TIPS ON MAKING THE LARGEST INDOOR PLANT?

Mr420man

Mr420man

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Hello all, I'm in Oregon and recently got my growing card (I'm under 21 so it's a big deal)

I have 4 plants growing so far blue dream Williams cheese cross. I have a 300 watt full spectrum led light and a 240 watt 8 tube 6400k fluorescent fixture.

I've topped, low stress trained and have some very short and very very bushy plants. I'm moving 3 outdoors May 1st and keeping one inside. I am curious on my lighting options and pot size and so on and so forth. I am a motorcycle technician and own my own business and am doing pretty well so I don't mind dropping a few hundred. This is my hobby for when I'm home and I am very big on it. Funny thing is, I don't smoke or ingest marijuana in any way shape or form(just not for me). But I absolutely love the plant and the art of cultivation. I was thinking about keeping all my fxtures and swapping the 6400k bulbs for the flowering bulbs(can't remember the number on the Kelvin scale) or maybe keeping the 6400ks? . And adding a 600watt hps fixture and keeping all three in there (led out perform hps?? Should I go down that road?)
I have a 4x4x7 tent from a Portland grow store. I want to be able to try and yield at least a dry weight of a lb or more as long as it's containable in my tent.
It's very cold in my downstairs even in the summer as the bottom of the house is somewhat under ground level. So the heat won't be a huge issue I can just vent it out to warm up my downstairs. But I want to hear recommendations on things you've done to help produce large yields. Pictures,stories, criticism all welcome.
I sprouted them feb 25 and 4/8 were males. (One whole strain I grew 100% males and the other strain females..weird) all of them are 24/0 right now

Here's some photos of my plants currently.


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Dear ol" Thankful Grower!

Dear ol" Thankful Grower!

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Mr420man said:
Hello all, I'm in Oregon and recently got my growing card (I'm under 21 so it's a big deal)

I have 4 plants growing so far blue dream Williams cheese cross. I have a 300 watt full spectrum led light and a 240 watt 8 tube 6400k fluorescent fixture.

I've topped, low stress trained and have some very short and very very bushy plants. I'm moving 3 outdoors May 1st and keeping one inside. I am curious on my lighting options and pot size and so on and so forth. I am a motorcycle technician and own my own business and am doing pretty well so I don't mind dropping a few hundred. This is my hobby for when I'm home and I am very big on it. Funny thing is, I don't smoke or ingest marijuana in any way shape or form(just not for me). But I absolutely love the plant and the art of cultivation. I was thinking about keeping all my fxtures and swapping the 6400k bulbs for the flowering bulbs(can't remember the number on the Kelvin scale) or maybe keeping the 6400ks? . And adding a 600watt hps fixture and keeping all three in there (led out perform hps?? Should I go down that road?)
I have a 4x4x7 tent from a Portland grow store. I want to be able to try and yield at least a dry weight of a lb or more as long as it's containable in my tent.
It's very cold in my downstairs even in the summer as the bottom of the house is somewhat under ground level. So the heat won't be a huge issue I can just vent it out to warm up my downstairs. But I want to hear recommendations on things you've done to help produce large yields. Pictures,stories, criticism all welcome.
I sprouted them feb 25 and 4/8 were males. (One whole strain I grew 100% males and the other strain females..weird) all of them are 24/0 right now

Here's some photos of my plants currently.


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I am also from oregon if you have a problem get females and or want to have a larger harvest id suggest keeping a mother in veg and pull clones off her to veg then throw in flower perpetual is the key to large harvest or a long veg time hps is a dummy proof way to the weight led gets a lil more complicated theres alot of led threads on here also you might wanna check out the club 600 thread alot of great growers on that as well keeping the plant happy with perfect temps or near perfect and a good feeding schedule is key looking forward to have you rep oregon!
 
Mr420man

Mr420man

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Dear ol" Thankful Grower! said:
I am also from oregon if you have a problem get females and or want to have a larger harvest id suggest keeping a mother in veg and pull clones off her to veg then throw in flower perpetual is the key to large harvest or a long veg time hps is a dummy proof way to the weight led gets a lil more complicated theres alot of led threads on here also you might wanna check out the club 600 thread alot of great growers on that as well keeping the plant happy with perfect temps or near perfect and a good feeding schedule is key looking forward to have you rep oregon!
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I'm trying! Do you currently live here?
 
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jeroly

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If you want them to get as big as possible keep up-potting them to larger and larger pots... A rule of thumb I've read is 1 gallon soil ---> 1 ounce of dry flower approximately. So 15 gallon pots with the right amount of veg time will yield about a pound...
 
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jeroly

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Also the more room you give them, the more light you give 'em, the better the air circulation, and the better their watering and nutrient schedules, the higher the yield....wiithin limits of course; e.g. after a certain amount of light you hit rapidly diminishing returns. Some folks also use CO2 supplementation to enhance yield.
 
Thorhax

Thorhax

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you can always just plant them in big pots and call it a day=] i go clone-> 2gal->10gal

if you added a 600w hps just keep that crappy LED in there for the spectrum (no offense to you, but those purple LEDs blow) and you could easily yield a dry pound.

but if you have some extra money you could outfit that 4x4 with awesome LEDs and easily yield a pound or more.
LED > HPS
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Mr420man

Mr420man

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Thorhax said:
you can always just plant them in big pots and call it a day=] i go clone-> 2gal->10gal

if you added a 600w hps just keep that crappy LED in there for the spectrum (no offense to you, but those purple LEDs blow) and you could easily yield a dry pound.

but if you have some extra money you could outfit that 4x4 with awesome LEDs and easily yield a pound or more.
LED > HPS
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Appreciate it, I don't think I'll be keeping the led but I figure it's probably doing more being there than if it wasnt
 
Anon Emaus

Anon Emaus

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I only grow in water so my opinion is only based off of my experience obviously. I'd say get a 600w or 1000w(really just depends on the temp you can handle) and stick two 5 gal dwc buckets in that tent and scrog em. I have a 3x3x7 tent with 600w, 1 plant dwc scrog, 1 month veg and i'll pull at least a pound. With your tent size and a 1000w you could easily pull 2 lbs with only 2 plants in 4 months.

There is a million things you could do though and we all have out own ways so it really just depends on whats gunna work best for you.
 
Mr420man

Mr420man

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Anon Emaus said:
I only grow in water so my opinion is only based off of my experience obviously. I'd say get a 600w or 1000w(really just depends on the temp you can handle) and stick two 5 gal dwc buckets in that tent and scrog em. I have a 3x3x7 tent with 600w, 1 plant dwc scrog, 1 month veg and i'll pull at least a pound. With your tent size and a 1000w you could easily pull 2 lbs with only 2 plants in 4 months.

There is a million things you could do though and we all have out own ways so it really just depends on whats gunna work best for you.
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I appreciate it!
 
Thorhax

Thorhax

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Not faster but different colors of light affect your plants biology different. So you get more crystals, tastes, and colors:)
Mr420man said:
I'm having a problem wrapping my head around that.. How could it make it grow a lot faster but not increase yield?
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