Hi all I'm just wondering what type of yeild can I expect from a sea of green type of grow I will be using two GT901 NFT systems which are 2meters x 0.5 meters each so 1 square meter each with 50 cuttings in each system I am hoping to veg for around 5 to 10 days and then flip too flower I am running four 600 W HPS lights so two the above each tray they will all be big buhhda blue cheese cuts and I also will be hoping to add co2 at some point if my budget allows me :/ hope you guys can help thanks
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What yield can I expect from sea of green 100 cuttings ?
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Definitely cart before horse... Rather spend your time online gathering info and know how instead of asking redundant questions... Financial motivation tends to turn the community off!!
chronosync
Well-known member
Expect nothing other than what you know you and your plants are capable of. What you aspire to achieve can easily be done. The knowledge is here.
That kind of light could yield 5 lbs, but you don't mention environment.
Probably the biggest factor in any grow, other than every other factor of equal importance.
How do you plan on feeding?
That kind of light could yield 5 lbs, but you don't mention environment.
Probably the biggest factor in any grow, other than every other factor of equal importance.
How do you plan on feeding?
jedi5891
Well-known member
This question is a bit like how long is a piece of string. There's so many factors that come in to play. 1 person would be able to get as much as twice the amount of someone with less experience. So alot comes down to the ability of the grower. Light and environmental factors also play huge roles.
If you've never done this way before then it's a matter of learning and dialing the technique down. The more you do it that way with same strains etc, you'll be able to improve each time until you max out the potential with the room and genetics etc
Genetics also will greatly dictate amount.
At I guess as I've done b b blue cheese, with that amount of veg etc- between half to oz a plant. So between 50 an 100 oz (4-8lb)
Good luck
Peace
Namaste
If you've never done this way before then it's a matter of learning and dialing the technique down. The more you do it that way with same strains etc, you'll be able to improve each time until you max out the potential with the room and genetics etc
Genetics also will greatly dictate amount.
At I guess as I've done b b blue cheese, with that amount of veg etc- between half to oz a plant. So between 50 an 100 oz (4-8lb)
Good luck
Peace
Namaste
This guy has given you the most direct answer.
1 gram per watt is considered good growing, you have 2400W therefore 2.4kg.
If things are really dialled and you are using CO2 and keeping within VPD parameters then you could possibly double that.
Hence 11.7 pounds
MileHighGlass
Senior Member
I always love seeing this question. 
Don't expect anything, and be grateful for every gram you get.
lol everyone here can give you a estimate final weight but nothing with probably be close, especially if you kill them weather it's your fault or a lil pest problem or something else. You would have to account for how big your plants get in a 10 get which probably won't be very big lol then experience will come into play sooner you catch a problem more likely it won't effect your overall harvest, but if you miss it or just don't know what's going on and it goes to far and gets to bad well you killed them. I say all this cause if you had any experience growing you would have a rough estimate what you can pull with 100 plants a whole shit load but in your case maybe not as much your using 600w lights instead of 1000w and your only vegging 7-10 days they won't get very big so you won't have a very big yeild, what if you only get 7grams off each plants thats only 700 grams I can yeild more then that with small space and way less plants 100 plants that's a excessive manufacturing felony and you won't let it veg that long so you won't get that much lol it's not worth 100 plant probably 10 year sentence lol
Wow thanks for all the replies I take it all in and try to learn as much as I can from it all my environment is dialled in as good as gets to be honest as I have always done soil grows in the same room and had really good results so the major factor for me is using a NFT hydro system for the first time that's the one thing that is worrying me and I was hoping that someone here has some experience with it and give me good pointers thanks for the replies guys
chronosync
Well-known member
Check out what sturgeongeneral is doing with tables. Someone was picking his brain about his methods in this thread:
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=308818
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=308818
jedi5891
Well-known member
If you haven't got either then 100% for sure invest in a ph and ec/ppm meter. Soil is a lot more forgiving, with hydro your parameters all need to be in check. Always check the ph an ec in the tank every day or so, as NFT is a recirculating system you'll find these fluctuates as the plants drink more of the water raising the EC and altering the ph. Do a complete tank change every 2-4 weeks and top of with half Strength feed. When adjusting feed in tank, switch off pump until you've stabilised the ec/ph etc
Also make sure you fully soak the spreader mat before placing blocks an turning pump on. My hydro experience is limited though.
Good luck
But yeah for sure as many have pointed out, anything is a bonus. Look for quality 1st then yield. I'd rather have less nice flowers than more low quality.
Peace
Namaste
Amen, brutha!
Thanks chronosync I have just read through his whole thread and has been useful I will definitely be picking his brains also as he seems to have a lot of experience. And Jedi thanks for the reply I do have a PPM and P Hache pen maybe I should invest in a continuous monitoring monitor if that makes sense and that was what I was looking for was some help as in topping up
Sorry I accidentally press the reply button so you think I should fill the tanks set PH I had all my neuts check my PPM ensure all mats are soaked and then turn pump on and check my PPM and PH daily and when the plants drink to top up with half strength nutrients instead of just plain water and when I check daily you suggest I turn pumps off and reset ph and then turn back on ? Thanks
Tynehead Tom
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the first time I flowered out clones , back in the 90's, the sea of green method was "just" catching on in our area (Vancouver, Canada).
I was moving in 2 months, had no time to do the usual 3 month run with the trays of clones I had ready, so I kept 32 of them, stuck them in 1 gallon pots and sunshine 4, vegged em 5 days under a 1000w halide , then switched to the 940 HPS conversion bulb. The plants, 49 day flowering, shiskaberry F1. No C02 but RH, temps and air exchange were all spot on. Lucas formula 6/9 (with koolbloom). I still have my grow logs from back then and that little last minute garden before the move, yielded 18 oz and wasn't "maximized".
slightly bigger pot, another 5 days of veg and maybe 2 x 1000 watts and mighta doubled that (maybe LOL)
I was moving in 2 months, had no time to do the usual 3 month run with the trays of clones I had ready, so I kept 32 of them, stuck them in 1 gallon pots and sunshine 4, vegged em 5 days under a 1000w halide , then switched to the 940 HPS conversion bulb. The plants, 49 day flowering, shiskaberry F1. No C02 but RH, temps and air exchange were all spot on. Lucas formula 6/9 (with koolbloom). I still have my grow logs from back then and that little last minute garden before the move, yielded 18 oz and wasn't "maximized".
slightly bigger pot, another 5 days of veg and maybe 2 x 1000 watts and mighta doubled that (maybe LOL)
If you have consistently achieved good results in soil then what is your reason for changing to NFT? The learning curve could be long and costly. Speaking from personal experience regarding changing from soil to hydro. I ended up going back to soil after much heartache and frustration!!
If it ain't broke...
