Seedling tent (Perpetual grow advice needed)

I have a third and smallest tent 2x2x5 with spider farmer light and exhaust fan/filter.
I’m wanting a steady supply of seedlings/veg plants to move into veg tent and replace last chopped plants. This second grow had a huge gap in lost time as I misjudged remaining time on last grow. Had I had some seedlings/young plants going nearby, we could have continued the cycle. But no, the carnival shut down and the new seedlings did their thing including take their time. Now the third grow seedlings are in their first week of veg in the 2x4 tent.

I keep eye ballin’ that unused tent and just know I should start something in there. How many of you have a grow area with steady supply of seedlings/young plants? Maybe share some pics or your general plant rotation.

Photo below is not my grow or facility. Just wish I had these to pick from when tent is ready for next cycle

Shady spot under an oak tree...if i ever have to wear a hairnet to grow...shoot me

mudballs said:

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Shady spot under an oak tree...if i ever have to wear a hairnet to grow...shoot me

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Nuff Said!

I have two aeroponic cloners so I can get rooted clones pretty often. I start plants in 12/12 once a month roughly so always have more clones than I need, which is the point. But if you're constantly feeding new plants into a perpetual chamber (and growing from seed) start new plants at the same interval you're moving them into 12/12 and always start a few more than you need just in case.

BobHasBurgers said:

I have a third and smallest tent 2x2x5 with spider farmer light and exhaust fan/filter.
I’m wanting a steady supply of seedlings/veg plants to move into veg tent and replace last chopped plants. This second grow had a huge gap in lost time as I misjudged remaining time on last grow. Had I had some seedlings/young plants going nearby, we could have continued the cycle. But no, the carnival shut down and the new seedlings did their thing including take their time. Now the third grow seedlings are in their first week of veg in the 2x4 tent.

I keep eye ballin’ that unused tent and just know I should start something in there. How many of you have a grow area with steady supply of seedlings/young plants? Maybe share some pics or your general plant rotation.

Photo below is not my grow or facility. Just wish I had these to pick from when tent is ready for next cycle

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What you need is a cloner. Perpetuity is harder when you keep starting over from seed. Timing is more of a challenge too because each plant from seed will finish slightly different. I use a clone king and can with certainty say it outperforms my old DIY cloner due to the design of the tray. My old one made from a tote bin worked ok to root clones but also leaked water on the floor making a mess of things. I get roots in a week with my CK; worth the investment. Plus I can sell the extras for beer money.
My goal has always been to never run out of bud yet I still end up at the dispensary every so often to fill in gaps while awaiting for our own stuff to dry/cure or become ripe enough to harvest. You have already discovered the power of 3: that is..three separate grow areas to maintain a steady flow of plants into the bloom area.
Now you just need to select a mother plant and clone her indefinitely. I don’t keep mothers around for very long; just enough to root an army of clones and then I send her into the bloom room. They will get too big eventually and then space becomes an issue. Been doing it this way for years; cloning from clones until you get tired of the same strain. Every few months or so I’ll pop a few new seeds and select new mothers from them. Knowing how long your strains typically need to veg/flower is very helpful.

Richard Drysift said:

I use a clone king and can with certainty say it outperforms my old DIY cloner due to the design of the tray.

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I use clone kings too. Picked them out for cost and tray design. I've replaced one of the manifolds with PVC, also a bigger pump. It works fine with the included equipment but the PVC is a slight upgrade. Would have been better without the net cups but I cut the bottoms off and it gets the job done. Even though there are a few things I would change, I bought a second one and will buy another if I ever need.

I have been doing the same thing for years. In a very small tent, in soil, from seeds.
i just pop a seed as soon as I start flowering in the big tent and leave it there to grow for two months.As soon as I harvest, the vegging plant get transferred the big tent where it becomes a beautiful scrog. As soon as I flip to flower, I pop a seed again.