40+ lbs with 12 Plants in 2 Rooms on a Flip

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Renfro

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DoubleAtotheRON said:
I think I paid around $14,000 for the18 HLG 550 v2's.... about the yield, this was my first indoor grow, and have started the 2nd round. I did learn a lot of things from you guys for sure, and hope to increase my yield this next run.
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Whew! I couldn't afford that at all when I started my grow. I can see why a lot of new commercial growers may go that route though if they have the funds. If you are saving say 900 a month AND not loosing yield then they would pay for themselves in time. But a yield sacrifice of even a few pounds and I am loosing money even accounting for the savings.
 
Thundercat

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Our yields were pretty close. We both ran an average of ~130 grams dried per plant. I dont know about his PAR readings, but mine ran 1100ish towards the end of flower. I never discussed that with him. I dont think he did any topping or super cropping tho, whereas I did.
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Thats sweet you guys pulled similar weight even with less wattage on your part! Just curious did you guys veg for the same amount of time? Obviously you using training techniques was a good choice on your part. I was very definitely expecting numbers over 10k grams if your buddy is running 18k watts. It sounds like there is a long was to go for him to reach his potential.
 
diggs99

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DoubleAtotheRON said:
I think I paid around $14,000 for the18 HLG 550 v2's.... about the yield, this was my first indoor grow, and have started the 2nd round. I did learn a lot of things from you guys for sure, and hope to increase my yield this next run.
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lol you have nothing to be ashamed of, you grew an amazing crop and setup a pretty sick grow space , it will only get better.

That first lot looked great tho
 
Renfro

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My position, if you save say 3k in power over a 3 month grow and loose 3 pounds in yield it's a break even. My theory is you gotta spend money to make money and for us that electricity.
 
DoubleAtotheRON

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Renfro said:
My position, if you save say 3k in power over a 3 month grow and loose 3 pounds in yield it's a break even. My theory is you gotta spend money to make money and for us that electricity.
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That's true!.. For some reason, HLG's made sense as far as efficiently and low maintenance in the long run, so I gave it a go. Oklahoma is hot as hell as it is, so I wanted to run as cool as possible... @Renfro... I did not mean to highjack your beautiful thread dude!
 
Renfro

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That's true!.. For some reason, HLG's made sense as far as efficiently and low maintenance in the long run, so I gave it a go. Oklahoma is hot as hell as it is, so I wanted to run as cool as possible... @Renfro... I did not mean to highjack your beautiful thread dude!
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No hijaak, I like discussing this here. All good man. I have a buddy from oklahoma, he and I are setting up a legal medical grow there.
 
DoubleAtotheRON

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Renfro said:
Where I can really see LED tech being effective is illegal states. There you get much more $ per pound but stealth is much more important and a 2k per month power bill isn't stealthy at all. lol
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Yeah, stealth not important here, we're all legal... but getting in early in this emerging market made sense to spend the money... we've been wholesaling at $3300-$3600 lb.
 
Renfro

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Yeah, stealth not important here, we're all legal... but getting in early in this emerging market made sense to spend the money... we've been wholesaling at $3300-$3600 lb.
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Sweet, thats totally tits! I miss the days of 5k per pound wholesale. lol Get that money while it's there, in Colorado the price dropped fast after the big greenhouse grows came online.
 
DoubleAtotheRON

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Sweet, thats totally tits! I miss the days of 5k per pound wholesale. lol Get that money while it's there, in Colorado the price dropped fast after the big greenhouse grows came online.
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Yes sir!... I feel like it will settle in the $1200 range within the year. We made enough to cover our $55,000 investment on the first run, so now it will be like a hobby/ extra income.
 
DoubleAtotheRON

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Yeah we are building towards blackout shaded greenhouses with supplemental lighting, thats the biggest power savings, sunlight. We will be using CMH and HPS blend for supplemental.
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Yeah, these big commercial guys are already elbowing in from out of State... They'll take over and push us small ops out of the way.. We'll still put a quality craft bud on the market tho.
 
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The only grows really making money now in Colorado are the ones that use greenhouses. They don't have the utility cost that the indoor growers have. They drove the price way down and own a large piece of the market now.
 
DoubleAtotheRON

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Renfro said:
The only grows really making money now in Colorado are the ones that use greenhouses. They don't have the utility cost that the indoor growers have. They drove the price way down and own a large piece of the market now.
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Yep!.. same thing is going to happen here. I've almost come to the conclusion that selling fresh frozen to processors can be just as profitable without the pain in the ass of wet trimming, drying and curing. I hate wet trimming. I do like watching the dry buds go though the Twister T4 tho. Prob the most entertaining part of it. LOL!
 
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