1. acquire good genetics (dig them out of seeds, get proven clones, whatever)
I’m gonna try mainlining on a couple Fast Buds GSC autos. Waiting for one more node of growth.
XTSO, would you say your environment is dialed in well? (Because clearly there is good shit happening).Just supercropping to control the canopy. No defoliation or anything else. 600 watt HPS. I don't hit that target all the time as I have been spending most of my time dabbling in breeding and growing small plants. But when I do a grow for volume I can hit that every time. I don't spend the time training as it takes too long and you get less grows a year. By the time some have trained their plants for months I'm halfway through flower. I also don't defoliate anything. In fact I don't trim a single leaf.
What is it about RIU (or pot) that draws so many highly literate, writers? I love RIU as a priceless source of info, but I also dig the sense of humor & often almost poetic writing.
Renfro, your shit is gorgeous. The plants, the room. Everything screams “industrial grade.” What, may I ask, do you use for temp & RH sensors, probes or controllers?
I think I have it dialed pretty good for what I'm doing. When I do a quantity run I can easily pull over a pound with just a cheap 600 watt HPS in a 4 x 4 tent. It's pretty much hands of as well. A reservoir, cheap complete nutrients, blumats, fabric pots, coco. Sometimes I don't even look at the plants for days. Watering is just making sure the reservoir is filled. Other than that, once everything is set I just wait for the plants to be done. I don't spend much time looking at my plants except for every couple of days for maybe 10 minutes looking closely to see if there are any signs of bugs. I don't trim any leaves so no time spent there. Occasionally I do need to stake up some of the plants if the cola's get too heavy and start falling over.
Yeah, I gotta say I hate trimming, too. I usually defoliate or lollipop, & I skip mids & some trimming that way. Or the trimming is done on the installment plan, I suppose.
I don't do any defoliation so I'm dealing with bushes. When I trim I go around the plant and take off all the fan leaves and cut off all the large colas and trim those up first. Then I go to the secondary buds and trim those. Any larf left on the plant I literally strip it off and dry it in a tray. That gets saved up for making dry ice hash so nothing goes to waste except the fan leaves. Then I go take a shower because whenever I trim a decent amount of weed by the time I'm done I itch like crazy all over. The only way to make it stop is to take a shower. I've heard of people getting rashes when they trim.
10-4. That’s a bummer, & I do see others who had the same experience. I’ve got 2 indoor & 2 outdoor. I’ll HST 1 of each. Never grown outdoor, never grown autos, never tried mainlining, so all new ground to me. I do have a photoperiod grow going, so if I pull grams off the autos, I won’t put a gun in my mouth.
The grow bags are cool. What are u using for mulch?
Mixed these. Worked well. Seriously just let autos do their thing. Maybe do some low stress training. But really autos are a waste of time, photos are better in every way.
Which Jack's products do you use? I assume you also use Cal-Mag at each watering. Right?
Assuming you have 8 plants... 8x2.0oz=16 oz=1 Lb... and you are happy? Where the heck are the big mouths who proclaim pulling off 4 Lb+ per 3-4 week veg cycle and 8-9 week flowering?... Planet mars? Sounds Marsian shitt got some magic nut for a such egregious yield!
4 Lb per light under DWC? Plz PM me if 800W LED can do it
Some LED users claim 2g a watt, I don’t pay attention or care as I run hps. If you are saying 4lbs off a 1k hps In hydro isn’t possible, I’m guessing you don’t run 1k de hps fixtures.4 Lb per light under DWC? Plz PM me if 800W LED can do it
Off a double end fixture.... its possible. Not easy. But possible.
Huh? 12 plants = 24oz = over 1gpw off single end hps and 3 week veg. I'm happy with it.
