A LB a month?

Hmm well since you said a pound a month that requires seperate veg and flower rooms that you constantly cycle your plants through...nothing but rooted clones. Just move plants that are starting flower into the room with plants that are 30 days into flower (for 8 weeks strains). In 30 days the one batch is done and the other is half way done. Rinse and repeat. Its not hard but pushing weight like that would require 10 plants revolving every month in a hydro setup. It really wouldnt be that difficult as long as the plants 30 days into flower are on a different res than the new plants.

 

Like Smokey said, youd need two rooms. One with a MH bulb for mothers and clones (you might also need a softer light, perhaps a flouro for rooting clones) and a flowering room with a HPS bulb. Id say that LST would be the way to go, if you want a 1lb yield. You wouldnt need to grow hydro, because a large yield can be had with soil (and as I assume this is your first grow, hyrdo would likely be over your head).There are alot of things to consider, but light, genetics and proper nutriants are key. If you want a large yield, Id look into Big Bud, maybe a hybrid with Northen Lights, or some strain with potential to produce massive buds.

 

yeas either that or try and grow 6lbs every 6 months

 

That is true but you would have to veg soil plants much longer in order to equal the accelerated growth rate of hydro. Thats around 2 months before you even stick a plant in the flower room compared to 2 or 3 weeks in hydro. For speed purposes, hydro would be necessary. If going soil, the better option would be few big ass trees that you pull a quarter pound each from every month.
To keep plant numbers down in hydro the Krusty bucket method would yield those QPs and up. There really is a bunch of ways to obtain a pound a month. In reality, commercial growers do well OVER a pound a month. Its really not that much.

 

just my 2 cents but it appears as if it is your first time growing, in my experience and almost 95% of everyone else i've seen wont even come close to that much on their first grow, take some time to study and figure out exactly what you want to do and aim small and get them girls done right before you attempt to do a huge grow, first timers run into alot of problems along the way and this is where you learn the most. I'm currently using bubblebuckets and i get well over 2 pounds every 1.5 months out of 4 buckets. anyway good luck, happy smoking =)

 

maybe its your genetics. I planted 5 northern light seeds. ended up with 3 females. 1 female yielded maybe 1 1/2 0z but the other yielded 3-4, the 3rd about 1 1/2. I cloned the big yielder and seem to be getting the same result from that plant in flower now. Lots of bud sites. If I flowered 4 cuttings of those I might get a lb.

 

I would like to see you trim a pound a month. By the third month you would have carpal tunnel syndrome. I dread the week after harvest, I have to trim 1/2 to 3/4 of a pound. It sucks big time. How the hell do they do a field of plants? I'm lucky, I only have to do it every 70 days and I get my girl friend to help.

If you have not had to trim a pound of bud, it might sound like fun.

 

Legal med growers just hire people to help and use automatic trimmer machines. A pound an hour or so in those machines....if you got $10K to spend on one.