how long would u leave a plant in a solo cup?

[ryan1918]

Yeah but why?
The question was how long "should" right?

10 gallon pots are kinda small for me with a SCROG under 1-1K.....I can easy - peasy get a plant to fill a 6x6 area......Then ya need to think about light supplementation over 5x5....Just something "fun" I played with some years back.....After this "trouble". I might just go back to maximize #'s to yield....

and what size pots are you growing in, and what is your yield? You better be getting at least a pound off a 10 gallon pot for it to be worth it

 

[GoRealUhGro]

and what size pots are you growing in, and what is your yield? You better be getting at least a pound off a 10 gallon pot for it to be worth it

Umm..now it kinda sounds like ur contradicting yourself...I thought u said 10 gal is all u need basically. ..now it sounds like ur saying usin 10 gal is a lot...I don't understand

 

[Dr. Who]

Umm..now it kinda sounds like ur contradicting yourself...I thought u said 10 gal is all u need basically. ..now it sounds like ur saying usin 10 gal is a lot...I don't understand

Well, the standard rule of thumb is one zip per gallon of pot size.
If you know what your doing and you've been around the block. I can say it's not real hard to double that rule! (With the right strains...things like GSC or Blue cheese,,,no way. The plant does not have the potential to.)

and what size pots are you growing in, and what is your yield? You better be getting at least a pound off a 10 gallon pot for it to be worth it

Been there DONE that.....

Average yield (Blue Dream) in a 5 gallon pot. 10.4 zips.....My go to pot for my "personal" room size (bloom) is 5 gallons and can run 48, 6' plants easy......

Between the 2 replies, have I answered your question?



Being filled a few months back

 

[GoRealUhGro]

Iv got myself ..outdoors..from a five gal bucket ..about 9 ta 12 oz usually...on a good palnt..I have seen ppl outgrow me plenty of times though
.but most of the plants I see in a 5 gal bucket...outdoors...usually get about 3 ta 7 oz..depending on a lot of shit if course...iv never grown in a 10 gal pot myself so..

 

[ryan1918]

Umm..now it kinda sounds like ur contradicting yourself...I thought u said 10 gal is all u need basically. ..now it sounds like ur saying usin 10 gal is a lot...I don't understand

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Unless you are vegging for 4-5 months I wouldn't ever say to grow in a 10 gallon pot, 1-2 months and a 5 gallon pot and your fine but it just depends how many you want to grow, how long you want to grow it and how much room you have

 

[ryan1918]

Well, the standard rule of thumb is one zip per gallon of pot size.
If you know what your doing and you've been around the block. I can say it's not real hard to double that rule! (With the right strains...things like GSC or Blue cheese,,,no way. The plant does not have the potential to.)



Been there DONE that.....

Average yield (Blue Dream) in a 5 gallon pot. 10.4 zips.....My go to pot for my "personal" room size (bloom) is 5 gallons and can run 48, 6' plants easy......

Between the 2 replies, have I answered your question?

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Being filled a few months back

Why so many lights on not that many plants? Doesn't look like many at least, and why do you have the lights so close? Which strains in the pictures are pulling 10 oz and do you have any close up and how many weeks in flower I just don't see any that big but I guess better pictures would help and turn off them nasty hps when taking pictures

 

[Dr. Who]

Why so many lights on not that many plants? Doesn't look like many at least, and why do you have the lights so close? Which strains in the pictures are pulling 10 oz and do you have any close up and how many weeks in flower I just don't see any that big but I guess better pictures would help and turn off them nasty hps when taking pictures

Bossy and just full of questions eh?
That's 24' X 14'.....8 lights total, 4 per side. Many folks would say I needed 6 per as they're 1K and many say a 1K every 4'.....I have found that I do just fine the way I have them set.....been doing it that way for years.

The one's the farthest back on the right are a Sativa strain I built (Breed) my self called Sour Strawberry Illumination. They average at just under 2 gpw. The thing is all plants in there are at differing weeks. The ones in the foreground on the right - Blue dream the ones that average the 1.5, had only been in there a week. The one's farthest away - 3 to 4 weeks. There are 10 strains in that room at that time 4 strains were breeding projects.

You don't see any because you don't know what your looking at, nor how they fill out.

I'll give you a cpl extra just for fun.


These are old school Cali Skunk X Sleestack. Bet you can't find that anymore......Special order for a patient..I keep that strain just for her.


These are a rather strong pheno of Black Russian, another high yielder. Notice the leaf stems showing P stress. Cleared that up by spreading them out so they didn't touch (increase in light changed the uptake, thus the "issue" went away). The room runs temp wise like RM3 does. Canopy at about 92 floor around 73. Everything in that room is in Organic water only soil.

