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Hello . Hate To Cut Right To The Chase ....

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DvsCl1nt

New member
But Hi, I'm new to the forum of course

I started my very first grow and as awesome as its going. I'm realizing a big problem .

I want to keep mother plants , and going to use 2 of the best 11 plants during veg , but I'm not sure what my set up is going to ve, or work out .

I bought a 24 by 24 mini grow tent with all these ventallation socks in it ...but I'm not even sure if I'm going to need exhaust or ontake/outtake for my mothers and so forth . The problem is limited space, which I'm sure most of you feel the pain there ,lol . But I have to fit it in this closet , and not sure how much overall airflow it will have. I am going to try and attach some pics.

Main thing I'm needing to know is

1. Will 4 mothers fit in the 24 by 24 area
These mothers will only need like 10 clones taken off them every 5-6 weeks .

2. Outside of maybe a mini fan in the upper corner of this 24 by 24 tent ... what else am I going to need

3. Whats the best grow light for that space and set up, it's only for mothers . Not seedlings or anything else.

4. Is there a easy somewhat helpful exhaust set up i should do , or will having closet door open most of the day keep things ok in there.

5. There's like 8 of those sock things all over this tent , that's a bummer as ill only need 2 or 3 of them .

6. Just anything you can warn me of with this current idea

So appreciative of any help
This is for my family, and my daughter
Who ( even though sje is a straight A student )
Has life draining anxiety and NOTHING helps her like edibles. This is only way ill be able to afford this method of treatment moving forward .

Names Clint BTW, glad to be here
 

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This three mothers in 24"X30 inch space. Hyrdo and using a cheap burple led light. No longer take clones (But that may change), using auto's currently.
Mothers were hard to take care of, seeing plant issues was difficult. If I do start keeping mothers in the future I will probably just use one mother and only if needed a max of two.
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DvsCl1nt said:
Do I need to worry about airflow and exhaust ?
only thinking of keeping 2 mothers
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Welcome :)

Yes, you will always need to worry about airflow and exhaust. On a little 2x2 tent, you can use a little 4" fan and put it in the top vent hole as an exhaust, that is what I do. You'll likely get two plants in there, one would be ideal.

You'll want to use a low intensity light in that tent. You don't want them to grow rapidly, lower light intensity can keep them in a sort of holding pattern with minimal growth. I like the Spider Farmer 1000 light for a 2x2 tent. It also has a dimmer on it, so it would be ideal for your light intensity controls.

You'll also probably want to replace your mom often too. This can help manage size in the tent as well. Above all, don't forget to monitor your heat and humidity. Stresses that the mother go through can weaken the resulting clones. Genetic drift is a misplaced term, but when moms get stressed from food, environment or pest pressure, it will get weaker and weaker and so will the offspring.
 
Plants like air and some breathing room, from my own experiences if you crowd the space and don’t ventilate the humidity would be suitable for tropical plants. How often and how many cuttings are you trying take, one mom can get you a lot of cuttings.
 
I've got four of them in a 30"x30" tent. They are in 3 gallon fabric pots in coco. I feed them lightly unless I actually need clones. They still grow a bit bigger than I like so I keep taking cuttings, rooting them and giving them away. I am very seriously thinking of just flowering out the ones I've got because only one is a desirable pheno and it's not a rare one. I also still have at least one seed for each variety. When they are gone, I probably won't be keeping any more unless I come across a real unicorn of a pheno or decide that I've found that one perfect strain and never want to run out.
 
I have the same tent. 4' height. Running a mars hydro ts600 LED and a 4" terrabloom inline fan with carbon filter. Works great. Welcom to the community man!
 
Wolfe0420 said:
Plants like air and some breathing room, from my own experiences if you crowd the space and don’t ventilate the humidity would be suitable for tropical plants. How often and how many cuttings are you trying take, one mom can get you a lot of cuttings.
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Thank you for the answer . Thank you all for comments actually . Glad to he here l.

