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One month before harvest would you start new autos in the same tent?

LazyLama
LazyLamastarted grow question 6 months ago
Do you think it's a good idea to start some seeds now, so I can get a perpetual growing in one tent with autoflowers? I just started germinating 3 new autos . That will be transplanted into 5 gal, once I harvest 3 plants in a month.
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 6 months ago
That's a smart thing to do, I use my tent as my dry room so I can't do that 100%. But one option is taking clones or starting new seeds and having them in a window just for the week or two while it is drying then transitioning into the tent setup. I'd also give the tent a good wipe down with some peroxide or bleach to to kill off anything that might be lingering. Always good to start fresh and clean. I tried to do an auto grow in my tent along side a photoperiod grow and it went ok. The autos I did where going to be seed bearing plant and when I did pollinate them they did not grow much, this was all done before the photoperiods where mature or entering flower, the autos just chilled and made seeds, but I found I still ran out of room really fast and had to move them to a cardboard box to finish off under an old grow light. Good amount of seeds off of them for how small the plants where and it was my first reverseing attempt in making fem seed from an autoflower. So give it a shot. just have a backup plan incase something goes a miss. Good Luck!
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LSchnabel
LSchnabelanswered grow question 6 months ago
By the looks of your plants it doesn’t look like you will be harvesting all of them at the same time. Aside from space your other concern is light. I’m dealing with an issue now where I took a mother plant off a friend and houses it in with my Auto Flowers. At first it was just fine but then now I’m experiencing too much light on my mother plant while giving the right amount to my flowering Autos. If you time it right you will be able to get one or two of your plants harvested and free up the space for your other plants. For the first three-four weeks you can expect the plant to take up the space of a 3-5 gallon pot. If you have the room for that in your tent and expect to harvest the majority of your plants in the coming month then you 100% have the ability to fit them in as long as your lighting is not too strong where you would have them. One reason I love Autos is because it enables you to also start other plants off with them… so try it out. Or be like me and have two tents that you keep the cycle going almost continuous :) I hope this helps
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Dennis_Bong
Dennis_Bonganswered grow question 6 months ago
ich mache das auch so ähnlich
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001100010010011110answered grow question 6 months ago
Probably don't have enough room for a month of vege growth from even 1 seed? Judging your week 4-5 plant sizes, 1 may or may not fit in that gap. So, you'd either need a temporary 2nd grow area or smaller plants / less overlap in that same tent. Even a 2-3 week overlap will allow you to get 5 grow cycles in per calendar year if done right. If that is the concern (overall productivity). A little seedling station gives you 10-14 days. A little light gives you another week or two to overlap - don't need a tent or exhust system etc.. simple is good enough the first 2-3 weeks of life. You'll definitely be more productive filling that whole tent and overlap as best you can compared to a perpetual grow method. The constant logistical unknowns lead to a ton of unutilized space over time by comparison - a mathematical guarantee unless you use clones every single time. i've done both, i've done the incremental math on it.. it's a doomed method in most contexts of a home garden in regard to productivty... if yield isn't primary concern there are other benefits that could be worth it, but always less produced over time except with clones or multiple impossibly similar and predicatable strains.
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AsNoriu
AsNoriuanswered grow question 6 months ago
Last thing i forgot to mention : do you have space were to dry plants ??? I had few separate tents for seedlings or drying when i needed. Drying is very important, in bad conditions you can ruin your long work ...
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AsNoriu
AsNoriuanswered grow question 6 months ago
I personally did something like that, had 5 month loop before leaving rented house. Runned like 50 autos in that tume if i remember well. growdiaries.com/diaries/137682-grow-journal-by-asnoriu/week/752748 Issues : Light distance and intensity ( can be sorted with frost fleece and some podium ) Humidity ( biggest issue, but good exaust and contstant care about smaller ones ( spraying ) can sort it out ) Space !!! If you can control those its a doable project. Good luck !!!
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