Maximising yield in a commercial grow

SamWE19 said:

If I use clones I’m only gonna have room
For one strain. I would need one hell of a strain that people won’t get bored of and yields good

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You must not sell much I thing you meant to say hobby grow in the title not commercial

Ryante55 said:

You must not sell much I thing you meant to say hobby grow in the title not commercial

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I have been selling 120-150 oz every 8 weeks easily enough so far

SamWE19 said:

I have been selling 120-150 oz every 8 weeks easily enough so far

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Commercial is more like at least 50 pounds a deal.

When you have to seriously start considering transportation logistics, like renting a box truck, then you are commercial.

Renfro said:

When you have to seriously start considering transportation logistics, like renting a box truck, then you are commercial.

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Well it pays the bills for now lol. I will eventually have to expand when big companies start churning out tonnes of bud.

In your position I would focus on quality and rare genetics and the like, not yields. Competing against commercial grows, your niche is to provide superior quality at a smaller scale. Changing your focus to yields in order to compete with the big boys is going to hurt in the long run as your prices will fall dramatically.

SamWE19 said:

I was thinking the same individual supports costing around 350-400 usd or the net costing less than 60 usd

I’m struggling to figure how I am going to mount the net though. I was planning on making a wood frame and line it With Mylar that I sit between the light stack and the pipes to reflect light hitting the floor. So I wouldn’t be able to mount the net frame on the floor.

You have any ideas?

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Im sorry but for 8yrs of growing & with a high plant # the questions you're asking & contemplating are very amateur hour. Sorry dude. No offense

But you can kill it just starting fresh. The more i learned the harder it got. Lol! Great threads here doing that type if growing. Check out The Kix Way @Kix for one.
Individual support is caging for dirt cheap.
Not for your intented goals of many plants in a 1x1 though. I'd recommend 3.5" Trellis netting. X2 rows.
5x30' is like $20 , i dont pay attention but buy it every grow.
Ferring strip on wall, screw every 6" . Hang net. Although i wish i made mine adjustable up n down rather then fixed.

SamWE19 said:

I have been selling 120-150 oz every 8 weeks easily enough so far

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Commercial growers don't sell oz they sell lbs soon it will probably be by the ton

Well I considered commercial a business that makes an income that pays the bills..

Either way all advice here has been helpful thanks.

Gonna start a journal soon to follow the pheno selection process

SamWE19 said:

Well I considered commercial a business that makes an income that pays the bills..

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Definitely a small business, profession.

I for one believe there will always be a market for high quality home grown. Always. So focus on that, quality not quantity.

They produce higher yields because they are mature plants and are easier to grow because u have grown them time and time again.

Lucky Luke said:

3rd or 4th run you should have them dialed in.

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Oh, I like that!!! Gonna set up a place just for photos to do it!!!

Renfro said:

I for one believe there will always be a market for high quality home grown. Always. So focus on that, quality not quantity.

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Could use your help on my new pheno Hunt post that I’ll start in a week or two. Will need the advice to find the quality phenos

SamWE19 said:

Could use your help on my new pheno Hunt post that I’ll start in a week or two. Will need the advice to find the quality phenos

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Tag me in too for that

SamWE19 said:

Could use your help on my new pheno Hunt post that I’ll start in a week or two. Will need the advice to find the quality phenos

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You cut clones off each plant. Then flower the plants. Keep the clones (now plants) that correspond to the winners of the flowering run.

veg and top the rooted clones and when you are ready you have lots of cuts ready from the winners. Label carefully.

Renfro said:

veg and top the rooted clones and when you are ready you have lots of cuts ready from the winners. Label carefully.

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I'm all over this!!!

Renfro said:

veg and top the rooted clones and when you are ready you have lots of cuts ready from the winners. Label carefully.

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Would you not flower the rooted clones to see how they react as a clone not a seed, take clones of all the clones and compare the flowered seed to the flowered clones and pick the winner from the 2nd generation of clones?

SamWE19 said:

Would you not flower the rooted clones to see how they react as a clone not a seed, take clones of all the clones and compare the flowered seed to the flowered clones and pick the winner from the 2nd generation of clones?

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You can do that too, I like to cull obvious losers the first run and keep anything that has potential, then sort the true winner over the next few runs running batches of clones from each. You may find that two plants that have the same quality and yield will vary on something else like rooting time.

Really stable strains are harder to cull because the plants are all very similar.