Clone and Veg Tent Help

[Vegasbear87]

Once my current (first) grow is complete, I am thinking of taking some fast feminized photos for a spin. Eventually I will likely run an auto tent and a photo tent, but for now space and money are limited.

I am wondering if I can keep a mother plant and four 5Gal DWC buckets in a 2x4 tent - My plan would be to start my clones in collars in an aero cloner bucket then transfer them to four 5gal DWC buckets for veg, moving them to the 4x4 flower tent at about four weeks of veg.

I would keep the mother plant in the same tent on one side.

Is this doable?

What light setup for this tent within reasonable "budget" should I be looking at? I have two SF2000 panels in my 4x4 but they're spendy and maybe too much for just clone and veg? I'd like to stay with LED for power/heat reasons.

 

[derek420colorado]

I don’t think 5 will fit in a 2x4.

 

[derek420colorado]

Much less 5 and a mother and pumps and hoses and suck take up room as well.

 

[Vegasbear87]

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Much less 5 and a mother and pumps and hoses and suck take up room as well.

4 DWC buckets and a mother was my plan. No hoses and pumps - this isn't RDWC and is just for veg, flower will be in a 4x4.

 

[Daipot]

I can’t see it being much of an issue as long as space didn’t compromised too much. I don’t do dwc so I’m unsure of the amount of space it takes up. I grow in nft and do so over three tents and I’ve toyed with the idea of growing out to mothers on two small trays in one tent and cloning each to put on my large trays in each of my other tents.
I think an issue I would have is the same issue you would have, and that’s the mother quickly turning into a monster and becoming unmanageable. Also, hydro plants are more susceptible to diseases than soil/coco grown plants. Plus, a plant doesn’t always show that it’s in trouble straight away so the risk of cloning a sick plant is higher. Maybe it’s better too have a hand fed plant in dirt. But then again, it depends on how long you plant and keeping the mother