Hps off? I'll do what I want, when I want. The Lighting is done that way TO shield details!

 

[Gquebed]

Bossy and just full of questions eh?
That's 24' X 14'.....8 lights total, 4 per side. Many folks would say I needed 6 per as their 1K and many say a 1K every 4'.....I have found that I do just fine the way I have them set.....been doing it that way for years.

The one's the farthest back on the right are a Sativa strain I built (Breed) my self called Sour Strawberry Illumination. They average at just under 2 gpw. The thing is all plants in there are at differing weeks. The ones in the foreground on the right - Blue dream the ones that average the 1.5, had only been in there a week. The one's farthest away - 3 to 4 weeks. There are 10 strains in that room at that time 4 strains were breeding projects.

You don't see any because you don't know what your looking at, nor how they fill out.

I'll give you a cpl extra just for fun.


These are old school Cali Skunk X Sleestack. Bet you can't find that anymore......Special order for a patient..I keep that strain just for her.

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These are a rather strong pheno of Black Russian, another high yielder. Notice the leaf stems showing P stress. Cleared that up by spreading them out so they didn't touch (increase in light changed the uptake, thus the "issue" went away). The room runs temp wise like RM3 does. Canopy at about 92 floor around 73. Everything in that room is in Organic water only soil.

Hps off? I'll do what I want, when I want. The Lighting is done that way TO shield details!

Canopy at 92F? Where do you keep your RH?
Are you supplementing co2 or no?

 

[Dr. Who]

Canopy at 92F? Where do you keep your RH?
Are you supplementing co2 or no?

RH twixt 45&50
It's easy to do as the light keeps the canopy at a higher temp. Fans or not.
No, not at this time.....

The idea came from RM3. Then when I actually took a look and metered it. I was just about exactly doing it already.

Search here on the site for more about it. Be sure to use RM3 as a search parameter. It really does improve quality!

 

[Gquebed]

RH twixt 45&50
It's easy to do as the light keeps the canopy at a higher temp. Fans or not.
No, not at this time.....

The idea came from RM3. Then when I actually took a look and metered it. I was just about exactly doing it already.

Search here on the site for more about it. Be sure to use RM3 as a search parameter. It really does improve quality!

Will do...thanks

 

[Dr. Who]

Will do...thanks

NP

 

[ryan1918]

So if your getting 2gpw what's your lowest and higher oz per plant? That means your getting 4 lbs per 1k light
So your getting 32 lbs?

 

[420monster]

So if your getting 2gpw what's your lowest and higher oz per plant? That means your getting 4 lbs per 1k light
So your getting 32 lbs?

16000g/48plants=333.3grams per plant (11.7568 ) oz per plant 35lbs total now just under 2gpw ya about 32lbs sounds right

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[Dr. Who]

So if your getting 2gpw what's your lowest and higher oz per plant? That means your getting 4 lbs per 1k light
So your getting 32 lbs?

Remember that there are 10 different strains in that room? 5 of them go over. 1 strain does average near 2 gpw (I HAVE had 2 plants under better space restrictions go over 2 gpw but, they are no longer run there that way), the other 3 from 1.5 to 1.1 average. The others do not HAVE the genetic potential to reach 1 gpw! 1 or maybe 2 of those could get real close OUTDOORS with longer veg times!

In there at that pic.....Lowest per plant zip yield per STRAIN = 3+,, Highest is just about 16.... The Average of 1743 was my last 4 plant SSI harvest.....That comes out to 1.743 gpw

So, now then. Just because I CAN fit 48 plants. Does NOT mean I do! (Refer back to the P issue plants and what I did)
Then factor in that not every light has plants under it AND that I stagger my harvest.....Now the different strain factor.....No, I don't get 32lbs a run nor have I ever done the math on a total room harvest to findout. How can I? I don't fill it and they don't all come out at once!

Not to mention. I don't really care! I'm not running for max output/profit!

If I was what you've accused me of. Basically a profit mongering disp owner......I would pack all grow ops jack full of HUGE yielding plants and simply turn them over and over.....BTW...The super yielding plants are generally a mediocre quality strain!

Potentially, yeah, I could be doing more but, that's NOT my goal! Why do you think I breed?

I'm not even sure why your asking these questions....

I am being polite to you, by answering. I think you deserve it!

Let me say this here. If I wanted max yields MY way? I would SOG in 5x5 area's actual plant # foot print would be a tic over 4x4 at 64 plants per 4x4 section and yield those 4lbs per! The REAL kicker would be that I would use 600w lighting and that would translate to over 3 gpw!!!

Or maybe invest in the big rotating gardens and yield even MORE gpw!

Answer your questions?