Could anyone roughly estimate my harvest?

Ian Singerdale

Ian Singerdale

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So, assuming all goes perfectly (knock on wood) What do you guys think my final dry weight could be, total or per plant?

I know this is almost impossible to get 100% but you guys are smart, and I'm just looking for a ballpark figure for fun.

Here are the grow stats:

2 x LA Woman
2 x Barney's Farm LSD
1 x Skunk #1
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5 plants

- vegged for 6 weeks to 24"
- 400W HPS 8-10" from canopy
- no scrog or sog but stakes and ties to prop up buds, all plants topped
- 3 gallon pots
- FF ocean forest soil, FF bloom nutes and soluable additives (Open sesame, beasty bloomz, cha-ching)
- 300 CFM air scrubber, good temps (70-79)

and finally, a pic - this is day 14 of flower, they currently about 42" tall

 
mochadog70

mochadog70

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Looks like they look nice and healthy!! I would say you will get around 2-3oz per plant or just under 1# total. Keep up the good work!! You should throw a 1000W hps!! 400w is a little weak. You could add another 400w also which would help and it's not to late now if you're only 14days in. What I have learned is they need the most light and nutes for the last half of their life, but of course you'll have to flush them in the end. I bet if you got another light ASAP you'll be at 3oz maybe more. Anyways good luck and even if you only get 2.5oz that's not bad.
 
Ian Singerdale

Ian Singerdale

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mochadog70 said:
Looks like they could be spread out more too. Add that light and spread them out and you'll get 3o per
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tx for the advice! rep++

I do have a bit more horizontal space, so I'll do that. I was considering adding some supplemental lighting, either a t5 fixture or some CFLs

I think another 400 is just going to add too much to the temps. Not to mention going up to a 600, although I've thought about it.

Currently I have a 6'' 309 CFM fan (elicent inline, very very good air mover) cooling the cab, and a separate smaller fan aircooling the light.

how much would I need to upgrade my ventilation for a 600? anyone?

it definitely gets above 80 f in the summer
 
mochadog70

mochadog70

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Ian Singerdale said:
tx for the advice! rep++

I do have a bit more horizontal space, so I'll do that. I was considering adding some supplemental lighting, either a t5 fixture or some CFLs

I think another 400 is just going to add too much to the temps. Not to mention going up to a 600, although I've thought about it.

Currently I have a 6'' 309 CFM fan (elicent inline, very very good air mover) cooling the cab, and a separate smaller fan aircooling the light.

how much would I need to upgrade my ventilation for a 600? anyone?

it definitely gets above 80 f in the summer
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So your lights are in a hood? The fan you have now might work depending on the length, bends, and etc of the ducting. T5 or CFL's is not going to give you what you want. If I where you I would try adding another 400w w/ a vented hood and make sure that your ducting is short with out too many bends. Try using hard pipe vs. the flex style and you'll get way better airflow. Then if you have a temp issues you could just shut the other light off until you get a bigger fan or just get a bigger fan and another light. I would buy one the bigger can fans and then use a motor speed control to dial it in. That way you don't have to buy a new fan every time you want to add something.
 
CLOSETGROWTH

CLOSETGROWTH

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mochadog70 said:
Looks like they could be spread out more too. Add that light and spread them out and you'll get 3o per
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I totally agree... worst thing you can do is crowd em all together.

More plants does not always add more yield.

Having a nice gap between em will up your yield considerably ;-)
 
Ian Singerdale

Ian Singerdale

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CLOSETGROWTH said:
I totally agree... worst thing you can do is crowd em all together.

More plants does not always add more yield.

Having a nice gap between em will up your yield considerably ;-)
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yeah, this is my first grow, I almost wish I had only done 3 or 4. Maybe even two. the problem was I had to veg em for two months while I waited for pieces of my cloner... didn't want to flower until I got it finished and there was a bunch of problems. (wrong pump, nozzles etC). So they were two feet when I started, and the stretch was ridiculous. Now it's difficult to impossible to do fan / filter maintenance without removing them completely :wall:

I couldn't even reach the light chain because of my exhaust layout + plant height, so I swapped the chain out for industrial plastic zip ties. Works great actually.

Next time I'm either going with single plant DWC + ScroG, or SoG and begin flower at 8-12'' from clones to minimize the stretch. I got the cloner now, might as well use it
 
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