perpetual grow or mother or point out the obvious

hello i have a quick question on what route to go down

i have aquired a second tent which i am now going to use for vegging. I have all the fans lights etc to run 2 tents. What i wish to know is what would be the most effective way of growinf here,

my flower tent is set up to hold 9 plants all be it would be a little cramped in there so i was thinking 3 plants go into flower and take cuttings veg another 3 and take cuttings and so on should have a max of 9 in the flower tent but more often 6 flower for 2 months.

is this a good way of doing it?

or keep a mother plant in the veg chamber allowing me to take cuttings when ever i please

if I was running perpetual like that I'd grow 2 strains from seed, cut 5 clones off of each, veg the clones for a bit, pick out the best 3 of each, and flower them. rinse and repeat.


of course you clone the clones for the next run, I wouldn't start from seed unless I wanted to switch out the strains.

so you wouldnt keep a mother plant rather just clone of clones, thanks

Keeping a healthy, smaller mother can be rewarding work, but I deemed it to be too demanding and I find myself craving new flavors after a couple runs of the same.

My veg tent is rather limited, so as I move two to the bloom room I take 2 clippings (or 3... or 4 ) .. Do that once a month and as you harvest 2 you bring 2 new ones in.

Good luck with whatever you end up doing!

Figure on your flowering room being about 4 times as large as your veg room. I've been doing a perpetual grow kicking out 2 plants a week. I have clone domes in one closet, a 4 x 5 foot veg space in another closet and a 8 x 8 room for flowering. Works 4 me, BigSteve.

thanks for the help, think i will go down the perpetual route with clones and no mother. Thanks alot

Mother plants are just regular female plants that you leave veg longer. Unless you veg space is totally full you need to make room for a mom or 2. That's where clones come from unless you are buying rooted clones. Mom's are important - clone donors need to be at least 5 weeks old to give up clones. Most vegging plants are go from veg to flower at 4-6 weeks in dirt (for me anyway). Unless you plan on snagging clones off every plant that goes to flower you need a clone mom. Works 4 me, BigSteve.

Keep a mother plant, and clone in the vegg room. Once the clones are big and healthy, toss them into them into the flower room.

Also, you can graft multiple strains onto a single mother plant. By doing this, you can have multiple strains on one mother plant. Theoretically each branch can be a different strain.

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