Small production grow setup. Perpetual. 2-3lbs per month possible?

.Smoke

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Setup is a 4x8 tent. 2- 1000w SE HPS. 4gal hempy buckets.
Running Skywalker OG.
Figure 4 weeks veg. 8ish or so weeks flower. Harvesting 1 plant every 2 weeks with 4 plants in flower at all times.

Is that kind of yield possible?
I have a couple 600w hps I can add in too if needed.

Suggestions?
 

Chip Green

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I have something similar running. In 10 gallon pots of soil, I keep 4 in flower, each having it's own 3x3(ish) area...the veg area, to keep the plants the same(ish) size, with a well known 56(ish) day strain, needs to have 3 plants in 10 gallon soil pots, this area is about 4'x6'. That leaves 1 rooted clone in a #1 nursery square, and of course 1 healthy cut in the bubble cloner, taken from the second stage of 10gal Veg....
Every 13-18 days, each plant moves up a level....and round and round it goes! Seasonal weather swings in the UP of MI can, and do, cause ripples in the conditions, so a few days of flexibility here and there is acceptable...
I get 7-10 zippers of chunk, and around a zip of larfy butter scraps per pot, every chop.

Took me about 2 years to get this train chugging....

Now, I've never used a hempy, and all of this is arguably underlit, with my DIY LED, with a grand total of 1300 actual watts, all in... I'm certain if my conditions were more stable I could do a little better.
It suits my needs, so I roll with it.
 

.Smoke

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That's almost exactly what I'm looking to do. Will have 2 in veg in a 4x4 and the 4 in flower in the 4x8. Possibly with 1 mother for them.

Glad to hear it sounds like it can be done.
Thanks!
 

Chip Green

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What happened to me at first, was the plants kept getting smaller, and smaller until I figured out exactly how many stages I needed. I tried 3 in flower at 18 days apart, and the train crashed. When I put the 4th in flower, the veg area couldn't keep the pace, until I added 2 more stages. It was really a great learning experience as well on many levels. Having the plants staggered, if a feeding issue arose, I could work backwards down the line to "fix" the next plant.
 

Sdh777

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My guess is...at 4 weeks in veg & 8 weeks in flower, you’ll max out at under a 1/2 lb per plant (dry-weight) with your current setup...and that’s under perfect conditions with no setbacks. That means you’ll need to harvest at least 1 plant per week to get 2 lbs per month. And to keep up with that pace you’ll need to have 8 plants in flower & 4 plants in veg at any given time. I usually keep my plants in Flower for 10 weeks (including transition). I grow either from seed for 6 weeks before flipping or 4 weeks for clones. If I want larger yields I veg for at least 2 more weeks. I also top & SCROG in an RDWC System.
 

Renfro

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You would be better off not going perpetual and just busting full runs out. 4 pounds is doable with that lighting setup. If you setup another tent for veg then you can keep a mom, root clones and veg them in there so you have plants ready to go into the flower tent right after harvest. Thats how I would do it anyways.
 

madvillian420

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if you plant on doing LST or SCROG dont be shocked if 4 weeks veg isnt enough time, i probably vegged my current plant for around 8 weeks
 

Gond00s

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would prob be better to do bigger plants then veg them longer idk that's what I do and I have plants ready the day I flip / reset
 
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