Trying to figure out how many plants I have to grow at a time in order to produce about 8 oz every harvest (or every 3 months). To do that I need an estimate on what each plant will yield. Alot of people say you should expect .5g/watt although 1g/watt is common amongst experienced growers. I have a 400watt mh/hps so that says I should get 200g per plant as a rough estimate. That would be 7 oz at .5g/watt which is just under half pound (8oz). However people say you should only expect to get 2 oz per plant! Im going to vegetate for 25 days before flowering for 9-11 weeks. The plants will all be about 5-6 feet tall. I BETTER get more than two ounces out of them! lol
Whoa whoa, you don't get .5g/W PER PLANT. You get .5g/W. For best efficiency you need to fill the footprint of your light ideally with a canopy of plants to approach 200g total amongst all plants. How many plants to fill your footprint depends on strain, pot size, veg time, training practices etc.
i got 2 23w 6500k and 2 15w 2700k lights...but i only have 1 plant right now. i plan on getting double that. 4 6500's and 4 2700's. for 4 plants. i still dont even know if my lighting situation is going to be enough, but im also going to bend them down, and put a grate over them before i harvest
ok, that makes a lot more sense. Thank you. Im thinking Ill need 4 plants and it should get me about 8 oz Im hoping in 4 months; which should suffice.
I am going for 11 ounces with 4 plants, we shall see what happens. I plan on running 6 plants in the future.
I dont grow with hps, but I dont think you can fit more than two fully mature plants under 1 400w hps.
Can't see ya gettin that much from some CFL's...better get yourself about a 600w HPS if you want those results.And you can grow about 5 fully mature plants under a 400w and shit who knows how many autoflowers you could do under one depends on the strain.I'm only doin 3 and I'll end up with about 5oz I got some fat bitches lol!5 zips for just me goes a looooooooooong way!Good luck man!
This is a real question, not a smartass. You can fit 5 5-6ft tall plants under a 400w hps and get a good yield?
Doubt that will be enough light for veg to flower.Maybe for one small one but I'm experimenting with the small 26w 6500K CFL's to veg...working quite well...veggin a lemon skunk and she doin great...sure the voodoo juice has alot to do with it's growth I've tried flowering under CFL's with ok results..that Kamel dude does it tho!My opinion on CFL's,if you really really want to get a harvest,go with some T5's man,the tubes.
Now remember I said depending on the strain..5 fully grown sativas wouldn't work well but I have tried it.the hawaiian snow was over 6ft at the end..was kinda airy buds but def dank...had about 4 or 5oz from 5 sativas but I think that's pretty good for a 400...this all indica grow I've got goin under my 400 will yield much more than that..everything plays a factor when growing just because a dude has a bigger light than u doesn't mean his harvest will be bigger or better its all in ur technique
Im pretty new to this but it is possible to get big harvests with only cfl's. I have seen an 8oz harvest of 3 plants with only cfl's, mind you he had 8-42watt bulbs. You have to keep them very close to the vegetation though obviously. Like I said, I am no espert, but thought I would throw my 2 cents in.
ive seen a guy on here who got either 3.5 or 4.5 zips using 5-6 cfls. it all depends WHERE you put your lights and how MUCH room you have for your plant to grow. a mature plant thats 30 inches isnt going to produce as much as a plant thats 48 inches
I grow out big plants in DWC buckets and average 4-6 oz per plant depending on the strain but I couldn't fit more than 2 under a 400 wt light.