3x3 Veg Tent - Fits How Many Clones?

DrMcSkunkins said:

It all depends on when you flip, 36 would be straight 12/12 from seed or freshly rooted clones in SoG beds.

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this wont wrk either....1sq ft per plant...thats s.o.g

I use 4x4 tables and can squeeze 16 in 3 gallon pots but 12 seems to make them happiest. Trellis is the key for maximum canopy. Helps slow stretch by going sideways.

Small plants only use a sandwich bag worth of root space. 20 or more in a 4x4 or so. 1 gallon pots.

I would go 4, top them babies. supper crop them. lolly pop them. bend them down.
They will fatten up and you will wish you had a bigger boat...er tent Like Jaws, will bite you in the ass.
Start with 6-8 clones, then as they get bigger cull the weaker ones and keep 4 of the best, maybe give some to friends.

I want less veg time thus higher plant count.

I know I can tie down - supercrop - top - lollipop but did that for first harvest and doing that for mother plant.

That looks nice, so you think more plants will get you more yield?
Don't know where you from, Legal or not? Some places you get nailed worse for having multiply plants.

A 9 week veg? 2 plants, make 3 at the most. 9 weeks will get you some pretty large plants and overcrowding will negatively impact your yield. It will reduce light to lower bud sites and leaves, cause high humidity and air flow issues - and a PM risk, and it will be inordinately difficult to manage the ones in the back.

You can start with a lot, and narrow down - but that's kind of a waste of resources. Maybe do 4 and narrow down to the 2 best. Put them in a 10 or 20 gallon pot - with 9 weeks of veg, you'll have big, super high yielding plants.

Bannacis said:

Statring off you can crowd them in there good, But as the weeks go by, they will take up more space.
If you do supper cropping/LST on them...which the 9 weeks will allow for. you will be able to train them.
But the kicker comes when you go to flower...double/triple in size. not just height, but width also.
I had 3 ice bombs in a 3x3 and at the end they crowded the tent. kept them short but they still spread out some.
A 5x5... with a foot and a half for plant width your talking 7-9 plants. I wouldn't go more.
Now if you are using so power for lighting...say 600 plus watts. def go to 5-7 plants.
If plants are less bushy then obviously you can do more... good luck

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This^^^^. If i were you..pack em in there in solo cups or 4" square nursery pots. As the weeks go by..cull the runts. Pot up to 6" squares or one gallon grow bags. Repeat. Cull the slower ones that dont have as robust a root system as the few vigorous ones. There will be some that take off. Others will get left behind. From your one gallon or so pots. Only keep the ones that kick ass and pot up to final pot. I cant tell you the number because its strain dependent and also your conditions and how agressive you are at canopy management like topping and tying down. You could end up with 9 nice ones or just one. Depends. I take it..the reason your vegging for 9 weeks is because your taking cuts from the preflowers...throwing the pres in flower...rooting the cuts and vegging them for the 9 weeks it takes for the flowering plants to be done??? To really dial your setup and super efficient..you really could use a bigger tent or another one all together. A third stage really. You got your flowering always on 12-12. Then a middle stage for final pot preflowering. This has just about the exact number you need for the flowering section. These are vegging for multiple tops and a very established root ball in the last pot they will be in. And your first stage can also contain a little cloning rack for root striking/tray/dome/fluorescent. This is your "pre vegging" area for planta in cups and one gallon or so pots. Your basically focusing on super fast root ball and building a structure up top. The nursery part of the operation.