respectable end weight?

[ComputerSaysNo]

I just decided anyway, that I'd rather do a 1 plant SCROG in a 5 gallon bucket

Since plant count does not seem to be an issue, I'd rather go with your original plan and do lots of clones. To grow one plant big enough will probably take longer than to have clones that you would maybe not even have to train.

 

[Hobbes]

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0.5 x your light's wattage - 300 grams

As close as any estimate you can get.

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[Dabs_Offa_Hot9]

I'll start a journal when I get my final supplies and get my tent set up. Thanx for the advice everyone

 

[Dabs_Offa_Hot9]

In a 3 by 3 tent, if you did nine plants (one plant per square foot), you could reach your goal and save yourself a lot of time. Grow them to about 10 inches tall then flip to flowering stage, as opposed to one plant you're going to be vegging for months.

But I have to veg a mother to get clones

 

[crisnpropa]

But I have to veg a mother to get clones

Or you could start with some feminized seeds

 

[ComputerSaysNo]

But I have to veg a mother to get clones

You would only need to do that once and could keep the mother for more SoG grows if you're happy with her. Or you could flower the mother after the one SoG grow (then with no veg at all).

Also you would have to compare the following two scenarios:

• Growing a plant from seed large enough to fill your tent (including the training and pruning that would require).
• Growing the same plant large enough to give you ~12 good clones, plus at most 2 weeks to root said clones

Which one will take longer?

 

[Dabs_Offa_Hot9]

You would only need to do that once and could keep the mother for more SoG grows if you're happy with her. Or you could flower the mother after the one SoG grow (then with no veg at all).

Also you would have to compare the following two scenarios:

• Growing a plant from seed large enough to fill your tent (including the training and pruning that would require).
• Growing the same plant large enough to give you ~12 good clones, plus at most 2 weeks to root said clones

Which one will take longer?

I don't have the space available to keep a mother plant, for any amount of time really. Otherwise, i would definitely go this route

 

[Dabs_Offa_Hot9]

Or you could start with some feminized seeds

I have fem seeds, but I feel like I would be sacrificing potential yield by not growing them to full size