LOVE IT!!!
I have a couple of questions if you have time to answer them.
1. What kind of weight are you shooting for (i understand it can be a huge range, but whats your goal)
2. What height are you expecting from 45 gal pots, are you growing strains that stay short?
3. If you keep them short, are they staying in veg long enough for the roots to make it out the sides of the Smart Pots?
4. Do you think you could get greater size (height and weight) if you veg longer?
I'm trying to do a similar thing but was looking at 100 gal smart pots, same thing as you here in Maine, keep it legal....ish and go big, but EVERYONE on this site thinks the trees are not going to work inside in 100 gal pots, The Marine in me has taken that as a challenge and is GOING to prove them wrong.
.....sorry, got off track, it's a wake and medicate kind of morning.
I have been warned about putting all my eggs in one basket etc, what are your thoughts? I see that your muti tent set up will reduce contamination from each set.
Just looking for any pointers to follow your lead.
Thanks for any help.
1. i really dont care what i get bro its not about the weight to me its about supplying quality meds to patients who are in need. but if i would like to guess i would say 1lb per plant.
2. I train all my strains to stay at whatever height i want them to be. its all about weaving them back down thru the trellis, then more tops shoot up. scrog is way to go.
3. dude my roots are at the outside of the smartpots by week 2-3 veg and by week 8-10 they have them completey filled out.
4. Nope given my space 5x5 per plant a 10week veg is the max i give without being wasteful of electricity.
i say go for it with the 100gals. this is america right? go big or go home baby!!!
I really really reallly want to try a 1000gal smartpot this spring but again i hear what your hearing "its not gonna work up there, your season isnt long enough, waste of soil and money, blah blah shut the fuck up and watch these monsters outgrow my 200gals by 3x." lol anyways yea man try them 100s out im sure you will love them. the reason i stopped at 45gals is cuz i cant physically move any size larger by myself. and nothing larger then a 45 fits thru a normal sized door opening. If your vegging and flowering in the same room then yea go for the 100s but if you gotta move the shit from room to room dont go bigger then the 45s