Pulling 4oz off 1 plant ?

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doug henderson

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I'm going to get a hydro or aero setup going this summer and I was wondering what I could do to get 4 dry ounces per plant. i know that different strains produce different yields but all that aside. Mainly just wondering about veg time really. I will be doing this in a basement so total plant height including hydro table cannot be more than 7ft tall. maybe topping and giving the plant more top colas would increase yield per plant. I dont really want to do a ScrOG or use LST. Is this possible or are my expectations just way too high. Any suggestions welcomed.

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Mother's Finest

Mother's Finest

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With a high-yielding strain, 1/4lb isn't all that difficult and doesn't require plants bigger than about 2.5'. We regularly get 4oz well trimmed and dried after flowering plants at about 7" tall. That's after topping three stalks. The plants end up with six colas each, each 1/2oz.
 
ataxia

ataxia

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it's all dependent on the strain ....if you have something that produces nice dense buds ... I would suggest ... veg for two months using UB's topping technique and a bit of list maybe ..... I pulled about 3 oz off each plant under less than optimal condition under a 600 in 4 gallon pots.
It really has to do with genetics, veg time, and lighting AND optimal conditions
 
Wolverine97

Wolverine97

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It comes down to your environment, the genetics being grown, and your skill level. I routinely yield 4+ oz per plant with about a month of veg time (some strains are less than that, but 4 is an average). I run a modified SCROG so that I can have many different varieties and keep an even canopy. It can be done no problem, but if this is your first venture, expect about half of that. Rather than focusing on per plant yield, you should concentrate on grams/watt of light.
 
Mother's Finest

Mother's Finest

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Harrekin said:
6 colas x 1/2oz = 4oz? Wish my plants grew like that ;)
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(6 colas x 1/2oz) + [6 x (weight of all other buds on each stalk)] = 4oz The colas aren't the only buds on the plant, just the largest. Ours typically have a few big-ish buds just under the colas and then the standard popcorn buds at the very bottom nodes.

I so told my better half that this would come up when she posted that :roll:
 
Icannabis

Icannabis

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It's all depends on many many factors...How many plants? How close are they? How good is air flow? Is C02 and option? Root conditioning? Super cropping or topping? Veg time? Flowering time? Pot size? ok I'm done
 
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doug henderson

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Icannabis said:
It's all depends on many many factors...How many plants? How close are they? How good is air flow? Is C02 and option? Root conditioning? Super cropping or topping? Veg time? Flowering time? Pot size? ok I'm done
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I realize there is a lot of variables you dont have to tell me what they are just tell me what, if any, is your experience pulling 4oz off of a single plant. kind of like everybody else did that replied to this post.
 
Icannabis

Icannabis

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Yeah Doug it takes experience is my point. To reliably do it. I just pulled 3oz off some 2 foot autos with nothing more.
 
collective gardener

collective gardener

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Check out our thread. Most of the plants are in 10 gallon pots. I am estimating 6-8 ounces per plant. Basicall, we top them one time when they are very small. Then, alot of bending down and out. Everyttime we transplant, we cut all ties and re-tie the plant. Large shoots too stiff to bend are super cropped (broke). Small shoots too high are lopped off.

Forget 7' tall unless you're using side lighting. Go wide, not tall.

https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/407048-20-000-watt-medical-grow.html
 
hellraizer30

hellraizer30

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veg a month and top them, have good genetics and good lighting 1000wat!! and 5 gal+ buckets and hydro 4 ounces could be a low number.
I flowered a mother out and she was 5 foot and the light was almost touching but there was no choise, and she yielded 3/4 of a pound dry
with a 1000 hps all to her self.
 
JLStiffy

JLStiffy

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Hi, I hope to be the barren of good new for yea! After a few years of experience with this one strain I have, I always flowered out 21-24 plants in two rooms. Each room had two 600HPS and two 1000HPS. I used two gallons and three gallons but always all three or all two in one room at one time-I never mixed two and three gallons in one room. I always ranged from 3-4.5 Oz a plant with this set up. It all really depends on variables etc. No bullshit. Questions on set up or details, u can ask. My system is different now. NOt because I was getting over 5LB on 3200Watts, but because I grow al year, and even in Canada it gets +35 C out. So in the summer is tough, now I use Aircool shades and added more lights :) :) But I keep 600HPS open.
BTW, I don't mess around with any stress, or toping or oversized grow bags and hardly fill with dirt but use it for it's wider bottom circumference, I also dont use big pots like 5 gallons since those are a waste of time! I also do it with avg 27 daays veg but done mostly under one 600HPS and in six inch pots, than transplant into two gallons or three and veg for about 10 days or two weeks MAX.
Best of luck man! I know a strain u might like. Mine I made so thats out, but I can give u a a hint on one strain.
 
legallyflying

legallyflying

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My last grow (aka my first grow) I pulled 5.7 oz per plant average. 5 weeks of veg, fimmed and trained in a SCROG. I was stoked but I think I am going to do better this round with a little less veg time.

Keep in mind though, I spend allot of money and time to build a dedicated, climate controlled, sealed room.

7' trees and growing one plant under one bulb don't go together that well. Get a high quality 400 HPS bulb with an ebb and grow system (super cheap and easy for one plant), topp it twice or three times and SCROG it in a 3 x 3 foot screen and you'll easily pull 4oz. Going to take a month of veg at least.
 
hellraizer30

hellraizer30

Rebel From The North
JLStiffy said:
Hi, I hope to be the barren of good new for yea! After a few years of experience with this one strain I have, I always flowered out 21-24 plants in two rooms. Each room had two 600HPS and two 1000HPS. I used two gallons and three gallons but always all three or all two in one room at one time-I never mixed two and three gallons in one room. I always ranged from 3-4.5 Oz a plant with this set up. It all really depends on variables etc. No bullshit. Questions on set up or details, u can ask. My system is different now. NOt because I was getting over 5LB on 3200Watts, but because I grow al year, and even in Canada it gets +35 C out. So in the summer is tough, now I use Aircool shades and added more lights :) :) But I keep 600HPS open.
BTW, I don't mess around with any stress, or toping or oversized grow bags and hardly fill with dirt but use it for it's wider bottom circumference, I also dont use big pots like 5 gallons since those are a waste of time! I also do it with avg 27 daays veg but done mostly under one 600HPS and in six inch pots, than transplant into two gallons or three and veg for about 10 days or two weeks MAX.
Best of luck man! I know a strain u might like. Mine I made so thats out, but I can give u a a hint on one strain.
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so what the hint?
 
JLStiffy

JLStiffy

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Smokebros that sounds like a good strain.
Helraiser, hi, In the past i thought I grew a strain that gave me a very good yeild. Now I order seeds, sex them, and take cutting I let my friend flower them out under three 1000HPS on his room A flop. He did not to bad. The strain yeild one week early on three 1000HPS bulbs with 15plants 5oZ a plant in three gallon pots. BUT BUT, the some plants were 5.5 feet talk including the pot and the others grew to the top of the rafters in the floor and just above the shade. The stain is called Chronic. Now, it's worth trying for someone who use's a 1000HPS in flower because of it's penetration. My Friend is not an experience grower. He just followed some ABC and tries not to be a robotic grower :) Keep it simple too. Keep the grow room controlled.
Unfort, my strain is obv not avail but only in clone form. And the cross is not an available genetic anymore. It came from Portland Oregon. But its the money maker/dream strain for quality.
 
ataxia

ataxia

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if you could sum all this up in a good answer ( i know i'll catch shit) it seems as though the best yields are coming from plants in larger containers ... bigger root zone = bigger plants = bigger yields..
 
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