40+ lbs with 12 Plants in 2 Rooms on a Flip

[Renfro]

I bet you are getting excited for harvest!

 

[diggs99]

I bet you are getting excited for harvest!

I am but probably not for the normal " zomg i cant wait to smoke it" reasons

I honestly just want to get it right this first run, get to harvest at the proper time with healthy plants and decent bud. It will almost be a relief to get this first run out of the way lol

But yes, getting very excited/anxious lol

 

[diggs99]

Just checked trics, nothing new, the buds on this Atomic plant are so orange compared to the 3 Fruit Punch

 

[Couch_Lock]

It's def cool you have a few strains to compare on the 1st grow.
It will take me yrs to figure out which strains train easy and those that stress, that kinda stuff.

 

[diggs99]

It's def cool you have a few strains to compare on the 1st grow.
It will take me yrs to figure out which strains train easy and those that stress, that kinda stuff.

i only wish i was allowed a higher plant count lol

i would spend the next couple years finding strains i love, then id keep 4 or 6 or 8 mothers and rip sog grows non stop lol

but here we are, allowed 4, cant complain, weren't allowed any before this lol

 

[bdt1981]

These started 12/12 on 12/11/18 so they are about 23 days into flowering. Another 47ish to go.

Strain is Gorilla Glue #4. With this strain I manage 42 to 48 pounds.

Each row that has the galvanized trellis rig have 2 plants. 6 plants per room, 2 rooms on a flip. Each room has 9600 watts of lighting. 6000 DE overhead and 2400w vertical end row lights with batwings plus I use and 2 x 600 watt verticals between rows. The side lighting is on a high temperature cutoff in the rare event things get too hot.

My plants are in black 10 gallon buckets. The 2 oddball plants in the rolling white 5 gallon buckets are my girlfriends plants.

All buckets are top feed drain to waste (bucket in bucket with hose to floor drain). I use Berger BM6 HP medium. I cut my clones from plants about 14-20 days into 12/12 so as to improve branching. Once rooted and transplanted into 10 gallon buckets my plants veg for about 40 days from clone in a dedicated veg room and are then moved into the flowering rooms after a harvest and cleanup. Then they are vegged another 10-14 days to get them trellised out sideways to maximize canopy area, create more bud stalks and keep it even as possible.

Feed is General Hydroponics Flora 3 part with Armor Si and Calimagic. I also add Advanced Nutrients B52 and Age Old Mycorrhizae (dry) and Advanced Nutrients Carboload to feed those microbes. pH 6.3 to 6.7 using Advanced pH up and down.

Each room has a 4 ton ceiling mount minisplits (also on the flip with the lights), natural gas CO2 generators, autopilot controllers, swamp coolers to add humidity when required and dehumidifiers to keep it from getting to high (not a problem often here in this dry climate). RO filter provides clean H2O.

For scale purposes the galvanized pipe trellis rigs are 5 feet tall from the floor, 4 feet wide and 8 feet long.

Monsters

 

[bdt1981]

i only wish i was allowed a higher plant count lol

i would spend the next couple years finding strains i love, then id keep 4 or 6 or 8 mothers and rip sog grows non stop lol

but here we are, allowed 4, cant complain, weren't allowed any before this lol[/QUOTE
How long u think u would veg the sog gro?

 

[diggs99]

Maybe 2 weeks from rooted clone?

Wouldn't be long until they were flipped

 

[bdt1981]

Maybe 2 weeks from rooted clone?

Wouldn't be long until they were flipped

I can tell u from expirence that u can pack 64 clones straight out the cloner into 5in pots on a 4x4 ebb&flo straight into flower and get about .75 oz maybe a little more per plant. Lollie pop hard asf for 3 weeks and try to keep canopy even. If u use all the same strain same pheno same size and health clones u can prob hit 1+ oz ea. I heard of someone getting 5oz per sf. I did it with like 8 diff strains on a 4x4 and was right around .75. But they were all different heights. Use a net because they will fall over from the weight.

If u veg for 2 weeks its not going to be a true sog. Js

 

[Renfro]

When I did SoG I didn't veg. I did cut big clones and rooted them REALLY well (so you may call that veg but there were no nutes). Easily pulled 2 pounds per light / 4x4 with 48 cuts in 6" square pots.

