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biggest yield for a 6 plant setup
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george j warner
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6 plants? and 2k of light? ok fair enough .... why only do 6 plants though ? how much height you got in the room?
erm i would go make a ultra fizzy DWC system ...double the fizz of a normal dwc
why only 6 plants lol... you could happily have 16x 4footers per light 32 in all
unless you want to veg for 6 months lol you wont get the yield you need
just so ya know a 1k light will (recommended) light up 2m square
is this a medical marijuana thing only 6 plants or is it a thing your doing with ya mate ... highest yield for 6 plants???
im really confused lol
erm i would go make a ultra fizzy DWC system ...double the fizz of a normal dwc
why only 6 plants lol... you could happily have 16x 4footers per light 32 in all
unless you want to veg for 6 months lol you wont get the yield you need
just so ya know a 1k light will (recommended) light up 2m square
is this a medical marijuana thing only 6 plants or is it a thing your doing with ya mate ... highest yield for 6 plants???
im really confused lol
G
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I would get a 1K vertizontal parabolic and run the lamp horizontally,you can get 1.5lb easy,2lb with care.I use verts I can get 6lb off 3 vertizonatls flowering plants in 3 gal containers with co2.
pumpkin2006
Member
knna said:
What he said. With 1 - 1 1/2 month veg you could easily yield a pound a plant in KFB buckets, DWC or Ebb n' grow buckets (any of these systems would do it). I think you could yield even more.
You might want to think about some 600 watters. Have 3 rows of 2 plants, have a light hanging vertical between the rows 1 and 2, and 2 and 3. You can pick up a ballast and bulb for under $150 to your door. be a good idea to have one or two on top also.
When you say the biggest yield what are you thinking? Or hoping for? and what are the conditions of the room, ventilation access, hight, windows, or is it a walk in closet?
When you say the biggest yield what are you thinking? Or hoping for? and what are the conditions of the room, ventilation access, hight, windows, or is it a walk in closet?
thanks for all the replies guys. Sorry I should have wrote more info for all of you. The reason i'm keeping it to six plants is what my cannabis card allows 6 mature plants OR 12 immature plants. When i say biggest yield, i want to get atleast 3+ pounds per harvest. The room is about 8' tall. No windows. I will have air conditioning with a vent fan for my clean air. The room is a basement. I like the idea with two 600 watts horizontally and one 1000 vertically and i would expect you guys to say go hydro but i don't really want to go there if i can get good results from organic. thanks! I will post pics of the room when i drive out there.
I have the knowledge and skill to grow in soil, only tried hydro once with so so results.
I have the knowledge and skill to grow in soil, only tried hydro once with so so results.
G
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Voodoo...congrats on getting your certification.I look forward to my state decriminalizing...BL
george j warner
Member
ok voodoo that makes sense ... sorry for being confused lol ......
deck the room out with mylar and a damp proof lining for the floor .
get big 10 gallon pots (more wide than high)if you cant find pots big enough you can use a plastic storage box sprayed black (on outside) .. drill holes in the bottom and buy some good growing soil... the stuff thats costs way too much look on a hydro site ..hang on
http://www.discount-hydro.com/growmediums.asp
get some sunshine compost , and bag of perlite and a bag of grow rocks
plants pot= grow rocks in bottom and 80/20% compost to perlite mix in rest
the bigger/wider the pot the wider the roots and the wider the plant as you got 8 feet of height expect to grow 5ft monsters under 2 x 1000watt air cooled reflectors (not cool tubes ... square lights but still a/c) ....pot will take up 1 ft .the top of the plants will be between 1 and 2 ft under the lights
the soil and fertallizer is the key ....the soil MUST be very airy fluffy and light mixed well but not compressed ...
put 6 plants in a rectangle 3ft square for every plant so total space = 6ft x 9ft ... but you will be able to walk inbetween as the pots will only take up 1.5/2ft each
as you are just wanting yeild get a co2 injection kit will double your yeild
also use canna fertalizer products
"canna tera vega" (veg ferts)
"canna tera flores" (flowering ferts)
"canna boost" (flowering boost)
"canna PK 13/14" (5th week of flowering "superbloom" ... big buds)
you also need a dehumidifier .
