How many plants can I run in one tote

Greengrouch

Greengrouch

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Moving back into hydro. First runs going to be a small pheno hunt was hoping to fit 10 plants 4inch netpots in two 27 gallon totes. Lids inner dimensions are 25in x 17in. think I could squeeze 5 each? Veg times gonna be really short 1-2 weeks, just long enough to get roots going really.
 
GangaDownUnder

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Greengrouch said:
Moving back into hydro. First runs going to be a small pheno hunt was hoping to fit 10 plants 4inch netpots in two 27 gallon totes. Lids inner dimensions are 25in x 17in. think I could squeeze 5 each? Veg times gonna be really short 1-2 weeks, just long enough to get roots going really.
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Of course you COULD grow five plants in each one of those tubs, esp if you're going to keep em small.

But I would only recommend that if they're five of the same plants...clones. Otherwise each plant going to have separate needs and it might be hard to juggle and you might not get the best outta them.

I can tell you that from experience as I've currently got four plants at eight weeks in a tub half the size of tge ones you're proposing and its a bloody nightmare.
 
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Greengrouch

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GangaDownUnder said:
Of course you COULD grow five plants in each one of those plants, esp if you're going to keep em small.

But I would only recommend that if they're four of the same plants...clones. Otherwise each plant going to have separate needs and it might be hard to juggle and you might not get the hest outta them.

I can tell you that from experience as I've currently got four plants at eight weeks in a tub half the size of tge ones you're proposing and its a bloody nightmare.
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I’m definitely anticipating some work. But I really wanna do this pheno hunt and pick a mom so I have a consistent product. Maybe I’ll just do 12/12 from seed, be able to keep ‘em really small.
 
Greengrouch

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Don’t wanna buy coco, got everything I need for hydro. Had enough fungus gnats and bugs doing soil for the past 2 years that I’m just done with anything like it indoors.
 
Fallguy111

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Are the seeds regular? If so it would be nice to have the ability to move them around once you cull the males. Or you could pop less and do more runs.
 
Drop That Sound

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They'll still probably get crammed together towards the end, and it will be harder to see some of the traits, as the compete with each other for space. If all you want is to see how the buds stack up, and don't mind the roots getting tangled up, go for it.
 
Greengrouch

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Fallguy111 said:
Are the seeds regular? If so it would be nice to have the ability to move them around once you cull the males. Or you could pop less and do more runs.
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Yeah, reg seeds blueberry diesel, not run em before so I’m not sure what to expect as far as stretch or branching goes. Suppose I could get a fifth tote and do 2 per in the 8x4.
 
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ilvtrance

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very good question. I had this issue and in some cases I was able to untangle them which was very time consuming. Second time I just just cut the male and left the root in the water. Prob not the smartest idea, but I had no issues thankfully.

to answer the thread question. I ran one plant in a 27Gal tote and yielded about 7oz I had to cut down the others and it worked out well with one plant
 
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rkymtnman said:
when i did rdwc, i did 2 per 27 gal tote. big roots= big plants
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agreed! My outdoor plants are yuuuge. Anyway for my next indoor grow I want the short, but more longer tough tote that will be a better fit for my 4x2 tent. it will give me more height room while still maintaining that huge size for the roots
 
Greengrouch

Greengrouch

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rkymtnman said:
when i did rdwc, i did 2 per 27 gal tote. big roots= big plants
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Nice, last time I did hydro it was stand-alone 5 gallon bubble buckets, they grew huge but that was mostly because they were mislabeled as autos lol. I’m limited by tent height though 6.5ft ceiling so I’ll still try to keep them kind of short by limiting veg time.
 
Greengrouch

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I’ll be running sterile, but I also don’t plan on leaving dying stumps in my totes. That sounds like a recipe for disaster. Would be curious to see how revegging in hydro works but I’m keeping clones so that won’t be necessary.
 
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