So far, the plants that I've posted, were all from years ago. Grown in soil, under various led lights. Some blurple lights, some diy quantum board lights, and obviously flowered in tents. Since then, I've moved to a new spot, learned a little and changed my methods of growing quite a bit.
For the longest time, I wasn't keeping or taking any cuts from what I grew, and I would just flower out the seed plants and that was that. Well when I moved, the availability of grow space opened up slightly so I decided to start keeping some cuts/clones. Now I've got a dedicated flower room, growing in coco, with a multi feed drip system under de hps, so I've been using the tents for keeping moms and starting clones.
I still have to grow stealthily, and my spaces are tight, but with this new setup I've been having good success keeping the genetics around. Last year, my brother and I went in halves, and picked up about 10 or so "elite" cuts. Some of the hype cuts. Some of the classic cuts... I'd never grown any of them (until now), so they're all new to me. As well, we kept a few from a couple of rounds between us, and even had one or two of gifted cuts.
For my moms, I've still been growing in soil under diy led. I use 7x7x9" pots for these and treat them like bonsai trees, however, I am about to drop my pot size, down to the 5x5x7" for the moms to save more space. I only need a handful of cuts (per strain) at any given time, so this works for me. Generally about once a month they will get a good pruning, and any cuts that are needed will be taken at that time, and this fits my schedule well.
I root my cuts in rapid rooter plugs, on a tray under a dome. Since I keep my moms short, I thought I could utilize the vertical space in the tent better by adding a shelf inside. With the wire shelf addition and a single 65w QB light, I'm now rooting my cuts in the same tent, above the moms. I only have one (adjustable) shelf up now, but could easily add another if needed. I can comfortably fit 2 trays on each shelf, but I only need one at a time. One added benefit I noticed, is that with the tray directly above the light, I get the ambient heat from the light warming the bottom of the tray slightly, so I no longer need the seedling mats under the tray.
