Clevelandblazn5
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ok so im on my 3rd grow right now and i was wondering if i would yeild more bud with lets say a couple large plants or a bunch of smaller plants example 10 plants in 5 gallon buckets or 20 plants in 3 gallon buckets
Bigger Yeild....
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GanjaFresh
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Choose a good strain that will yield more. Also know when the correct time is to go into flowering, if you go too fast you lose some yield. Everything has to be perfect to have a good yield, you have to work at it.
Clevelandblazn5
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i always veg for atleast 6 weeks
jawbrodt
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It has been proven time and time again that more smaller plants will outproduce fewer large ones, in a given area. That's why yields are given in square meters, when you go to order seeds, and not a suggestion of what the seeds will yield per plant. It's tough to beat SOG(sea of green), and about the only way you could do it, would be to add all kinds of side lighting so that the lower branches fill out well. 
bud4all123
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alot of people prefer SOG for yields, but in order to do this effectively you would need 4 or 5 full grown mother plants(more/less depending on how big your SOG is). so if you want to get the most yield just start growing your mothers awhile and then cut clones off them, throw them into a ebb&flow and flower em in 6 weeks, or right away as some have done. i have seen yields in excess of 3 pounds off of 50-75 small plants in 8 weeks, where 10 big plants in the same amount of space would yield around half of that(maybe more if you freakin rock) in around 5 months including flower time, depending on when you choose to flower. 1 foot, 2 feet.. etc
so if you do the math, 2 pounds in 5 months or 3 pounds every 8 weeks, providing you cut clones and go right to flower the day you harvest.
so if you do the math, 2 pounds in 5 months or 3 pounds every 8 weeks, providing you cut clones and go right to flower the day you harvest.
Pipe Dream
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yes I agree to get the largest yeilds you want to go with SOG clones. The smaller plants are able to be packed into smaller areas where they recieve more intense light and can evenly fill out the canopy.
If your growing all your plants from seed it's kind of a different story because first of all you need a lot of seeds. And you want them to be similar using multiple strains proibably won't help acheiving the maximum yeild because of the differences in size of the plants and all that so you would want something stable to grow and they won't vcome cheap.
So all in all I would say for the most efficient yeild you need clones because of the uniform growth, the fact they are all female, being able to have a proven producer and the cost vs buying seeds.
If your growing all your plants from seed it's kind of a different story because first of all you need a lot of seeds. And you want them to be similar using multiple strains proibably won't help acheiving the maximum yeild because of the differences in size of the plants and all that so you would want something stable to grow and they won't vcome cheap.
So all in all I would say for the most efficient yeild you need clones because of the uniform growth, the fact they are all female, being able to have a proven producer and the cost vs buying seeds.
Clevelandblazn5
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what size pots do you recommend for a bunch of smaller plants?? 3 gallon or even smaller?
bud4all123
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Actually for a lot of little plants as in a SOG the soil you would need somewhere in the range of 2-3 gallon pots, but the soil expense for 50 pots of soil would be massive, making your profit alot lower. most people do a SOG with hydroponics as the medium is cheap and effective. 50 cents for a rockwool block versus 2 to 3 dollars to fill a pot with good soil.
so 25 dollars for 50 babies using rockwool or 150 dollars using soil, but if you prefer soil and want to buy that many pots and soil you could go for it.
i know that there was a man around here that just got busted a month or so ago, he had 450 plants in his basement and he had a soil-based op so it can be done.. its just expensive and tidius to water all those plants when an ebb&flow will water them all for you =D
Clevelandblazn5
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do you know where i can get a good ebb and flow system with 50 sites or more?