1(1200w) room vs 2(600w) rooms

1(1200w) room vs 2(600w) rooms

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sk8nbmxr411

sk8nbmxr411

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So I have 2 air-cooled 600w hps and 2 tents, 3x3 and 4x4. I grow in 2L hempys packing around 4 plants per square foot. I have grown this way for a few years in my 3x3 so I know that 36 plants is NOT too much for my style of grow. I have been getting at least 14g per plant this way, yielding between 1-1.5lbs off 1 600w.

I can fit 64 plants in my 4x4 tent or 36 plants in my 3x3 tent. Here is my question, should I do1200w in my 4x4 and do the full 64 plants? Or would I be better off doing 36 under a 600w in each tent, 72 plants total. 2 separate spaces would get me 8 more plants possibly yielding 4+ oz.

I plan to do 1200w in the 4x4 with 64 plants unless anyone says different. I don't think that it is a big difference either way, but I thought that I would ask here just in case.

btw heat is not an issue either and I have a third tent for veg so that is not an issue either.

I have tons of pictures if this thread gets any attention, I will upload them.
 

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vitamin_green_inc

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Why not have both tents and then put in a new bunch if plants every 2 weeks...I'm assuming you have your own clones and a good 8 week or less strain? That to me is the only way that SOG makes sense vs a scrog which will yield more with less, wayyy less plants.
 
sk8nbmxr411

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Thank you for the quick response Vitamin Green. Actually, I have been doing the perpetual thing with many strains. Right now I have 5 strains that I have been keeping around for a while, perfect SOG strains- compact, single cola, 8 weeks...

This is tons of work though. Between feeding and all of the growing aspects, as well as harvesting and curing every few weeks. I have enough jars saved away that I do not need to do perpetual anymore. I just want to do one full room( or two rooms) all going in at the same time, feeding the same and harvesting at the same time.

I am not in a med state or I would do low plant numbers legally.
I have mothers that can put out plenty of clones whenever I need. I like SOG simply because of the zero veg time. And I am a pro at lollipoping, defoliating, all of the SOG techniques. I have done a few scrogs and although It was decent, I am just not that experienced in the training and judging when to actually make the flip to flower.
 

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vitamin_green_inc

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Sounds perfect for some modular scrogs! Check out verdantgreen on ICmag...each plant would have it's own scfog screen and you could harvest just as much if not more with less plants. Not as much work that's for sure. I'm sure everyone would love to see some photos of your setup or past harvest though so post them up!:peace:
sk8nbmxr411 said:
Thank you for the quick response Vitamin Green. Actually, I have been doing the perpetual thing with many strains. Right now I have 5 strains that I have been keeping around for a while, perfect SOG strains- compact, single cola, 8 weeks...

This is tons of work though. Between feeding and all of the growing aspects, as well as harvesting and curing every few weeks. I have enough jars saved away that I do not need to do perpetual anymore. I just want to do one full room( or two rooms) all going in at the same time, feeding the same and harvesting at the same time.
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SOMEBEECH

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sk8nbmxr411 said:
Thank you for the quick response Vitamin Green. Actually, I have been doing the perpetual thing with many strains. Right now I have 5 strains that I have been keeping around for a while, perfect SOG strains- compact, single cola, 8 weeks...

This is tons of work though. Between feeding and all of the growing aspects, as well as harvesting and curing every few weeks. I have enough jars saved away that I do not need to do perpetual anymore. I just want to do one full room( or two rooms) all going in at the same time, feeding the same and harvesting at the same time.

I am not in a med state or I would do low plant numbers legally.
I have mothers that can put out plenty of clones whenever I need. I like SOG simply because of the zero veg time. And I am a pro at lollipoping, defoliating, all of the SOG techniques. I have done a few scrogs and although It was decent, I am just not that experienced in the training and judging when to actually make the flip to flower.
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Damn Bro thats A LOT of work,I did Sog till I did Scrog, I will never go back.
Im the Indoor mod,Welcome to RIU.
 
SOMEBEECH

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vitamin_green_inc said:
Sounds perfect for some modular scrogs! Check out verdantgreen on ICmag...each plant would have it's own scfog screen and you could harvest just as much if not more with less plants. Not as much work that's for sure. I'm sure everyone would love to see some photos of your setup or past harvest though so post them up!:peace:
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I sure would like to see MORE,Don't tease us!
 
sk8nbmxr411

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Yea it is a lot of work. However, I use Maxi bloom in coco/perilite 2L hempys. I feed every time, usually every 2 or 3 days, all the way until harvest. This makes life not to shabby. I do not use any additives, I just feed full strength. I feel like if I were to veg them big and then flip to flower, that I might not be able to get by as easy as far as nutes, pot size, coco mix ect.

I have tried trees in 4 gal in a vert doughnut around a 600w. I have a pic of veg but cant seem to get the flowering ones off my phone atm. I yielded a pound off that grow, which was great, but not worth the blinding light and my plants just didn't' seem as happy as the 2L hempys.

Here are some 6ft outdoor plants in 5 gallon buckets of coco for now.
 

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akhiymjames

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Welcome bro. You have a great setup and either way would work. It's all about preference fareal. I'm in a non medical state or legal state too and I try to keep plant numbers to a minimum just in case. I would run 4 plants in each tent vegged for 8 weeks and just do a big harvest every 2 months similar to what Beech is saying. That way you always have 8 plants in veg and flower. Keeps the work down from so many plants and even tho you scrogged before and it wasn't that great try it again. I may be doing something like this when I move in the spring. It all depends on the space I'm going to have cus if I have a big room to work with I'm gonna do a 6000w tent. Let us know what you decide. Peace
 
sk8nbmxr411

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Thank you for the kind words akhiym! That does sound like a solid plan. I actually have a veg space as well. So I could do 4 in each tent staggered 4 weeks apart. Then I would be able to spread the harvest a little. I am all ready for the hempys so I am going to do at least one full run and see how it goes before I go back to the scrog.
 
SOMEBEECH

SOMEBEECH

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sk8nbmxr411 said:
Thank you for the kind words akhiym! That does sound like a solid plan. I actually have a veg space as well. So I could do 4 in each tent staggered 4 weeks apart. Then I would be able to spread the harvest a little. I am all ready for the hempys so I am going to do at least one full run and see how it goes before I go back to the scrog.
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You dont have to do a scrog,Just get like james sais 4 big plants that have a 4-8 week vegg,then when the Flowering plants are done you have 4 more ready.Replace them and add 4 more to be in vegg,getting a perp going,this will cutdown a lot of work with close to the same yields or more if you train,lst and top them will really help your yields.

Which ever you choose, I wish you GL
 
sk8nbmxr411

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Just took about 150 clones. 36 for one tent and 64 in the other, both tents have a 600w hps. 1200w for 100 plants... all I need is 12g per plant to get a gpw. In the past I averaged above that, so I am sure ill be in the ball park. Stay tuned for my grow journal!
 
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