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ComfortCreator

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So, a friend was going to try growing...but has proven to be an avid consumer who really isnt going to try growing.

From him I have a pack of Purple Thai (10) and a pack of Dreamberry (6) autos. 5x5 space.

Can I comfortably run all 16 in a 5x5? Any thoughts on layout or tips? My first auto run. I have a few photo runs under my belt.

Thank you.
 
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Marq1340

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ComfortCreator said:
So, a friend was going to try growing...but has proven to be an avid consumer who really isnt going to try growing.

From him I have a pack of Purple Thai (10) and a pack of Dreamberry (6) autos. 5x5 space.

Can I comfortably run all 16 in a 5x5? Any thoughts on layout or tips? My first auto run. I have a few photo runs under my belt.

Thank you.
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This won't work. Send all that equipment to me. :P

But seriously. To answer your question, put simply the answer is yes.
 
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sf_frankie

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ComfortCreator said:
So, a friend was going to try growing...but has proven to be an avid consumer who really isnt going to try growing.

From him I have a pack of Purple Thai (10) and a pack of Dreamberry (6) autos. 5x5 space.

Can I comfortably run all 16 in a 5x5? Any thoughts on layout or tips? My first auto run. I have a few photo runs under my belt.

Thank you.
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It’ll be crowded but it’s doable. I run 18 plants in 5 gallon plastic grow bags on a 5x4 table. They’re all pushed together into a 4x4 space under the light.
 
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sf_frankie

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ComfortCreator said:
Thx that helps a bunch. How much height do you need typically, or how much are you using? I would love to be able to grow them on tables and not on the floor!
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My tables were originally like 16 inches off the ground but I quickly realized I'd run out of space so I chopped them down to like 8 inches on the high side. They slope to one corner down to 6 IIRC. That allows me to grow plants that are about 5 or 6 ft tall but they literally grow into my LED lights. I'll see if I can dig up a good picture from last run, current plants are only like 12" right now.
 
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sf_frankie

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here are a few pics of my setup. First pic is from the last run. Think there were around 16 plants at the time. The trellis net is a 5x5 frame. Tried to bend everything to fit under the 4x4 frame of the lights. Second pic is current. There’s 18 plants squeezed under a 4x4. A6528051-52AD-4D39-9132-8B83FD852323.jpeg2BF7C6FF-3D03-4547-9D4A-AD6AFDC33E9B.jpeg
 
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VincenzioVonHook

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I couldn't imagine growing so many plants in a small space. Just curious, do you guys lollipop or heavily defol to fit all those in? I had a single auto in a 1mx50cm tent and it filled the whole tent in six weeks. Meanwhile my mates are growing six plants in a 2x4, same seeds and their plants are all half the size.

This was a heavily chopped auto at six, maybe 7 weeks from germ. Had to remove about 20 shoots from the bottom that were in darkness and touching the walls.
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I'd love to grow a few strains in one tent, but tried to fit two plants in a 2x4 once and it was living hell lol. Plants running up the walls after 6 weeks, and most of the plants were in darkness. Do I need to brush up on my trimming and training? Or is there another way to keep plants short and bushy?
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This was another plant at 6 weeks from germ in a 70x70, I don't see how I could have fit another in, let alone another 3. What's even crazier is most of the setups I see have four photos in an 80x80, with 6 weeks veg and a few weeks flower, and they are the same size my autos were after three weeks.


Pleas, let me in on your secrets. I need more than one strain per tent lol.
 
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ComfortCreator

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VincenzioVonHook said:
I couldn't imagine growing so many plants in a small space. Just curious, do you guys lollipop or heavily defol to fit all those in? I had a single auto in a 1mx50cm tent and it filled the whole tent in six weeks. Meanwhile my mates are growing six plants in a 2x4, same seeds and their plants are all half the size.

This was a heavily chopped auto at six, maybe 7 weeks from germ. Had to remove about 20 shoots from the bottom that were in darkness and touching the walls.
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I'd love to grow a few strains in one tent, but tried to fit two plants in a 2x4 once and it was living hell lol. Plants running up the walls after 6 weeks, and most of the plants were in darkness. Do I need to brush up on my trimming and training? Or is there another way to keep plants short and bushy?
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This was another plant at 6 weeks from germ in a 70x70, I don't see how I could have fit another in, let alone another 3. What's even crazier is most of the setups I see have four photos in an 80x80, with 6 weeks veg and a few weeks flower, and they are the same size my autos were after three weeks.


Pleas, let me in on your secrets. I need more than one strain per tent lol.
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You vegged too long and too well to have a lot of plants. Shorter veg time makes smaller plants, you can fit a lot more that way.
 
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VincenzioVonHook

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ComfortCreator said:
You vegged too long and too well to have a lot of plants. Shorter veg time makes smaller plants, you can fit a lot more that way.
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I'd say with those autos that wasn't an issue...was three weeks of veg before popping pistils, which seems pretty short to me. How soon do people.generally switch to 12/12 with photos? I've heard 2-4 weeks is pretty average but I could be wrong.
 
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ComfortCreator

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VincenzioVonHook said:
I'd say with those autos that wasn't an issue...was three weeks of veg before popping pistils, which seems pretty short to me. How soon do people.generally switch to 12/12 with photos? I've heard 2-4 weeks is pretty average but I could be wrong.
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Yes an auto is on autopilot, so to speak. The size of your container in that case would help limit size i.e. 3 gal max. 1 or 2 gal make a more vertical grow. Strain is a huge determinant in how large it grows too.

Photos it depends, they have to be mature enough to show sex to really flower so 4 weeks at least.

I want large well trained plants so I go about 9 weeks in veg to get to 10gal pots for flower.
 
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