How Can I Harvest Every Month?
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ULMResearch
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SoG with a constant rotation is the only way to harvest more than once every 12 weeks. You need 3 batches about 3-4 weeks apart that you replace as you pull.
And to get an LB a month doing it that way? Oh, probably need about 2,000+ watts of light and a hydro set up. You'd have to average 2z a plant for 8 plants every month, or 1 on 16. Hope you have a huge area. And lots of cooling, and a low electricity bill. And a lot of ONA gel.
And to get an LB a month doing it that way? Oh, probably need about 2,000+ watts of light and a hydro set up. You'd have to average 2z a plant for 8 plants every month, or 1 on 16. Hope you have a huge area. And lots of cooling, and a low electricity bill. And a lot of ONA gel.
jcannons
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Three seperate rooms...one for vegging first 30 days then they move to flower room A and you start a new batch in veg room for another 30 days which then move into flower room B and you start a 3rd batch in veg room for 3o days. Now it's been 90 days since you started and the girls in flower room A should be ready to harvest and you have a perpetual grow......and can harvest once a month.....
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Toolage 87
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If you grow and flower in soil you use up alot of space because of the pot size that you need. If you use a DWC setup you can use net pots that is about 2 to 3 inches and take up less space but also if you want you can put some in once a week to get a bunch of harvests per week but also this give you the ability to harvest and strain that you want about every week. Also if you clone then in aero with out Rockwool or in rockwool what ever your choice is once they root you can put them into flower right away or veg them for about 1 week before you flower them. You can have about 9 clones flowering in about a 1 foot area and lets say you make 1/4 per plant that's 1 ounce per week that meens at the lowest amount you will need 16 square feet of floor space for the plants
probo24
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This is close to what I do to harvest monthly. The general idea anyway.
The veg times with my particular clones go longer. I like to top a few times while in veg.
Once i knew the optimum veg time, and exact flowering period for the clones,
the rest way easy to plan for a monthly harvest.
I'm not sure if you meant two or three rooms are needed? I use my veg room for clone as well.
I run 24/7 cfls in veg. Flowering under 400w hps.
DinafemHashPlant
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*BUDS
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Yes but as u get exp it becomes easier. Is it harder than working for some dick in a job u hate 40+ hours a week?
IslandDelight
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yeah dude, people work harder to try and be able to get to that point. i wish i didn't have to work everyday, around caring for my "beginning perpetual" It's not bad yet, but once it gets into a full cycle it'll be like having two full time jobs. you gotta be devoted to be successful
LD25Delta9
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I basically do a SoG, too. Except I have more and shorter cycles and I work in dirt. 2 weeks prop and 2 weeks veg in separate veg/prop room, 8 weeks flower split into 2 week cycles in the tent. Single t5 for prop, 200w cfl for moms, 125w cfl for veg, 200w red cfl for first 2 weeks, 400w HPS for 2nd, 600w for 3rd, and 1000w for the final two weeks.
Every 2 weeks 4 new plants go in and 4 old plants come down. This should yield you more than a lb/month pending on your choice of strain, nutes and Co2.
Every 2 weeks 4 new plants go in and 4 old plants come down. This should yield you more than a lb/month pending on your choice of strain, nutes and Co2.
IslandDelight
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very nice, i need more space!
probo24
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It depends on how big a garden you grow too.
I only have 12 plants maximum at a time, that's total between flowering, vegging, and
if i'm rooting clones those when rooted would be then counted.
Point is, this small a perpetual grow is very easy to manage.
Mind you, I see your looking for far more weight than I need/can grow, so maybe
you'll spend more time tending to more plants.
Then again, if it's like a hobby, the more time the better?
By the way, I also work 40/per so I say this as someone who is also employed.
Toolage 87
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I did some math and if you can use 3 to 4 70w HPS you could use a max of 2 Rubbermate containers using the 3 inch net pots doing a SOG no veg time after the clones rooted you could plant around 6 to 8 clones per week per 70w HPS DWC setup and at the lowest amount you could yield is63.78 to 85.04 grams Grams per week when its at the lowest of 1/8 ounce per plant.
So by those numbers you can harvest 255.12g to 340.16g at the lowest yield per plant.
It is possible to do a setup that is almost all automated. For example you could use a water pump on a timer to feed spray heads to mist the clones from the top once or twice per day and a if you want you could use a water pump to flood the clone tray just to wet the rockwool or what ever your using for cloning medium(s).
You could build your own aero cloner using almost the same setup if you don't want to cut up a clone tray. I haven't done it before but its possible to set it up and it could work.
So by those numbers you can harvest 255.12g to 340.16g at the lowest yield per plant.
It is possible to do a setup that is almost all automated. For example you could use a water pump on a timer to feed spray heads to mist the clones from the top once or twice per day and a if you want you could use a water pump to flood the clone tray just to wet the rockwool or what ever your using for cloning medium(s).
You could build your own aero cloner using almost the same setup if you don't want to cut up a clone tray. I haven't done it before but its possible to set it up and it could work.
probo24
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Are you saying you get 255-340 off of no veg clones?If so, explain your setup further please.
Toolage 87
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Those numbers that I gave is if you threw in about 6 to 8 clones per week per light and if the yield is 1/8th per clone but also that's what you can get as a min yield per 30 days and if you are using 2 DWC or wero tubs under each light. Most strains that people use are 8 weeks to 9 weeks of flowering. Also most people would use around a 150 to 250w HPS light and run 1 or 2 tubs and not use 3 to 4 70w HPS lights had have 2 tubs under each light.
probo24
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I understand. I'm just trying to do the math, 6-8 clones at 1/8th per clone is nowhere near 9-12 oz per plant or per tub.
Using 1/8th per plant on average you'd need to harvest 70 or more clones a month to hit the low number you listed (255g or 9oz.) That's what is confusing me.
George2002
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I am wondering what size plants ya'll are growing? Also, what size growing rooms? I have 2 rooms, one that is 5' x 8' used for cloning and veg. The other room is 9' x 11' with 1000 watts hps lights (4 of them). The lights are on 6' rail movers, so they cover the whole area from side to side. I go from the smallest plants on one end of the flower room to the plants ready to harvest at the other end of the room. The plants at the harvest end are 6 - 7' tall, 2 to 3' around. It is easy to get 50 - 60 plants in that room, and I can harvest a few plants every 10 days or so.
Toolage 87
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Ok let me try to make the numbers simpler
Here are the numbers if you are running 3 70 HPS lights
1 - Every HPS light has 2 rubbermade DWC tubs under them
2 - Every Week you put in 6 to 8 clones into flowering under each light so that's 18 to 24 clones going into flowering every week. At harvest if each plant yields 1/8 ounce that is 63.78g to 85.04g per week
3 - Now take the grams that you get for what you would harvest per week from under the lights that are ready for that week. Now take that and times it by 4 to make it 1 month and you will get 255.12g to 340.16g per month.
