Show me your motherplant setup

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ketamine_disposal_unit

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I'm thinking of setting up a small motherplant tent as I'm starting to get a nice collection of strains and don't like growing them all at once. Ideally I'd like to have something about the size of a medium fishtank I can have on my shelf or tucked somewhere away in my grow area. I'd also like to run it as low wattage as possible and keep the mothers pretty small bonsai size.

Show me your small motherland setups
 
Star Dog

Star Dog

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ketamine_disposal_unit said:
How often do you water the mother's and what EC etc ? Do yo run a fan in there as well?
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I have to feed them daily, the ec varies depending on the temperature/season and what light im using, generally i eye it but a rough guide would be 1.0/1.4ec.

I've a 4" bathroom fan with a plug in dimmer to keep things right, or as right as i can make it given the season.
 
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ketamine_disposal_unit

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Star Dog said:
I have to feed them daily, the ec varies depending on the temperature/season and what light im using, generally i eye it but a rough guide would be 1.0/1.4ec.

I've a 4" bathroom fan with a plug in dimmer to keep things right, or as right as i can make it given the season.
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That's beautiful man exactly the info I was after. Thankyou.
 
Star Dog

Star Dog

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If feeding daily is a problem there's a few things you can do.

Diary and other stuff.

A couple of days after cutting back that plant I noticed it was a bit wilty. Later that evening I looked again and knew something wasn't right, it had wilted further, it was time to panic! I pulled it out thinking possible root rot with the low temps and frequent feeding but no the roots are...
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The top picture is for convenience, i just pour in x amount nutrient into the tray and the coco sucks it up, what's left gets drained away with the stips of capillary matt, you can just see them at the bottom of the pic, it then drops into a saucer for me empty later.

Good luck!
 
lusidghost

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ketamine_disposal_unit said:
How old are the mothers in that first pic? Amazing !
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Some of them are over a year old now. I went on a heavy pheno hunt for around a year and took multiple phenos of each of the many strains. I've been rerunning them for the past couple of cycles and keeping the best.

I found that rack on ebay. It's 2x4', which are typically really expensive, but this one wasn't too bad. I'm probably going to replace the dutch leach trays with 2x4 flood trays and automate the feedings once the hunt is completely done.
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Brettman

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lusidghost said:
I think keeping them in 4" rockwool cubes helps. I just take small cuts and top them as soon as possible. Then I prune them about once a week, chopping everything back to the lowest node.
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Yeah true I got mine in two gallon pots. I hand water though so I don’t wanna be down there everyday
 
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