Average Yield for 400W HPS/MH?

adamz123x said:
Trying to convince a friend to buy this for me http://www.ebay.ca/itm/400-Watt-Bal...ltDomain_2&hash=item3a5be90557#ht_2060wt_1397

Was gonna hit him back with the money and some extra at the end of my first harvest.

Strictly soil, plant food, and water. No hydro or anything special.
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I use a 400watt HPS and this is what my current grow looks like. I am about 8 weeks into flower after a 4-6 week veg time. I use organic ferts to begin and Beastie Bloomz to finish. I don't think I would worry about quantity, I would worry about quality.
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There is no average. There are way to many variables, experience being one of the key things. You could get an ounce, you could quite easily get 10 ounces or more. My first ever grow i got 8 ounces off a single 400w hps with 4 plants.

All i can think is that you are asking for an average so that you can work out if you can pay your mate back. You could kill them all harvest nothing and your mate would be pissed with you. Do a small grow and then just buy the hps yourself for the next one. If a mate of mine asked me to buy a piece of grow equiptment in that kind of price range saying he'd pay me back once he sold his harvest, i'd tell him to fuck off.
 
Ahh thanks alot guys!

Ru4r34l I'm assuming your saying that the kit I found is not good enough for indoors? Will it risk fire or anything?
 
adamz123x said:
Ahh thanks alot guys!

Ru4r34l I'm assuming your saying that the kit I found is not good enough for indoors? Will it risk fire or anything?
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I don't think it would risk fire, but possibly hurting your plants.. Cooltube and some venting will do a great deal in keeping your grow space cool enough!

Good luck
 
I used a 250W with a wing like the one you mentioned and it got really hot, temps were always an issue and since it wasn't cool-tubed I couldn't lower the light to the optimum distance for that bulb. Right now I got a 400W Cool-tube with a 400 CFM inline exhaust and the tent stays at a cool 78 degrees (at the canopy) with the light 10 inches from the top of the plants. Remember that all lights have an optimum light range distance, the further the light is the less lumens will reach the plants; with a cool-tube your able to lower the lights as close as 6 inches if the exhaust is strong enough. After genetics, light is the next important aspect of growing quality bud. With the 400W cool-tube I average around 5 to 8 ounces, using a SCROG method with LST in a waterfarm. It all depends on many factors but you can get up to 10-12 ounces like SCOTTYBALLS did on his infamous waterfarm grows; and he also has a bat-wing reflector like the one you want to purchase. Search SCOTTYBALLS and check out his grows; truly impressive.
 
Gota say the cool tube is a must, i have my w.w hittin the glass protector and it still isnt too hot. Didnt want it to happen but plants grow how they want i guess so it grew too big for my box.
 
yeah that is the same light package i bought. it was an absolute steal. amazon has the cheapest shit. the ballast has a 3 year warranty. everything was shipped discrete and in great condition. well made product right there. that ebay link u posted just looked like trash... nothing personal but the quality just didnt appear to be there.
 
Or it also makes no sense reviving a 6 month old thread...lol

I bet he's already done buying his stuff guys.
 
tip top toker said:
There is no average. There are way to many variables, experience being one of the key things. You could get an ounce, you could quite easily get 10 ounces or more.

All i can think is that you are asking for an average so that you can work out if you can pay your mate back. You could kill them all harvest nothing and your mate would be pissed with you. Do a small grow and then just buy the hps yourself for the next one. If a mate of mine asked me to buy a piece of grow equiptment in that kind of price range saying he'd pay me back once he sold his harvest, i'd tell him to fuck off.
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I agree, the thread is old and I'm sure he invested into something already. But for newbs, this is sound advice regardless of equipment. Ya know?
 
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