Max yield with a 400 hps?

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Astaldoath

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Was wondering if it was possible to yield around 1lb with a 400 hps. i Did my first grow and got only 1/2 oz kinda disappointing but better than nothing with no experience.

I need better fans and a quieter grow set up before I can grow again and im fairly broke but yeah next grow I wanna do like white widow or somthing nice.

So is it possible to get like 1/2lb or 1lb off of a 400 hps with the right stuff?
 
NewGrowth

NewGrowth

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I got about 1.5 lbs off my last harvest under 400w and the was a greatly reduced yield because my buddy killed a bunch of my plants when I was on vacation. It all depends on what you are growing, how big, how many, ect.
 
kronic1989

kronic1989

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Def possible. I got a qp from one plant under 400w hps. Not the greatest yield. But it was great for me for the first time Ive ever grown.
 
kronic1989

kronic1989

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If I didnt kill my other female, or I had planted more seeds, I'd say I could have cleared a pound and a half. easy
 
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Astaldoath

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kronic1989 said:
If I didnt kill my other female, or I had planted more seeds, I'd say I could have cleared a pound and a half. easy
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Can any of you guys give me like a list of exactly what i will need to achieve the 1/2 lb or pound mark, how many female plants ect..
 
NewGrowth

NewGrowth

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Astaldoath said:
Can any of you guys give me like a list of exactly what i will need to achieve the 1/2 lb or pound mark, how many female plants ect..
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Depends on the size and stain of the plants if you want more bud grow bigger plants or more plants. If its your first time I would just try to grow the best plants you can rather than stress over yield. The gifts from your own garden will reward you in many ways :peace:
 
InsaneInTheBrain

InsaneInTheBrain

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1.5 lbs off of a 400w?

1.5 lbs = 680 grams

Hmm...That's a pretty good gram/watt ratio...even with some dead plants? How is that possible?
 
NewGrowth

NewGrowth

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InsaneInTheBrain said:
1.5 lbs off of a 400w?

1.5 lbs = 680 grams

Hmm...That's a pretty good gram/watt ratio...even with some dead plants? How is that possible?
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Two plants over three feet tall in 5 gal buckets, 24 plants over-vegged, over-crowded and packed into a three tub hydroponic system. Total yield was 1lb 7.6 oz so I guess magic? :-P
 
jsteezy1290

jsteezy1290

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ill let you know i have 9 plants under one and i will be done in a couple weeks but 1 pound is prolly not coming for only a 400 , i got 9 plants and i can already tell that its not enough light for that many plants




resinraider said:
to do that super crop them so ur whole grow area surface is covered in buds
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InsaneInTheBrain

InsaneInTheBrain

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NewGrowth said:
Two plants over three feet tall in 5 gal buckets, 24 plants over-vegged, over-crowded and packed into a three tub hydroponic system. Total yield was 1lb 7.6 oz so I guess magic? :-P
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I didn't know that kind of yield was possible off of a 400w. What was the strain?

What was the veg time on that?
 
NewGrowth

NewGrowth

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InsaneInTheBrain said:
I didn't know that kind of yield was possible off of a 400w. What was the strain?

What was the veg time on that?
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I had two Killawatt, one White Rhino, one Purple Lady, One Trainwreck, three Hijack, eight White Widow, eight satori, and the two Satori in 5gal buckets soil. I had to move all the plants three times and it was a mess to be honest everything was WAY over vegged for such a small system, I think the veg time was close to three weeks. I did stick another flouro in the back about 5 weeks into flower because the taller plants were shading out the ones near the back.

I would NOT recommend doing what I did because it got way too crowded for me to tend to the plants properly and in the end I had a huge spider mite problem and had to throw away some Satori due to mold.

I probably would have been happier with just six big plants in 5 gal buckets but I got too ahead of myself trying to grow all these different strains.
 
Saldaw

Saldaw

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NewGrowth said:
I had two Killawatt, one White Rhino, one Purple Lady, One Trainwreck, three Hijack, eight White Widow, eight satori, and the two Satori in 5gal buckets soil. I had to move all the plants three times and it was a mess to be honest everything was WAY over vegged for such a small system, I think the veg time was close to three weeks. I did stick another flouro in the back about 5 weeks into flower because the taller plants were shading out the ones near the back.

I would NOT recommend doing what I did because it got way too crowded for me to tend to the plants properly and in the end I had a huge spider mite problem and had to throw away some Satori due to mold.

I probably would have been happier with just six big plants in 5 gal buckets but I got too ahead of myself trying to grow all these different strains.
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i call bullshit unless you post a pic
 
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anzohaze

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^^^^^x2 I am throwing the bullshit flag as well. 17 plants in 5 gal buckets is a roughly a 6x6 space with small room between buckets. So you have 25 plants under 1 400 watt I have 17 under 2 1000 watt and it aint quite enough light.
 
19mikey90

19mikey90

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Ive known people get that yield but experienced growers, if i grow 4 plants 2 AK-48 & 2 Super Skunk in 3 gal pots flowered under 400watts HPS just for estimate would could be potential yeild, grow space is 4ft width, 6ft height Nd 2 ft depth??
 
Southerner

Southerner

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Besides all the other variables, I think genetics matters so much. Your'e gana pull a lot more growing Big Bud than you would some Purple Urkle...but which one do you wanna smoke?
 
tip top toker

tip top toker

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1.67gpw huh. I'd love yo see some pics of this.

You do know you weigh dry right?

That aside, as per the above post, I'd much rather have grown half a pound of strains actually worth smoking than just going for weight. Unless you're just one of those growers who trys to get a bunch of stuff into the hands to a dealer to hell with the quality of what you've grown.

Aim for quality, not quantity. For instance an ounce of BB Dog is in my experience, easily worth a QP of trainwreck.
 
Cobnobuler

Cobnobuler

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I use 400 watt lights and I say theres no way you can grow 9 halfways decent sized plants under a 400 no way. I use 2 400's together and 8 plants is about the max I can go with 2 lights. Now thats assuming they're 5 gal or even 3 1/2 gal pots.
But 9 plants 1- 400 watt light I say NFW.
 
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kermit2692

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9 is doable...i have a link on here to a five plant run all in one 20 gallon rubbermaid, that yielded about 7 zips under a 400 and had I planted another five and turned the rubbermaid sideways I would have easily ran ten and yielded about 12zips conservatively..so that's right near a g per watt and imo quicker and easier to attain than ruining five larger plants underneath instead (my five were still somewhat small)
 
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