Yield

[HotKarl2]

Hi Folks,

This thread is about yield, like the title says. Indoors what is your yield per 1kw.
I think this thread could be highly instructive as to what we might all be striving for.

Personally, I never did all that well, never got 1gm/watt SE HID, got somewhat close though. Curious what experienced growers here like @bigmanc get with 1kw DE? This is 1kw DE by itself in a room not a DE surrounded by 10 other DE fixtures lol.

With LED I seem to be doing great but don't have cut and dried bud to say yet. I am guessing anywhere from 1.2-1.5 gm/watt.

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

i run a perpetual in a 4x7 room, under a 600 and a 400 watt hps, both in cool tubes. i harvest a plant every 10 days or so, and depending on the strain, i can get anywhere from 3.5 to 8 oz, but i would guess the average is about 5 oz, so i'm basically pulling between a half and a pound every month...call it 3/4 average. so 9 lbs a year. i'm not sure what that comes to in grams per watt. 2.9 for the monthly total? did i do that math right?

 

[HotKarl2]

i run a perpetual in a 4x7 room, under a 600 and a 400 watt hps, both in cool tubes. i harvest a plant every 10 days or so, and depending on the strain, i can get anywhere from 3.5 to 8 oz, but i would guess the average is about 5 oz, so i'm basically pulling between a half and a pound every month...call it 3/4 average. so 9 lbs a year. i'm not sure what that comes to in grams per watt. 2.9 for the monthly total? did i do that math right?

umm nope, sorry boss. 0.336gm/w per month wrong denominator division. Thanks for contributing man, in a perpetual situation like yours I am too stoned to calculate the what-hizznits. However I will tell you I expect 3+lbs from 1.1kw 5 times a year at 15+lbs/year. 15*448=6720 grams per year. So you could have 9*448=4032 grams per year at 1kw or for an extra 100 watts (10%) you could have 60% more. QB boards.

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

in a perpetual situation like yours I am too stoned to calculate the what-hizznits.

me too

sounded way too good to be true...

 

[TheRealDman]

However I will tell you I expect 3+lbs from 1.1kw 5 times a year at 15+lbs/year.

Impressive for 1k!

Seeds or clones?
How many plants?
How long do you veg?
What medium are you using?

I usually pull 1.5 lbs (+/-) off 6 plants, 3 gal pots, custom soilless mix, under 1k perpetual. I don’t push it tho. I could do better, but my veg space is too small.

 

[a mongo frog]

, custom soilless mix,

How is the cost?

 

[HotKarl2]

This is a forward projection. So don't quote me on it. But I do believe these QB boards are some other kind of ALIEN technology...

I grow 30 plants. I am growing some varieties to get it to 6 weeks and 3 weeks veg, rounding out 5 yields per year, I hope. Anyways QB all the way.

 

[HotKarl2]

How is the cost?

This is why I am switching to clay pellets in baskets on my table covered in plastic. Re-usable for ever and no waste. FUCK waste. Even though rockwool is rocks. Dump it in the forest lol.

 

[a mongo frog]

Anyways QB all the way

are you using them now?

 

[HotKarl2]

Fuck ya bro they have done shit that make a HID addict aid ct weird. Like fuck 1kw could produce 3lbs lol. Hold on, I'm gonna take a pic of the stupid 1.1kw room.

 

[a mongo frog]

This is 1kw DE by itself in a room not a DE surrounded by 10 other DE fixtures lol.

For me 2.5 on 1000 watt setting, 5x5 canopy 10 gallon pots of soilless, usually a 28-35 day veg from rooted clone, topped once.

 

[HotKarl2]

Ok, I guess I am not italian enough cause I love Italians!!!

Anyways big colas.

 

[HotKarl2]

For me 2.5 on 1000 watt setting, 5x5 canopy 10 gallon pots of soilless, usually a 28-35 day veg from rooted clone, topped once.

At this point we require pounds per year.

 

[a mongo frog]

Ok, I guess I am not italian enough cause I love Italians!!!

Anyways big colas.

Thats like top 5 best in the world right now. You are a beast!

 

[HotKarl2]

For me 2.5 on 1000 watt setting, 5x5 canopy 10 gallon pots of soilless, usually a 28-35 day veg from rooted clone, topped once.

That's quite good, is that a single ended or double ended? It's fantastic for a single ended bulb I never got close to that!

 

[a mongo frog]

That's quite good, is that a single ended or double ended? It's fantastic for a single ended bulb I never got close to that!

Its a DE.

 

[HotKarl2]

Cool, I did not have the ceiling height for DE so I went with QB. So glad I upgraded from my SE HIDs.

 

[torontoke]

Wow I’m jealous of all the room you guys have.
My flower cabinet is only 2’x3’and I run two qbs at 180watts combined. I average 250-360grams every 50 days.
My goal is 540grams but that would take a serious monocrop of a massive yielder.

 

[NrthrnMichigan]

Wow I’m jealous of all the room you guys have.
My flower cabinet is only 2’x3’and I run two qbs at 180watts combined. I average 250-360grams every 50 days.
My goal is 540grams but that would take a serious monocrop of a massive yielder.

Your avatar...? Backside of a bug? What size engine?

 

[torontoke]

Your avatar...? Backside of a bug? What size engine?

That’s a 2110cc that was in my old car