New Grower Light and yield

[ninja1]

I know you can achieve the same yield with 1 plant as to 4 with photo strains but can the same be said for autos? I mean with them not getting so long to veg isn't it better to go for more plants so your not relying on so much bud from a few. Hope that makes sense lol

 

[ninja1]

Mainemedical your the main reason I ask this lol

 

[thud]

Grow tents are best managed as spaces. If you have a one square meter tent, you have 4x50cm squares. You don't want bigger plants or smaller plants, you want them to fit exactly to the allocated space. Pruning and small pots are used to prevent them getting too big. If something is too small for it's space, grow them more tightly. We are simply rolling out a solar panel during veg and once it 100% covers the area, no more light capture is possible and it's time to go to bud. Autos come in all sizes. You pick your size by choosing your seed rather than changing your lights.

 

[ska'd 4 life]

I'm growing in a similar space to yourself ninja1, 60x60x160 with a 250w MH & HPS, I can get 4 6.5l/7.5l pots in my tent, at times things can get a bit cramped and i've thought the same thing about wether i'd be better off doing 2 in 10l pots, but i'm growing primarily for variety as there's so many strains out there i want to try, i've also thought what if i only go for less plants and end up with the same yeild per plant as i did when i had 4 going, i'd feel like i'd have wasted 8-9 weeks so i'm sticking with 4 and possibly taking the hit on yield. If i find a killer strain that i'd be happy to smoke continuously then maybe i'd consider doing less and trying to get them bigger as for now i like having the variety to smoke. I'm nowhere near your level of experience ninja1 but as a noob i'm pulling around the oz. mark on most plants now, my best being a snowstormII which came in @ 35g dry, so i'm sure someone with your experience you can top that easily? I'm also using plant magic old timer nutes as i've tried to go as organic as possible, i'm not completely convinced by these nutes yet but i have nothing else to compare with as i've yet to go down the fully chemical route. My current grow i've not really bothered with the veg nutes, just used a little bit of plant magic catalyst and hesi supervit in veg with some bat guano mixed into the soil and the plants actually look better, i'll use the bloom and molasses in flowering. with regards to your dark period thread below, i've switched light schedules in 1 grow between 20-4,18-6,19-5, without noticing any real difference so sticking with 18-6 currently throughout.

 

[ninja1]

lol behave ska ive only been growing coming up a year hardly an og yet . 35g is good for an auto . 4 of some strains wont fit into a dr60 though thats the thing that concerns me. I know 4 of any dinfaem strain will get too big. Im exactly the same mate if i get less from less plants i just think ah ffs should of stuck to what worked lol. Honestly even 2 dinafem critial jack would struggle for room inside the dr60. I will grow a pair and try 1 critical jack lst under a 250w soon though as i plan to get rid of my bigger tent within a couple of grows.

 

[ska'd 4 life]

aah well still a grow or two in front of me ninja1! good to get a heads up about dinafem seeds, i've been looking at them for a while and been hearing good things but to be honest i try and keep my girls a manageable size now, as you know the DR60 can get a bit tight for space! yep the 35g was my best yet i'll get round to posting pics and smoke report soon (when i stop smoking it probably!) it was over a 100g wet, shrinkage sucks! Have you grown the critical jack before? if so how did you get on with her mate?

 

[ninja1]

I don't even weigh my bud when it's wet it'll just upset me lol...I would say I got an eye now and can look at my plants and be real close to what I'm gonna get...ill do it for us next grow mate and see what I can pull with 1 plant inside the dr60. I've grown the critical jack only auto I've brought twice as I also like to try different strains. I'm gonna be growing her again for the third time..glad I got her as a freebie and opened my eyes..I've pulled just over 3oz from her in a 6.5l..click my cream caramel grow in my signature and can see her I've never had less than an oz from the strain and smoke wise it's probably the best auto..never seen a bad plant by dinafem.

 

[Mainemedical]

Mainemedical your the main reason I ask this lol

Haha you know how I feel about the subject. Less plants more yield has been my way of success so far. I'd double your pot size and grow half as many plants per light and I think your yield will increase.
My next grow I'll have 14 autos in one room an they'll all be in either 25L or 5 gallon pots. Right now in running about 1600 watts and I'm looking to add maybe 400 or so more along with a light mover

 

[daylighting]

Sea of Green is the Dutch way, and they have a reputation for being stingy.

 

[ninja1]

Do you run photos aswell medic? That's just sounding crazy to me lol a 25litre pot -_- is it worth it as I'm sure they don't get long enough to veg and root out a pot that size?
Haha I feel out done with your set up you tease all ill say is the tent comes down Xmas but I'm not downsizing lol something is being set up with the aim of 144oz lol dought it'll be going online though