some good fans to fit the lights probally 6"
some good air flow fans probally 6-8" the more the air flow the better the result
strain is up to you ... as you want yeild these are some to concider:
chronic
big bud
B52
pot of gold
rockbud
greenhouse seed company https://seedboutique.com
great white shark
super silver haze
indicas are prefered ... coz of the massive yeilds but get a mix between indica and sativa as the height will be an issue of getting yeild
as you've grown in soil before i wont bor you with stuff you already know ... just give them big drip trays
(personally i wouldn't do soil you will get higher yeild from a DWC hydro set up )..... and means you dont have to water by hand ...
its easy if you want to know how .... up to you
laterz
deck the room out with mylar and a damp proof lining for the floor .
get big 10 gallon pots (more wide than high)if you cant find pots big enough you can use a plastic storage box sprayed black (on outside) .. drill holes in the bottom and buy some good growing soil... the stuff thats costs way too much look on a hydro site ..hang on
http://www.discount-hydro.com/growmediums.asp
get some sunshine compost , and bag of perlite and a bag of grow rocks
plants pot= grow rocks in bottom and 80/20% compost to perlite mix in rest
the bigger/wider the pot the wider the roots and the wider the plant as you got 8 feet of height expect to grow 5ft monsters under 2 x 1000watt air cooled reflectors (not cool tubes ... square lights but still a/c) ....pot will take up 1 ft .the top of the plants will be between 1 and 2 ft under the lights
the soil and fertallizer is the key ....the soil MUST be very airy fluffy and light mixed well but not compressed ...
put 6 plants in a rectangle 3ft square for every plant so total space = 6ft x 9ft ... but you will be able to walk inbetween as the pots will only take up 1.5/2ft each
as you are just wanting yeild get a co2 injection kit will double your yeild
also use canna fertalizer products
"canna tera vega" (veg ferts)
"canna tera flores" (flowering ferts)
"canna boost" (flowering boost)
"canna PK 13/14" (5th week of flowering "superbloom" ... big buds)
you also need a dehumidifier .
some good fans to fit the lights probally 6"
some good air flow fans probally 6-8" the more the air flow the better the result
strain is up to you ... as you want yeild these are some to concider:
chronic
big bud
B52
pot of gold
rockbud
greenhouse seed company https://seedboutique.com
great white shark
super silver haze
indicas are prefered ... coz of the massive yeilds but get a mix between indica and sativa as the height will be an issue of getting yeild
as you've grown in soil before i wont bor you with stuff you already know ... just give them big drip trays
(personally i wouldn't do soil you will get higher yeild from a DWC hydro set up )..... and means you dont have to water by hand ...
its easy if you want to know how .... up to you
laterz
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ok was just at my location. Here are the exact measurements. The room is 6'9'' wide, 8'3'' long and the height is 8'. So my total sf is 55.6. 55.6 x 50 = 2780 watts i should have?
after doing research and reading blazeoneup's tutorial and his own personal grow I believe the way to go is the recirculating DWC 6 bucket system. Since I am growing trees I will get at least 5 gallon buckets.(still trying to find a good 10 gal container)
1. Should I get bigger buckets or will 5 gallon be enough? Remember I want to TRY and reap a huge harvest. I am going to try and do 4-6 weeks veg and 8-9 weeks flower
2. For the lights I am still confused on the best way to go. From reading other grower's post I believe the way to go would be putting vertical lights inbetween the plants like this so there surrounded by the plants 600 or 1000?
plant---------plant----------plant
------light-----------light
plant---------plant----------plant
and then i was thinking about putting one 1000 on a light mover over top. or do i put the 600's for the verticals then put two 1000 over top? right now i believe the best would be to have 1000 for the verticals and another 1000 for over top. all should be air cooled. can vertical lights be air cooled>?
