VertFarmer
Active Member
I'm a newbie, so forgive if this question is unrealistic.
I plan a small growop. To reduce risk I MUST keep total wattage under 2kW/H. I considered a 3*600W dwc sog with 3 wks cloning, 0-1 wk veg period and 8 wks blossom (with the right strain).
The plan was to use low wattage for clone & veg, and run this parallel with the last 3-4 wks of flowering, so that that new clones are ready to flower when harvesting = harvest time every 8 wks.
However it seems that 3*600W is overkill for the first 2 wks flowering when the plants are still small.
So instead of 8 wks blossom under 1800W I considered 2/3 sized crops, where the two first weeks in flowering are done under 2*250W and weeks 3-8 are under 2*600. This again in parallel, so that the first two weeks flowering run simulatenously with late fase flowering of previous crop.
Summing Wattage:
2*250W+2*600W = 1700W.
Less electricity usage and crop size but harvest time every 6 weeks instead of 8
If yield for exampe is 1g/W/harvest
3*600W yields: 1800g/8wks =
225g week
2*250W+2*600W yields: 1700g/6wks = 283g/week
Yield increase: 25%
Does this sound anywhere reasonable to the more experienced growers out there?
I plan a small growop. To reduce risk I MUST keep total wattage under 2kW/H. I considered a 3*600W dwc sog with 3 wks cloning, 0-1 wk veg period and 8 wks blossom (with the right strain).
The plan was to use low wattage for clone & veg, and run this parallel with the last 3-4 wks of flowering, so that that new clones are ready to flower when harvesting = harvest time every 8 wks.
However it seems that 3*600W is overkill for the first 2 wks flowering when the plants are still small.
So instead of 8 wks blossom under 1800W I considered 2/3 sized crops, where the two first weeks in flowering are done under 2*250W and weeks 3-8 are under 2*600. This again in parallel, so that the first two weeks flowering run simulatenously with late fase flowering of previous crop.
Summing Wattage:
2*250W+2*600W = 1700W.
Less electricity usage and crop size but harvest time every 6 weeks instead of 8
If yield for exampe is 1g/W/harvest
3*600W yields: 1800g/8wks =
225g week
2*250W+2*600W yields: 1700g/6wks = 283g/week
Yield increase: 25%
Does this sound anywhere reasonable to the more experienced growers out there?