 

[myke]

When I did SoG I didn't veg. I did cut big clones and rooted them REALLY well (so you may call that veg but there were no nutes). Easily pulled 2 pounds per light / 4x4 with 48 cuts in 6" square pots.

6"is what a gallon?

 

[Renfro]

6"is what a gallon?

I think more like 2.5 quarts ish

 

[diggs99]

I can tell u from expirence that u can pack 64 clones straight out the cloner into 5in pots on a 4x4 ebb&flo straight into flower and get about .75 oz maybe a little more per plant. Lollie pop hard asf for 3 weeks and try to keep canopy even. If u use all the same strain same pheno same size and health clones u can prob hit 1+ oz ea. I heard of someone getting 5oz per sf. I did it with like 8 diff strains on a 4x4 and was right around .75. But they were all different heights. Use a net because they will fall over from the weight.

If u veg for 2 weeks its not going to be a true sog. Js

Good info, i wasnt really sure what my plan would be, havent done a lot of reading up on sogs yet, the reading i have done, shows the SOG as being very practical with a quick turnaround from one harvest to the next , thats some crazy yields .

 

[diggs99]

When I did SoG I didn't veg. I did cut big clones and rooted them REALLY well (so you may call that veg but there were no nutes). Easily pulled 2 pounds per light / 4x4 with 48 cuts in 6" square pots.

Ya this is probably more along the lines of what i would do too i would imagine.

Id do whatever all the other good SOG growers are doing, or id try lol

 

[bdt1981]

Ya this is probably more along the lines of what i would do too i would imagine.

Id do whatever all the other good SOG growers are doing, or id try lol

As long as you stay on your clones and make sure they ready come harvest day u can harvest every 60 days. 30 days in cut half again as many cuttings as what your shooting for so u make sure to have plenty to choose from. Then on harvest day work a few extra hrs and have a new batch ready to go as soon as you pull them out.

 

[bdt1981]

Good info, i wasnt really sure what my plan would be, havent done a lot of reading up on sogs yet, the reading i have done, shows the SOG as being very practical with a quick turnaround from one harvest to the next , thats some crazy yields .

Imo sog is for closet type or space restricted areas.

 

[Renfro]

So I think this round may actually yield way better than I thought. Trimmed a pound and it only took 1.5 trays to get a pound, usually takes 2 trays. The nugs are way dense like little rocks. Perhaps the finishing bulbs helped with more than just resin production. With 64 trays total I may get way closer to my 40 pound norm than I anticipated.

I'll get some pics up later, got a lot to do. Moved the plants into the flowering rooms today to start vegging them into the trellises. Excited about this round. Probably gonna do the Jacks nutrients in one room and GH in the other.

 

[Renfro]

Imo sog is for closet type or space restricted areas.

A sog can be a great producer, no veg means more harvests per year.

 

[diggs99]

Well i dont have space restrictions, i was just under the impression clone to SOG is the fastest turnover with great yields.

What would you do instead of SOG if you were allowed 50 plants?

I want to keep 4 or 6 mothers preferably.

 

[diggs99]

So I think this round may actually yield way better than I thought. Trimmed a pound and it only took 1.5 trays to get a pound, usually takes 2 trays. The nugs are way dense like little rocks. Perhaps the finishing bulbs helped with more than just resin production. With 64 trays total I may get way closer to my 40 pound norm than I anticipated.

I'll get some pics up later, got a lot to do. Moved the plants into the flowering rooms today to start vegging them into the trellises. Excited about this round. Probably gonna do the Jacks nutrients in one room and GH in the other.

Nice, cant wait to see the pics. Glad the yield is looking better than expected. I cant imagine how much work you have put in this past week, between harvest, cleaning and regular maintenance to get the new batch ready, you must be exhausted lol

Jacks 321? i keep reading/seeing alot of guys using and switching to this. Its simplicity is nice.

I think im going to make the switch to DTW coco. Ive been using FFOF and love it, but our supplier/hydro store is only bring it in special order now and its gonna cost almost $60 a bag. Its 80 on amazon shipped to my door....ABSURD

so its either gonna be Canna Coco or House and Gardens Coco....still going to run with the GH flora series as we discussed