I'm worried though .

I'm only going to need like 7 cuttings every 45 days from each plant . Thats why I was hoping a minimal set up like that tent I posted would do .

I'm growing in a bloombox by bc northern lights and the humidity inside is almost at 80 now that i added the auto water feature it has for week 1 of veg.

Will a room humidifier get that down inside the box also ?

Will one night of bad humidity hurt the 9 vegging 2 inch plants?
 
Speedygreen said:
I have the same tent. 4' height. Running a mars hydro ts600 LED and a 4" terrabloom inline fan with carbon filter. Works great. Welcom to the community man!
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Hi, what about those one ?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RSRX1RS...ing=UTF8&psc=1


Has timer and everything

Is the 24 by 24 grow tent compatible with that? As far as hanging and so forth ?

here's the product I bought .


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HMJ32MP...ing=UTF8&psc=1

I'm not even sure wth to do with most those ventallation socks on there ? I've never done this . Seems like getting a nice set up dialed in is def harder than I thought

im just confused on this part . Anyone please chip in . I just want to know what set up will work before I purchase it semi blindly. I'm a noob...lol 😆

Is there a smaller fan i could use , you think .



Exhaust gonna be a whole nother issue
 
ChadWestport said:
Welcome :)

Yes, you will always need to worry about airflow and exhaust. On a little 2x2 tent, you can use a little 4" fan and put it in the top vent hole as an exhaust, that is what I do. You'll likely get two plants in there, one would be ideal.

You'll want to use a low intensity light in that tent. You don't want them to grow rapidly, lower light intensity can keep them in a sort of holding pattern with minimal growth. I like the Spider Farmer 1000 light for a 2x2 tent. It also has a dimmer on it, so it would be ideal for your light intensity controls.

You'll also probably want to replace your mom often too. This can help manage size in the tent as well. Above all, don't forget to monitor your heat and humidity. Stresses that the mother go through can weaken the resulting clones. Genetic drift is a misplaced term, but when moms get stressed from food, environment or pest pressure, it will get weaker and weaker and so will the offspring.
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Hi . Could you point me to the exact set up your talking about . Remember, ots going on this unit .

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HMJ32MP/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabt1_StGVFbK5KW02C?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

I'm thinking of getting that combo i posted . It has timer and that hanging option would work in this tent right?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RSRX1RS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabt1_qCGVFbQDZWESG?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1


So the fan works as fan and exhaust lol . I'm confused.
I'll legit buy whatever combo you all think will work best for me for needing very low veg mothers with 7 clones each every 45 days .... I love the dimmer option

Thanks for the help .
 
BTW, I know my questions are annoying
cuzI'm so new with what set up will work and so forth

I just wanted to say, glad I chose to join and ask here , instead of reddit . I'll go with whatever light( long as it has dimmer switch ) fan, and exhaust combo you all think is best if you post links .

I appreciate you all so much. This has my anxiety up a bit till I get it settled I make edibles with most the marijiana for my daughter who has severe anxiety but we won't put her on life draining pharmaceuticals.

Problem is, I can't afford dispensary, thats why I'm doing this .

So thank you all so freaking much :bashful:
 
I’ve deal with anxiety my whole life. A little off topic but there was a point in time when I first started I did not have a lot of room so instead of keeping moms I made my own feminized seeds. It was a success and surprisingly simple.
1.50ppm colloidal silver in a spray bottle a little diluted.
2. Two female plants, the theory is 2 females can’t make a male
3. Pick one plant to be your male
4. Flip to 12/12 and spray the chosen plant at the bud sites 1x a day at least. After time you will notice it get bananas.
5. Bud them out but don’t let the bananas bust open, pluck a few off and break them open in a bag, take a Q tip and smear it in pollen then wipe that on your female plant.

I must mention I didn’t flip my female plant at the same time I think it was like 3-4 weeks after the male.


not sure if a room dehumidifier will get the RH inside you box to ideal levels.
 
