1.5 to 2 LBS harvest per month? Scrutinize this plan please

Dear fellow cannabis enthusiasts,

Before I begin, I want to thank the community for helping me figure all this out. I'm very grateful for the wealth of knowledge here.

I have:
3 x 4'x4' DR120 II tents
2 x Lumatek 1000w digital dimmable
2 x Hydrofarm Radient 8" Air Cooled Reflector
2 x 216W 4' 6500K CFL
Carbon scrubbers, Fans, yada yada.. just NO CO2 at all (future upgrade perhaps)

For Veg:
I am using a 2 x 54gal Rubbermaid containers with a total of 20, 3in netpot sites for an aeroponic cloner. 1st grow from seeds will be placed in rockwool then further supported by hydrotron. I want to take 20 clones at a time in the event some die or fail to root.

For Flower:
I am using 5 gal buckets for a top feed closed loop hydro system with the reservoirs located outside of each tent (respectively). After each feeding interval, gravity simply takes over and drains all the buckets back into the resevior. Rockwool and Hydrotron combo used here inside each netpot to provide additional support.

I want:
1.5 - 2Lbs of QUALITY herb every 30days.




As you can see from my design this is essentially starting from day 1 with fem seeds then progressively begin using clones. I think up to 2 generations of clones (clone of clones) will suffice for my purposes. Otherwise I could simply keep the healthiest mother and simply clip clones off of her.

After the first generation (from fem seeds) I would veg the clones for a shorter period of time... or simply keep vegging them for 4weeks till they're nice and healthy before placing into the 1000W Flower chamber.

Does this look feasible in terms of yield? Any feedback from more experienced growers would be appreciated.

-DZ

I personally have no clue but sounds like you have a lot of fun ahead of yourself! Hope all goes well and yeilds come to be what's expected

Hey man, nice set up your making there the pic is a little confusing.
but i don't think your gonna get 18 plants with 1month of veg into a dr120 i have trouble getting 6 in there with the same veg period

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18 plants will be too many...you're trying to fit 18 plants in a 16 sqft area. I'm staging exactly 18 plants in 5 gallon pots right now and they're taking up a 10 x 4.5 area. In a 4x4 there'd be next to no room for flowering...unless you maybe flowered right from a rooted clone.



These are about 10 days veg under 2 x 1k. They were around 5-6" when I moved them in...It'd be a tight squeeze for flowering in this area.

What I would do is 4-6 plants in 10 gallon pots (topped once) and let them veg for a month from rooted clone. You then could just offset the 2 flowering tents by 4 weeks and still pull a harvest every ~30 days (8 week strain). If you keep mother plants, you wouldn't have to take cuts off of the plants about to go into flower and it'd be easy to get your timing down for the 4 week cycle.

As far as getting 1.5 - 2lbs per harvest...it is very possible. I'm shooting for 4lbs under 2k right now. It's looking more like 3 - 3.5 but I can make adjustments for the next grow.

Grow Safe!

Talrox said:

Hey man, nice set up your making there the pic is a little confusing.
but i don't think your gonna get 18 plants with 1month of veg into a dr120 i have trouble getting 6 in there with the same veg period

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No worries brotha, I will explain a little better! I figured I'd include an illustration to better convey my goals. Basically, I won't be trying to squeeze 18 plants in 1 tent... No no no.. I would clone around 20 and flower out 9 best/survivors to EACH tent every month.

So I would grow the little guys out to root (for 30days with CFL's) then immediately place them under the 1000W HPS. With the 12/12 in both tents running (one tent turns on while the other is turning off, etc,etc.,) AND the 432W running this means harvesting every month with a TOTAL 1432W total power draw from lights alone (not including fans, pumps, etc.,). This seems pretty low on Wattage use for the harvests I am considering.

It all seemed very feasible in my head..and the more I think about it the more it appears to make sense. If you follow the drawing, I think it should make sense...

-DZ