This was one of my tops from a 400w single grow.. yielded 8oz dry bud at harvesthttps://www.rollitup.org/groups/aussie-growers-club-picture2182183-nice-top-b4-harvest.jpgSo just a tad over your expected average of .5 oz. per plant? What an impressive score per watt and sq. ft. that is!
Out of curiosity, did you monitor the amount of water your setup consumed over the entire project?
Superb setup, nice cycle, clean journal, competent grower. Who could ask for anything more?
ok listen.. its very hard to pull off 2g a watt...just because this guy can do it doesn't mean, everybody can.... and its too inconsistent to be shooting for that every time.....
you aren't getting yields over 1.5-1.75gpw with a horizontal bulb. the most efficient way as of now to get those yields is using vertical lighting. you basically more than double the footprint of the bulb. the technique and style may vary (i.e. stadium, colisseum, rotating system) but the principle is the same. if you know of a "better way to get that yield" then please share because i've been growing a long time and that is the most efficient way i have seen.
you can change the setup/technique however you want. it's the footprint i am talking about. colisseum grow is not the setup; it's the footprint. you can set it up using RDWC buckets, soil, rockwool flood trays, etc... just depends on how handy you are. the layout of the footprint is what is so efficient.
i've grown both soil and hydro for over 12 years and soil is a LOT easier than hydro. less work, less mess, less tweaking, less room for error, less maintenance, less checking. overall just easier in my opinion. hydro is quicker for sure...especially in veg but in my experience there really is no difference in yield.soil makes me sick in everyway most un efficent and disgusting way of growing IMO coco would be all id be willing to do but still lugging to many bags about
less mess? in soil lol i beg to differ, all u need in hydro esp DWC is some clay balls in a net pot and water. sure its more maintainance but for a better result imo. less chance of pests etc as well in hydro
i think this thread evolved past "just" a hydro thread 400 posts ago.
for me soil is less mess and maintenance. cleaning hydroton afterward is more time consuming to me than dumping some soil for reuse into a 55 gallon drum. plus, with soil all i have to do is stick my plant in a pot. set the pots up on a flood tray with a drain fitting and when i get runoff i empty a 5 gallon bucket sitting under the drain. when you use fabric pots it's even less mess than that cause you don't even get runoff after you learn to watch the pot.
ditch the hydroton, use sure to grow cubes or neoprene, blue lab peridoser.... have a recirculating system.. with easy access to drain and faucet.i think this htread evolved past "just" a hydro thread 400 posts ago.
like you said though...to each their own. neither soil nor hydro produces a better yield or quality as opposed to the other. hydro is faster though.
i've heard some horror stories about that stuff. lots of guys running into problems when they tried "sure to grow" medium. i grow in 4" rockwool blocks in mesh pots on flood tables. tables are filled with hydroton too. it's a recirculating system. i'm switching out to under current slowly though. much more efficient, larger plants, less nutes.
what horror stories?... they retain water fine and the are easy to germinate in.. dont have to deal with dust or ph issues..
Nice modification!