Please help me solve my dilemma!!!!

Hijinxx

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Hey, I have just finished my first grow about a month ago (3 plants, got a half pound) got rid of some of it so I could afford some better equiptment. I did a simple grow in a 2x2 ebb and flow system with fox farm nutes and a 600 watt bulb in a 58x58x78 tent. So far this site has been beyond helpful.

Now I have a 4x4 tray to veg in my 58x58x78 tent, 2 600 watt systems in kahuna reflectors and a 98x48x78 tent to flower in. I will be flowering my plants in an Ebb and GRO 5 gallon bucket system. This time around I will be using the lucas formula.

MY PROBLEM IS AS FOLLOWS

I am setting up my 58x58x78 tent to veg plants in while I flower in my bigger tent. I like to do things as perfect as possible to achieve great results which worked out in my first grow. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO VEG PLANTS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO TRANSPLANT THEM INTO THE EBB AND GRO SYSTEM IN THE FLOWERING TENT. Let me elaborate, I have herd that its bad to let your roots be exposed to your light, I am vegging under 6500k t5 fluoros, and I am using a ebb and flow tray method with a 4x4 tray and 30 gal res to veg in, but I will be transplanting my rockwool cubes / 1 foot tall plants into my ebb and gro system after a month but my roots need to be covered and allowed to grow adequatly without being stuck in a pot or hydroton.

This may seem like a retarted question but I prefer not to stress my plants to prevent hermies and I really dont know what the best way to Veg my plants is when using a seperate tent with a bucket ebb and gro system. I thought about getting bigger Rockwool cubes but the roots will still grow out all over the place before being able to transplant into the flowering tent.
 
I have thought about getting enclosed square pots with just bottom flood holes and putting my cubes in those pots and fill it with hydroton, and then transplant when comes time to flower but that seems like a dangerous procedure for the plant. I have thought about using netpots and then just putting the netpots in the buckets but the roots will still grow through the net pots when vegging.
 
veg using DWC instead of ebb and flow. Use your net pots to veg in and transfer the whole thing over to your buckets at flower.
It's what I do. I flower DWC though..
I basically have the same totes in veg.. but each tote for veg holds 12 pots.

I used to transplant but I found I never had as good root developement when I did.. vs now that I don't.
 
I think I have a pretty good clue what your talking about, Im not familiar with DWC hydroponics so im looking into it right now, I dont have any pots right now, but basically your saying let the roots through through the netpots during veg in a DWC system and then transfer the pots with the roots hanging out of the net pots into the bucket system in my flower tent and just bury the net pot in the bucket?
 
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