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Hi all,
I am a long time lurker, and semi experienced grower. Historically, I've only hand watered, used Promix HPCC, 15 gallon smart pots, with the Aptus Nutrient "Extreme Feed" schedule under Gavita 1700e. Typically veg for 2 weeks in 1 gallon pots before transplanting to 15 gallon and vegging 6 more weeks before flipping, and yield thus far has pretty consistently been around 1.9 lb/light.
My property has a pole barn on it, so I am switching from my basement to the barn. The barn is much larger, with 12 ft ceilings. My flower room is about 600 sq ft and has 24 Gavita 1700e in it. to stay within my plant count, I have 24 plants going in that room, so basically each plant is under its own light, so I need the plants to get fairly large. I set up an automatic watering system to help with this, so I can deliver multiple smaller smaller feeding a day, as my day job keeps me fairly occupied. I am also planning on using 70/30 coco/perlite for the barn. I have a couple questions that I am hoping you fine people could help answer for me:
I am a long time lurker, and semi experienced grower. Historically, I've only hand watered, used Promix HPCC, 15 gallon smart pots, with the Aptus Nutrient "Extreme Feed" schedule under Gavita 1700e. Typically veg for 2 weeks in 1 gallon pots before transplanting to 15 gallon and vegging 6 more weeks before flipping, and yield thus far has pretty consistently been around 1.9 lb/light.
My property has a pole barn on it, so I am switching from my basement to the barn. The barn is much larger, with 12 ft ceilings. My flower room is about 600 sq ft and has 24 Gavita 1700e in it. to stay within my plant count, I have 24 plants going in that room, so basically each plant is under its own light, so I need the plants to get fairly large. I set up an automatic watering system to help with this, so I can deliver multiple smaller smaller feeding a day, as my day job keeps me fairly occupied. I am also planning on using 70/30 coco/perlite for the barn. I have a couple questions that I am hoping you fine people could help answer for me:
- Considering the auto watering and ceiling height, room size, grow medium etc, should I stick to 15 gallon pots? If I go up to 20 gallon pots, will I get much larger plants with the same veg time? Many people have told me they use 10 gallon pots for similar set ups, but I don't want my room or lights to go to waste. If I could throw 50-60 plants in there, I wouldnt be too worried,
- Aptus nutrients are way too expensive to use for the auto feed system, so I am thinking of switching to Athena's Pro Line. Has anyone had success with this lineup? Anyone make modifications to it that prove beneficial? I was thinking of still using Aptus' Fasilitor product in addition to the Athena lineup.