Huge Yield Differences in SOG

[VonBudí]

4 per sq. ft. is the common SOG parameters

has anyone got a link to a soil 4 psf sog? or a pic?

 

[DoubleTripleOG]

You say they all look the same, but have different weights? I would go along with what's been said about light spread. We're the plants that only yielded half as much as the others, on the outside of the table/ light footprint? Or maybe the ones that didn't do so good, were in the shade of others? Lots of variables. Were some plants branchy, and others just a single cola.

In a perfectly executed sea of green, the plants in cubes would be touching (packed together). The cubes touching and growth above combined together will create an area under the cubes where the roots will spread and mat together . Individual root space doesn't matter once that happens. I speak from experience, as I have had flood tables look as I described above.

I like it as a grow method, just takes a lot more work. As compared to growing 4-6 bigger plants in the same footprint. Once you get a perpetual rotation going, plant count compared to yield is on the grower. My old man had a had time wrapping his head around it. Until i showed him that I could pull the same amount of weight with 8 plants instead of 180-200.

 

[ChaosCatalunya]

You say they all look the same, but have different weights? I would go along with what's been said about light spread. We're the plants that only yielded half as much as the others, on the outside of the table/ light footprint? Or maybe the ones that didn't do so good, were in the shade of others? Lots of variables. Were some plants branchy, and others just a single cola.

In a perfectly executed sea of green, the plants in cubes would be touching (packed together). The cubes touching and growth above combined together will create an area under the cubes where the roots will spread and mat together . Individual root space doesn't matter once that happens. I speak from experience, as I have had flood tables look as I described above.

I like it as a grow method, just takes a lot more work. As compared to growing 4-6 bigger plants in the same footprint. Once you get a perpetual rotation going, plant count compared to yield is on the grower. My old man had a had time wrapping his head around it. Until i showed him that I could pull the same amount of weight with 8 plants instead of 180-200.

You can, but annual production PSqM is way less, you have to veg for weeks, not days, or zero. My best SoG cut was 10cm/4", this is easily done in another room, meaning zero veg (downtime) in the F room.

 

[soggiebottom]

Indeed^...annual production should be highest by flowering with all your watts, as little veg as possible
Unfortunately...the two times I tried my highest plant density..I had Purple Kush...Ya, ask me how that turned out..I dare ya! haha

 

[ChaosCatalunya]

Welcome to the Jungle?

Max yields are attained when you flower cuts at max speed/rate of growth, the tricky trick for SoG is doing this, without ending up with foot tall cuts, >>>> a jungle

This is where I believe lolipopping can/will help and also why I believe that mega attention to the propagation and few days veg stage is crucial.

You can also put the taller, lolipopped cuts around the edges, to catch more side light, without shading, or being shaded by, the center.

Someone very experienced told me recently to lolipop all but the last 3 or 4 nodes, radical, but I am going to investigate. I saw a sulky c99 (she had preflowered in spring after an early start indoors.) explode when all the less than 100% vigorous growth was striped off.

 

[sprinkl]

Difference in micro climate could make a difference. Plants closer to the light are likely in a slightly hotter/drier environment.