Indoor Perpetual Auto grow, 5 week flouro 5 week hps?

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Hey guys just wanted to pick your brains over something.... if someone was to have enough space for a 2x4x5 grow and a 2'x4'x2.5' grow... what would your thoughts be on starting plants off under a T5 in the small chamber then moving them to the larger HPS chamber for the last 5 weeks whilst a new batch is started in the smaller T5 chamber.. I figure this way a perpetual grow can be acheived with a harvest approx every 5 weeks... However I am wondering whether the time under flouro would have a negative impact on the final yield. Very little weight is added in the first 2 weeks of "flower" so im leaning towards thinking that if the plant has vegged nicely, and the number of bud sites is good, then final yield shouldnt be too badly affected after 5 weeks of 600w HPS goodness. Has anyone had any experience of a setup like this? Will 5 weeks of t5 lighting from above result in plants that are too underdeveloped to yield well. In the past when I have used flouros I have been impressed with vegetative growth tho flowering obviously is less impressive.

Growing medium/method would be DWC most likely oxypots connected to a high performance pump. If the plants growth hasnt been too unruly in the first 5 weeks then i would attempt to scrog them upon moving them to the HPS lit tent/room. Strain will be Think Different as i was impressed with Seymour's grow and want to see what 600w HPS/DWC can do with it :)

Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
 
T5HO will veg plants just as good as HID, IMO. You shouldn't have any problems. I use T5HO for veg and flower with great results.
 
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Sounds to me like someone's been doing thier homework!!..that set up sounds great bro!!!
 
I have a perpetual grow. I start out in

(DAY 1) 120 Babies planted in 4x4x4 tent under 570w of T5/CFL mix of 6500k & 2700k bulbs. After they sex transfer
(DAY 20) 60+ females to 6.3x6.3x6.3 Tent under 1,240 Watts of CFLs. Combination of 23w 6500k and 18w 2700k. Keep them there for 10-15 days (depending how behind or ahead i am in my rotation)
(Day 35) Then move into 5x10x7h Tent with 2x1000w HPS in 2xRaptor 8" GIGANTIC HOODS for remainder of grow
(DAY 65) Cut and drying on Racks

And thats how you have perpetual auto grow and harvest every month :wiz:
 
sounds like an awesome grow but im unlikely to fit nearly 200 plants + 4000 watts of lighting into a 2'x4'x7.5' 2 chambered closet! :D out of interest how much are you harvesting per month from that setup?! what kind of yield per plant are you seeing.
 
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