3. Right now the walls are drywalled and are the default white color. Should I get MYLAR and do it everywhere or should i get a bucket of flat white paint? Money doesn't matter, I want the best
4. here the rest of the stuff that I will be getting:
-water chiller
-co2 injection system
- odor control ( i am doing a sealed room but I am still going to try and mask/kill the odor if anything escapes into the two surrounding rooms)
-damp proof liner for floor
-reverse osmosis machine hooked up to faucet
-6 bucket dwc system (includes air pumps, 60 gal reservoir, controller etc.)
-humidifier / ac
- I have an electrician coming before this weekend to do me up right.
- nutrients are going to be advanced
- Strain is still unknown but I will be starting from clone.
Ok that sums it up. I am going there this weekend to start building. Will take pics. I really appreciate people taking the time to look at this and respond with there two cents. blaze on young gun
after doing research and reading blazeoneup's tutorial and his own personal grow I believe the way to go is the recirculating DWC 6 bucket system. Since I am growing trees I will get at least 5 gallon buckets.(still trying to find a good 10 gal container)
1. Should I get bigger buckets or will 5 gallon be enough? Remember I want to TRY and reap a huge harvest. I am going to try and do 4-6 weeks veg and 8-9 weeks flower
2. For the lights I am still confused on the best way to go. From reading other grower's post I believe the way to go would be putting vertical lights inbetween the plants like this so there surrounded by the plants 600 or 1000?
plant---------plant----------plant
------light-----------light
plant---------plant----------plant
and then i was thinking about putting one 1000 on a light mover over top. or do i put the 600's for the verticals then put two 1000 over top? right now i believe the best would be to have 1000 for the verticals and another 1000 for over top. all should be air cooled. can vertical lights be air cooled>?
3. Right now the walls are drywalled and are the default white color. Should I get MYLAR and do it everywhere or should i get a bucket of flat white paint? Money doesn't matter, I want the best
4. here the rest of the stuff that I will be getting:
-water chiller
-co2 injection system
- odor control ( i am doing a sealed room but I am still going to try and mask/kill the odor if anything escapes into the two surrounding rooms)
-damp proof liner for floor
-reverse osmosis machine hooked up to faucet
-6 bucket dwc system (includes air pumps, 60 gal reservoir, controller etc.)
-humidifier / ac
- I have an electrician coming before this weekend to do me up right.
- nutrients are going to be advanced
- Strain is still unknown but I will be starting from clone.
Ok that sums it up. I am going there this weekend to start building. Will take pics. I really appreciate people taking the time to look at this and respond with there two cents. blaze on young gun
G
Guest
2 kbs plants will outyeild anything else you do. Maybe some medium sized dwc if you don't choose kbs.
G
Guest
Chodo`s really right for the sq. footage you have available but 6 dwc buckets will fit no prob.....It`s just that they`ll be competing for all the environment of the room instead of a couple of big plants.......To grow trees you need a minimum of 5'x5' square and you`ve got 55.6875 sq. ft. so you`d have room for 2 with a lil veg-time with vertical bare bulbs instead of 6 that`ll haveta be trimmed underneath due to no light penetration down thru the canopy if you extend veg for yield.......Reflectix is an excellent wall insulating reflective material......It`s available at Lowe`s and HD .......It`s all I use and got the idea from Blazeoneup.....But hey...I run ebb and flow buckets now (but did krusty buckets for over 6 yrs.) so what do I know.... 
...... Good Luck Dewd........Peace.....DHF.....
...... Good Luck Dewd........Peace.....DHF.....
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Heady NUGs
Member
Using 1K, I was happy to see two ounces per plant, but I think there are more dense genetics out there.....
Worm Eat Worm
Member
as far as wall coverings i'd get white roof paint if money's no object or even that white rubber people make rubber roofs out of that way you can hose it down after each grow.
