.
This turned out to be a huge pain in the ass
And more work, when factoring in the cleaning of the extra gear .
I went to hand watering , I use 10g smart
I water every day or every other day depending on what stage of growth, and this means some days I'm mixing 4 different waters for each stage.
But also I need a helper for any time I go away and I like trips .
And good trustworthy helpers with growing knowledge are hard to find.
When ever I get back from vacation, I have problems and extra work .
I took 3 weeks once, now I try to keep them under 10days
You MUST be sure you can keep it clean n bug free, if you get a bad out break , it can spread and fuck your hole room.
I use little micro bugs in the soil from seed or clone till its cut.
I use a food safe but spray in veg a bit in the summer , but don't seem to need it for any other season. Nothing ever gets sprayed in the flowering room.
I do put lady bugs in the flowering room when I find them for extra help of any adult bugs. But they starve to death mostly .
(Anyone know what to feed them when you don't have bugs?)
You have to find strains with the same environmental preferences , or some will suffer n some won't or all will just suffer a little.
If you want to lower the temps at the end of the grow, that fucks with the rest,
To feed this room you have to have multiple stages of veg going at the same time .
And mixing water for each stage.
I've been putting serious effort the past year strain hunting, and popping seeds looking for about 4-6 special plants.
I stopped doing moms now I just clone off of the plants about to go into flower.
This means cloning every seed and growing them out , while you watch them flower , so if your not happy with phenos you have to pull them, n drop a crop n try to speed up other veg cycles or slow some down so others can catch up so your ready for the next crop, n can make an even canopy.
I cut, hang, then clean the spot, adjusted the light n net then the next set goes in, a couple hours later, not really any down time .
