Perpetual harvestin a 3 x 3 diy tent

slippy_81 said:

Hi guys,
I am new here. This is my first thread so be kind please . Last year I built a wooden grow tent which measures exactly 3 x 3 x 7. I bought a 300w Viparspectra LED light. For my first grow I decided to go for 3 northern lights autoflowers in a 5 gallon smart pots and managed to harvest an ounce per plant.

For the second grow I bought another Viparspectra 450w which was intended to be used during flowering, but then I was wondering if it is possible to divide my tent in two partitions. One for cloning/vegging and the other solely for flowering. Vegging area would measure 1 x 3 and flower area 2 x 3.

My question is....is this viable?? I am not looking for very high yields. If I manage an ounce a month it would be perfect for me. What are your opinions on this??

Thanks in advance guys and dolls..

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GrowUrOwnDank said:

I would not buy another viper light. I would add a small COB. Since you're growing autos and want to do perpetual, there is no reason to have a seperate area for veg and flower. Just add one plant every month and you will harvest one plant a month for 3 month or 12 week genes. I always do 12/12 anymore so, I've grown autos in the same space with regular and fems and had fantastic results. 18/6 or 24/0 doesn't get you more bud unless the genetics of the seed are designed for that. You should be able to pull 2 ounces easily more or less depending on the genes. Yeah man. Don't over think it in a micro. Micro is what it is and can be extremely effective for personal. Furthermore, I can not smoke an ounce of my dank in a month. Personally. And my genes are older.

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slippy_81 said:

Thanks for your advice. Are you saying that is better for me to continue growing autos one month at a time?? It sounds good with autos I have to buy seeds everytime and risk that some dont germinate. If I have plenty of clones, that risk is avoided.

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slippy_81 said:

Hi guys,
I am new here. This is my first thread so be kind please . Last year I built a wooden grow tent which measures exactly 3 x 3 x 7. I bought a 300w Viparspectra LED light. For my first grow I decided to go for 3 northern lights autoflowers in a 5 gallon smart pots and managed to harvest an ounce per plant.

For the second grow I bought another Viparspectra 450w which was intended to be used during flowering, but then I was wondering if it is possible to divide my tent in two partitions. One for cloning/vegging and the other solely for flowering. Vegging area would measure 1 x 3 and flower area 2 x 3.

My question is....is this viable?? I am not looking for very high yields. If I manage an ounce a month it would be perfect for me. What are your opinions on this??

Thanks in advance guys and dolls..

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GrowUrOwnDank said:

I would not buy another viper light. I would add a small COB. Since you're growing autos and want to do perpetual, there is no reason to have a seperate area for veg and flower. Just add one plant every month and you will harvest one plant a month for 3 month or 12 week genes. I always do 12/12 anymore so, I've grown autos in the same space with regular and fems and had fantastic results. 18/6 or 24/0 doesn't get you more bud unless the genetics of the seed are designed for that. You should be able to pull 2 ounces easily more or less depending on the genes. Yeah man. Don't over think it in a micro. Micro is what it is and can be extremely effective for personal. Furthermore, I can not smoke an ounce of my dank in a month. Personally. And my genes are older.

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qballizhere said:

hell i wish i could smoke less than a ounce a month just to make the oil for me in a month takes a lb doesnt matter how old the genetics are

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GrowUrOwnDank said:

Them dabs man. I smoke daily but, limit my use. As a matter of fact it's time to take a break. I already feel stoned when I haven't even smoked. Them dabs may put you over the top. But, I just do the flower unless donated a dab by a friend on a Holiday or whatever. Around here you can get a gram of dab for the same price of the flower. I would say the extract is a much better value. I'm old school bro. I don't even do bongs. Just rolllitup on some flower and take a few hits and have a few beers and I'm good to go. Repeat. I'm kinda medical but just for sleep and anxiety after work at home. Not 24/7 but, I feel for you if you are. Peace and love.

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ChaosHunter said:

I would just use a clone dome as a veg area. It's going to be hard to take a cutting and veg it for 8+ weeks while your in flower in your main grow space. I'm fighting the same issues in doing a perpetual in a 2x2x6 tent. If I take cuttings when I flip it's a long 8 or so weeks to keep things small.

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slippy_81 said:

I don't want to veg for the whole 8 weeks. I was thinking of cloning and vegging for only a month. When the plants reach a certain height, I take clones from them and put the plants into flower. From what I have read there is really no need to veg for the whole 8 weeks. The yield will be less but who cares. As lond as I have constant supply of small amount of weed it's still good.

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ChaosHunter said:

I'm in the same boat, no cash cropping here. So you plan to keep a mother plant to clone off of ? My first thought was to take cuttings before flipping to flower but that means the cuttings would have to be in veg for 8 weeks.

Keeping a mother, the first cuts would be fine but after that and vegging her for 8 weeks she would get really big !

I'm trying to work it out in my situation also.

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