G
Guest
i think the two 1000's vertically with a tree style grow is your best bet. you can always keep the size down by veggin them for maybe only 3 weeks instead of 4 or 5. since you're a med grower, you might consider running a system with separate containers so if one gets infected it doesn't spread to the rest. The recirc dwc is nice because you can use the chiller and you don't have to worry about top offs as much with the rez/buckets. If topping off frequency (with the rez/buckets) is the main reason for dooing the recirculating dwc, consider just doing individual lines to each of the buckets from a main rez, only feeding into the buckets when the float valve triggers them , and never feeding back to the rez. that way you don't have to deal with top offs but you isolate your plant and continue to be able to mix nutes easily.
If you do a tree style grow, try to get something with at least 20% sativa if possible, just so you get that extra size.
I guess your strain depends on what you need the medication for. Care to fill us in whther you've narrowed down which strains you might use yet?
I think you mentioned having a ceiling vent in the basement but no windows. You'll probably wanna close that off, seal the room, and run some a/c in there along with an oscilating fan to stir stuff up.
Are you using a propane co2 generator or just a co2 tank?
If you do a tree style grow, try to get something with at least 20% sativa if possible, just so you get that extra size.
I guess your strain depends on what you need the medication for. Care to fill us in whther you've narrowed down which strains you might use yet?
I think you mentioned having a ceiling vent in the basement but no windows. You'll probably wanna close that off, seal the room, and run some a/c in there along with an oscilating fan to stir stuff up.
Are you using a propane co2 generator or just a co2 tank?
well i just came from the hydro store. didnt purchase just did a price check of everything im getting as follows:
my final decision is going with a 6 (5gal) bucket dwc system. I am buying the parts along with the above mentioned items. I kept out the small stuff like, fans,nutes,tubing, hum/ac will come but not through the hydro store, i will post some pics of construction cant wait!!
oh and as far as strain im still unsure.
- lights - (3) 1000 watts 8' air cooled 467 each
- water chiller $350
- co2 tank injection system with monitor and regualtor $800
- r/o machine $260
- eco water pump 80 watts 65$
- water pump 56
my final decision is going with a 6 (5gal) bucket dwc system. I am buying the parts along with the above mentioned items. I kept out the small stuff like, fans,nutes,tubing, hum/ac will come but not through the hydro store, i will post some pics of construction cant wait!!
oh and as far as strain im still unsure.You are allowed 6 mature plants OR 12 seedlings??
Then you should be allowed 4 mature plants AND 4 seedlings?
This regime will give you the highest amount per year. (2month veg-2month flower)
Two plants less but harvest every 2 months.
Another thing, be careful with the co2, specially in a basement without vents.
The co2 is heavier than air so it will collect on the floor , sometimes in dangerous levels. Don't place the sensor high up on the wall, and make shure the air circulation is suffient. use a fan to blow air from the floor, and up into the canopy.
.manitu
Then you should be allowed 4 mature plants AND 4 seedlings?
This regime will give you the highest amount per year. (2month veg-2month flower)
Two plants less but harvest every 2 months.
Another thing, be careful with the co2, specially in a basement without vents.
The co2 is heavier than air so it will collect on the floor , sometimes in dangerous levels. Don't place the sensor high up on the wall, and make shure the air circulation is suffient. use a fan to blow air from the floor, and up into the canopy.
.manitu
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reaperz
Member
if its 6 mature plants or 12 seedlings then shouldnt he be allowed 3 mature plants and 6 seedlings? or 4 mature and 8 seedlings
it makes no sense to allow 12 seedlings but not be able to flower?
wouldnt it make more sense to do some extreme lst? and to attempt to create an even canopy? even canopy=bud sites get equal light
it makes no sense to allow 12 seedlings but not be able to flower?
wouldnt it make more sense to do some extreme lst? and to attempt to create an even canopy? even canopy=bud sites get equal light
G
Guest
I say grow tree's. Get the grow really dialed in. Remember mylar!
Good Luck Have Fun
Good Luck Have Fun
