Castro4747
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Isit possible to achieve that with aeroflow 60 and a 1200 watt hps (2x400w 2x250w) or am I being being hopefull? Please feel free to crush my dreams, I've been sold plenty from all the researching??
I need 60 ounces or more in three months
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Possible but probably not likely on your first grow. Have you ever grown anything before? If you have it might help. I honestly have no idea about hydro as I havent used it. You would have to do a large amount of plants and probably more light. 1200 Watts would be enough for about 12 plants, you could possibly reach what you want would probably take a little longer tho.
No, even if you were an awesome grower, which you aren't, 1200W x 1.25 gpw = 1500 grams. 1500 grams / 28 grams per oz = 53 ounces. On top of that you aren't even using (2) 600W HPS, you are using a combination of smaller bulbs, which makes it even less likely.
No, it is not possible with this setup and this grower's abilities.
I can tell you how, but you won't be able to execute the grow. Everyone knows highest yields come from SOG, and from vertical growing, and vertical growing with SOG. Take (2) 600W HPS, build two E&F tables, 16 square feet per table, 32 square feet total. Now with 6 - 9 plants per square foot, that is 192 - 288 plants. Yes, you would need a tested strain for SOG with little branching and a donkey dick. Now if I am averaging between 12 - 14 grams per plant, let me just say we get on average 13 grams per plant...
Low end:
192 plants x 13 grams per plant = 2,496 grams / 28 grams per ounce = 89 ounces.
High end:
288 plants x 13 grams per plant = 3,7444 / 28 grams per ounce = 133 ounces.
Not many people can do this, even if we ran less plants per square foot, most people like to run 4 plants per square foot.
Super low end:
32 square feet x 4 plants per square foot = 128 plants.
128 plants x 13 grams per plant = 1,664 grams / 28 grams per ounce = 59 ounces.
However this requires a skilled grower who has already selected for his system, this is not the OP, and therefore impossible for him to accomplish.
STLbudz
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Dont count on it man, hopes are waaayyyy to high, since this is your 1st grow who knows if itll even finish all the way to the harvest ,especially aero, try 6 600 watts ,5x10, 100 plants, some good or decent nutes ,C02, AND MAYBE youll have a chance, well way better than you original plan atleast
So you want to run 3,600W? Hmmm, 3600W x .5 gpw = 1800 grams / 28 grams per ounce = 64 ounces. Even at half a gram per watt you could easily hit 60 ounces. I don't agree with this, also if a 600W could cover a 4'x4' space, why would you use a 5'x10' table and (6) 600W? That would literally cover a 4'x24' table, or a 8'x12' table. That is HUGE!
Castro4747
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Thanks for the inputs but I said kill the dream not the idea, to be fair 60 is way too much I know but what about 20-30 ounces, let's say 5 aeropots, critical mass = 1000watt light x sog training. My main concern is to hit big but not goin over the radar for the bacon machine patrolling in the skies or on electricity meter..either way thanks for the realistic comments, means a Lott to me.
mr2shim
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1g per watt * 1000w = 35.274 oz
I've only ever seen a few people hit 1g per watt, it's usually .5 or below. So being realistic
.5g per watt * 1kw = 500g = 17.6oz
.3g per watt * 1kw = 300g = 10.5oz
Castro4747
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How many plants would you say is suitable for 1000 watts in a big closet ?
Castro4747
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That's one way to put it cuz
Castro4747
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Not planning on ever using soil again,it was such a long ass process
A good soiless mix or coir does not affect the process time significantly. The advantage of hydro is a potentially better yield and it is automated. Aero is basically inflexible and works best for highly uniform plants going directly into flowering stage. If one plant gets sick, they all do. Extended power outage? It's all over. What about rockwool in an ebb and flow setup? That gives you a water buffer in case of power failure (and you can reposition the plants as needed).
Lots of people get 1 gpw, especially in SOG with high plants numbers and vertical with either big plants, or high plant numbers.
1 - 225 plants.
kratos015
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Well it's not so much about the how big the closet is but how large the light is. A 1000 watt bulb can cover a maximum of 5x5sqft so try to aim your grow to fit in a 5x5sqft area. I put 6 plants in 5 gallon pots under a SCROG for my current grow, the net is 4x4.5sqft. The plants grew so much more than I expected that now I'm wishing I just went with 4 plants in 7 gallon pots each. Like many answers for questions about cannabis, the answer is "it depends". If it were me, I'd get that closet set up with proper ventilation and throw a screen in there with 4 plants in 7 gallon pots and train those bad boys.
Now for the bad news, you probably won't ever get that yield with 1200 watts. I've never heard of that happening and frankly, I don't even know if it's possible
The general rule of thumb for yields seems to be a maximum of 2.2lbs which is around 35oz if I'm not mistaken? If I make a suggestion? If you're looking to make a grip of money with growing, please make sure you have a job and that your grow is your back up plan. I tried starting out that way and the stress made it impossible to grow properly. When you have a job, your plants dying isn't as big of a deal because your life doesn't count on you selling them since you have an income from your job. I don't know your experience with growing and I'm not trying to be a douche at all, just making a suggestion 
Castro4747
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if I do aero I would be around it most of the time, but I'd imagined with aero you can germinate the seed, and when the plant is 15cm long you can go into flowering mode, the reason for 15cm is because I heard it gets too big? And what is exactly the ebb n flow setup? Is that rockwool floating in water with nutrients? And what's the advantages to that one?
Castro4747
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say for argument sake I put in a closet....1000watt hps light and ten plants in an aero system, 15 cm long Then I switch them to 12/12, dunno the professional name but I bend the stems regularly and I use one sog net for the first part and another midway, and I put two and half month in the entire process, is that a fail and if not how many ounces you think I could get from it??
Castro4747
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Well it's not so much about the how big the closet is but how large the light is. A 1000 watt bulb can cover a maximum of 5x5sqft so try to aim your grow to fit in a 5x5sqft area. I put 6 plants in 5 gallon pots under a SCROG for my current grow, the net is 4x4.5sqft. The plants grew so much more than I expected that now I'm wishing I just went with 4 plants in 7 gallon pots each. Like many answers for questions about cannabis, the answer is "it depends". If it were me, I'd get that closet set up with proper ventilation and throw a screen in there with 4 plants in 7 gallon pots and train those bad boys.
Now for the bad news, you probably won't ever get that yield with 1200 watts. I've never heard of that happening and frankly, I don't even know if it's possible
No of course I understand where your coming from, but situations Seem very difficult at the moment, and I was thinking of doing something like that aswell, hope you don't mind my asking but what was your best strategy and how much did you manage to harvest?
Castro4747
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By the way any suggestions for good yielding strains for me to research on, I heard critical mass and ogre are gd, it would be very helpful peepz, thanks in advance