DvsCl1nt said:
Hi . Could you point me to the exact set up your talking about . Remember, ots going on this unit .

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HMJ32MP/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabt1_StGVFbK5KW02C?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

I'm thinking of getting that combo i posted . It has timer and that hanging option would work in this tent right?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RSRX1RS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabt1_qCGVFbQDZWESG?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1


So the fan works as fan and exhaust lol . I'm confused.
I'll legit buy whatever combo you all think will work best for me for needing very low veg mothers with 7 clones each every 45 days .... I love the dimmer option

Thanks for the help .
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The light you chose is widely used by home growers and will produce good results. It may not produce the monster plants you see in magazines, but this is due to power / intensity. As far as efficiency goes, this is a good light. The light I had mentioned, the Spider Farmer 1000, you can find here - https://www.spider-farmer.com/collections/most-popular/products/sf-1000-led-grow-light Overall, the Mars light you posted has 150W at the wall, the Spider Farmer has 100W. The two boards use different components but each come with warranty

Link to test results of the MARS - https://www.cocoforcannabis.com/grow-light-calculator/ and results for the SF1000 https://www.cocoforcannabis.com/grow-light-calculator/

You are able to select each light from the drop down menu in the right hand box on that page if it doesn't pop up with them in there automatically.

For fans, in that size of tent, if you have a good exhaust fan, you can use passive intake. Meaning you won't need an input fan, the strength of the output will pull in fresh air from one of the vents on the tent. You will want a small clip fan or two for the inside of the tent to mov air around. Small tents don't need strong fans, but they do need air movement. For your exhaust fan, buy this one and it will be the last one you need. The T4 from AC Infinity, cloud line series T4. It is a little more money but worth every penny. It will be strong enough for your current tent and leaves you room to expand. You will be able to run it at low speeds, which will produce virtually no noise. It comes with a temperature and humidity monitor which displays on a LCD screen. You can set thresholds for heat and humidity where the fan when turn itself up until conditions return to the right range. If you listen to the Growcast with Jordan Rivers, he has a 15% coupon code he gives out every episode for those fans. I listen to him on stitcher.
 
Thanks buddy . So just the exhaust fan ? And i put it on the top part with the hole or sock vent ?
will the lights hanging from top effect it ?

So thats it ?

I put the fan you mentioned up top
The grow light you mentioned
and one regular clip fan in a corner

I'm only doing 2 plants
And want them to produce and grow slowly
This all should he enough right ?

I'm about a week away from needing to switch my babies from veg to flower and choosing two mothers to go in the tent I posted .
 
Also, here's the actual machine I'm growing in
called a bloombox
So as you can see , I need this tent for 2 slow growing mothers only .

I plan on only keeping a mother for about 6 months
before they get too crazy . I will then use a clone of each of the two plants for another mother

I'll only do this once before I flower the mothers and start with two new mothers of different strain .

Here's pics of the bloombox

You all like this machine ? Or heard of it


Won't let me upload it. File too big

here's a link

https://www.growboxking.com/ekmps/shops/587197/images/northern-lights-bloom-box-pro-80-p.jpg
 
DvsCl1nt said:
Thanks buddy . So just the exhaust fan ? And i put it on the top part with the hole or sock vent ?
will the lights hanging from top effect it ?

So thats it ?

I put the fan you mentioned up top
The grow light you mentioned
and one regular clip fan in a corner

I'm only doing 2 plants
And want them to produce and grow slowly
This all should he enough right ?

I'm about a week away from needing to switch my babies from veg to flower and choosing two mothers to go in the tent I posted .
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That all sounds good to me. The light towards the top and the fan being at top is ok, if anything it will be pulling air up and out, which should also help dissipate some of the heat from your light. For mothers that you want slow growth from, using a lower intensity light will help that, so again, be sure to get a light with a dimmer on it.
 
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