I am super excited to finally be restarting growing again after a 3 year hiatus ! The last several years before shutting down I have been using growtents of various sizes in our extra room. Along with upgrading from HID’s to LED, I am also planning on starting fresh with a new tent.
My goal is to harvest about 1/2 pound per run. I could live with as little as 5oz per run but Id prefer around 8oz. Id rather not harvest more than a lb per run, its just too much work trimmin it all alone !
In the past I have done really well with a 3x3 outfitted with a 600hps. The 4x4 seems a bit intrusive in the room and Im not sure id I need that much space for the amount I want to harvest.
I am planning on starting with 9 seeds, I think I could fit 9 total plants in 3 gallon pots in a 3x3 . However I most likely wont end up with 9 females, so I would most likely be flowering a smaller number of plants. My best harvests with my old 3x3 were with 4 or 5 total plants in 5 gallon pots, squeezed in there tight ! That was without a scog/net, which I WILL be implementing this time around. Ive learned that canopy maintenance is the key to maximizing harvests in smaller spaces.
I understand how big a role the strain I decide to run will play into this, but am just looking at approximate totals. On that topic, I think I have settled on Bodhi’s Clusterfunk for my first run. Ive heard its easy to grow, loud stank, and also still available in case I F it up !
The next challenge will be lighting.
What do you guys think about what size I should run for what Im looking to do ?
I’m not going to give advice, but I’ll tell you a bit about what I do.
2x4’ tent, veg for eight weeks (heavily topped and trained). 4x4’ flower tent, every five weeks two plants get harvested, two new ones go in for a total of four plants in the 4x4’.
Yeah a 2 x 4 tent is all thats needed, I load that thing up with 9 plants that are vegged no more than a month and a half.
No special training needed, I do it all the time and pull a lb. ± a lid everytime.
Off a 600 watt horti and pro mix and pro pure blend notes out of 2 gallon bucket
Air cooled of coarse plants touch fixture no problem
I run a 40in x 40in x 60 in tent
At one time I ran up to 9 plants in 3 gallon fabric bags Very low yield , when I dropped to 6 plants I vegged longer ( only 3 weeks ) and yield went to 12 maybe when the stars were aligned to 15 oz at the most I was never able to get grow to grow with enough meds
So I changed things up and went to 4 Octopots ,
In the same space
Over the years worked on my skills a bit and with a 4 week veg I’ve yielded 20 plus zips on 4 plants I do set up a scrog net and I bend and torture the crap out of them but they can take it
Thank you for the reply, which LED do you use in there ? I was looking at the spider farmer 2000. Or 4000 if I go with a 4x4, which I would rather not do. Just starts getting pretty expensive
Thank you for chiming in man ! And wow, thats amazing that pull lb + out of a 2x4, dont know if Ive ever even done that in a 4x4. I use pure blend nutes pretty religiously. I really like their products. Not cheap but worth it. For medium I was planning on going with plain old Fox Farms Happy Frog. Like everyone else, Ive ran Ocean forest a bunch of times, but I think I like the Happy Frog better. Especially for starting seeds. The light warrior was my go to, but the little ones need nutes before uplanting out of the solo cups that I start them in. I dont like giving seedlings nutes if I dont have to.
Interesting, Ive heard mars products are not the way to go. There are quite a few options im considering when it comes to lighting. I guess it will come down to what size I decide to get for flower. You guys really have me thinking about going with the 2x4.
You mention that you veg no more than 6 weeks. I am wondering do you top most of your seed plants ? And also, how often do the plants show sex by that 6 week point ? I ask because although I have seen plants show sex that early, in my experience I have grown several plants that didnt show sex til around 8 weeks. Thank you, I appreciate your expertise
99% are sexed a week after flip, sometimes I top sometimes I don’t.
Generally I leave be.
Production is strictly strain dependent.
Have you done the numbers on 9 plants, even on a 2z avg. 18z’s its a realistic number to hit. Just letting the plants do their own thing.
Throw a couple 3-4 z plants in there your closing in on an elbow and a half.
