hi there,
i am beginning to feel like i did not purchase a large enough tent. i am do dwc, a 4 bucket system in a 2x4x60. i decided, after so many seed and seedling deaths so far that i would do just 2 plants, but still the height is not there. with the 5 gallon bucket that leaves only about 3 feet to grow and that will right up to the light. do i need to rethink this? i have done a great deal of research but this issue did not come up until too late. what do you think? i am on a tight budget so if i can make this work that would be great. thanks everyone. you have been so helpful :).
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Two plants are about all you can fit in a 2x4. You might get away with 3 smaller sized autos.
By far the most common cause of seedling problems is overwatering. They only need a couple ml of water per day at the seedling stage. Cannabis needs wet/dry cycles throughout its lifecycle.
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You can do some horizontal training on them and still have some good results. Just gotta time it for the flowering stretch. 2 plants could get you a good yield.
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My brother you will be ok as long as you top your plant… I’m speaking from experience… i started out with a 2×2×4’ tall tent … ran outa room because my dumbass didn’t top her so i bought a 2×4×5’ tall and have just enough room for that beast so whatever you do top your plant… this is her… a super skunk auto
This is a red super skunk auto I’m training now
This is a banana kush auto im training a totally different way.
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I vegged too long in a 2x4 and 8’ tall tent 
I still have about 4-6 weeks and theyre already overtaking the tent and i had to rig my light higher
Its always a struggle. I still wish i had a bigger tent Would love a 5x5
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Until yesterday, I had 3 fully matured, 1 solo cup grow about 1½ weeks in flower, and 3 autos starting veg. I just chopped 2 of the 3 biguns, and the other is in the dark until tomorrow. My tent is a 32x32
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I’m so jealous
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Not if you saw me having to feed them 
The last two weeks I was having to take every plant out of the tent and pull and push and hope to Jeebus I didn’t snap anything 
I’ll have enough from this grow, that the next I’ll do 1 plant I can give more attention to. May throw an auto or 3 in 
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Ive got a bunch of auto grows and harvests on my belt, and I’m working through my first photos.
I vegged them too long (10 weeks lmao), theyre ridiculous… both are now in 10 gal pots… and having to haul them out to water is absolutely a chore 
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why are you jealous?
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thank you. and it’s “my sister” if you please, my brother. i would like more height but of course i just bought this set up and not really prepared to spend another 100$. i’m gonna take your advice and see what i can do with what i have.
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Because I would LOVE a large grow space honestly!
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@ingridS Are you just straight up growing in plastic buckets or are you using fabric pots?
I highly recommend fabrics 
i will do that. thank you.
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My apologies Ma’am but you can make it work to your advantage…
hey panda-i am doing 5 gallon dwc buckets. i bought fabric bags for veggies.
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Aha! I’m not familiar with that set up honestly. Ive only grown in soils myself so i wont be much help on that route!
However if you’re worried about height you can always top the plants, LST them, maybe install a trellis at some point and also maybe super crop! 
This is my “monolith” tent
Still outta control with two in there…
I have a good canopy, and theyre all lollipopped underneath, but yeah… I’m clueless on hydro
Some nice training and you will be fine. Nothing fancy or hard. You can pull some nice yields with short fat plants. You have this. Happy growing Mam.
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thank you for the encouragement. i am feeling slightly defeated at the time.
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