Hey mr. K! Finally got a chance to catch up. You know i was reading about your bonsai mom and clone period predicament and, although this may not be the thing for you, i always like to add my 2 cents. First off im just curious about the height of your mother/clone tent. If its tall enough my personal suggestion would be to take your waterfarms and use those to grow out your mothers. After 3 clonings just toss the mom and throw in a fresh mom. You say youre running 3 strains from 6 bonsais but in the same space you can use 3 waterfarms. You will get many more clones that way and bigger as well. Of 2 waterfarm mothers i have, ive cut 36 clones in 5 weeks in a 2x2 space, just to give you some numbers to compare. Of coarse im not saying my way is the best. But if you hace enough vertical space, it will definitely keep you well supplied with thicker-stemmed clones...
But youre SOG is lookin SOGOOD... Like KFC haha
O and i just thought of another idea: double bonsai waterfarms lol. You could even put 2 lones in each waterfarm and have faster growing bonsais. Something i might just try now that it comes to mind.
Thanks, Beans! Those are great suggestions, and actually, something I have already considered.
In my space, I can really only fit two waterfarms and, while I agree I'll get more/bigger clones (not thicker, though...those bonsais get thick!) and, a much faster growth rate, I won't be able to maintain the same number of strains or redundancy as I can with the Bonsais.
And, all my research tells me I should easily be able to feed the SOG with two MATURE bonsais, so, with the six I'm planning on starting with, I should have more than enough and, if I lose a plant for some reason, I still won't lose the strain.
In retrospect, I probably should have put a couple of full-size plants in with the first dozen SOG plants to fill the tent until my moms grew out. And, it definately would have been better to start with "ready" mom's!
But, like they say, "hindsight is 20/20" and I should still yield enough with this first round that I won't run out before I harvest the next round, which is the first goal.
I figure by the first of the year, I should be on a steady pace. And, I'm estimating harvesting about 2 oz. in mid-December, and another 2 oz. in the first week in January.
So, I should be fine for meds until we can get on track with the bonsais.
Since I truly appreciate your $0.02, I'll add a couple of my own...
Although there's nothing "wrong" with it, I personally don't like to put more than one plant in a container, and if I did, I would probably want them the same strain and age.
Having the same strain/age will let me keep them on one nute schedule without having to worry about overfeeding/underfeeding one. And, having them in seperate containers will not only let me vary the nutes, but if one of the plants is sick, it's easier to treat and less likely to spread to the other plant(s), or if I have to remove a plant it's actually possible without ripping apart intertwined roots.
All that being said, if I can't get to a stable point with the bonsais, I'll almost definately drag out at least one, if not both of the waterfarms, and start growing some bigger moms. I'll still maintain bonsais, if possible, to keep multiple strains going, then just put a clone in the waterfarm to grow out a "temporary" mom to feed the SOG, then replace the mom in the waterfarm with a different strain for the next SOG run.
In fact, I started a 2nd Lucy mom with that rooted clone. The buds from the one Lucy in flower look really nice, too, but she's only been in flower for 3 weeks, so they've still got quite a way to go.
today! 
