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Hey Jogro, Sometimes it is easier (and more fun) to just fool with someone than it is to explain to them that they have been fooled with...Again, LOL.
I "get" what you're doing here.
Seriously, can you tell me exactly which lamp you're using? How big was your plant when you were done with it, and roughly what is the size of your grow space?
My grow method is perpetual harvest with the intent being harvest a plant a week or so. More or less I hit that mark. I have two grow tents in my basement in piedmont Carolinas (gas fired boiler & water heater housed there too, CO2 = ~1000) and a germination and clone area. The germ/clone is on a bench under four, four foot T-5s running 24hr on...The veg tent is 3 x 3 with HydroGrow 189X LED running 20/4...The flower tent is 5 x 5 with 9 (stand alone not supplemental) Kessil H150 Magentas 12/12...I recently switched to the Kessils from a GrowLight OG 1000w for lots of reasons I know you won't need to have explained but the main three, here for the sake of the thread, being coverage, heat generation and hot spot...I run nine plants, three strains soil grow in seven gallon Smartpots. Each plant has a dedicated Kessil...Metered energy consumption reduced by 40% over the OG and fan. Average in tent temperature reduction 8 degrees from 82 to 74. Kessil introduced a new H150W and the price on the H150 fell to $89.
My high school friend and later college room mate lives in my neighborhood and grows. He runs two 3 x3 tents and is vegging with Kessil Blue H150 stand alone. He wishes he had gone with the Purple.
http://www.kessil.com/horticulture/H150.php
http://growershouse.com/kessil-h150-led-grow-light-magenta
Plant height at harvest was 42 inches...Overall height in Smartie was 52 inches. Trained for four colas.
Soil is an organic peat based blend and I supplemental feed with Miracle Grow. I use Jack's and DynaGrow too but just MG with the Y Griega strain. I don't remember why. I also foliar spray daily in veg with 1/4 strength MG and Proteck.
Yeah, I can yield more, smaller pots, less veg, shorter flowering strain, but at about 3-4oz every couple of weeks I can get overwhelmed...Rosenthal was right, Smokin' pot may not be addictive but growing it sure as hell is!!!
My belief is that yield should be measured in pounds of fun divided over the period of a lifetime...FWIW