how to produce a lot?

Hou_Stone
Hou_Stonestarted grow question 3y ago
Good morning, I am new to growing weed. I have a room of 1m² and I dream of having a ratio of 100 grams dry per month. Possible in 1m²? Can you explain to me how to produce the maximum number of flowers in 1m²? What techniques? What kind of varieties? Thank you
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UnkleSkunk
UnkleSkunkanswered grow question 3y ago
I usually get around 250/300 grams dry every 3 months in a 0.64m² box. In a bigger box, you can do more... No specific technique, it's my favorite. Although sometimes I do topping and occasionally LST, main lining, etc. A plant needs to be fed properly to grow at its best, and that's the first thing to learn, in my opinion. Let's say that to maximize yield, you should either SCROG a single plant that covers the entire box or go for a Sea of Green. The Sea of Green involves filling the entire box with small pots to fit as many as possible. With SCROG, I don't think you'll be able to stay within 100 grams a month, while with a Sea of Green, you can. This depends on the growth times; the plant you SCROG will have a much longer vegetative phase, and the bending work needs to be meticulous. Meanwhile, for SOG, you can use either autoflowering or photoperiodic plants, and you can use a 12/12 light cycle from seed for both. There are so many varieties; you need to consider speed and yield. For SOG, faster autoflowering strains work well, even though they don't have a huge yield, but they're perfect for staying small. On the other hand, for "normal" cultivation, it's better to go for XXL autoflowering strains. The photoperiodic ones have a high yield but take longer, so for SOG, it's better to start them with 12/12 light.
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Hou_Stone
Hou_Stoneanswered grow question 3y ago
It's super interesting. Thank you very much for your responses.
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Growstick
Growstickanswered grow question 3y ago
You could feasibly finish four grows in a year with a single tent, so long as you either use fast flowering strains or autos. Alternatively, if using photoperiods, you could have a separate area (mini tent and light) for new plants to germinate and spend the first couple of weeks of veg. If none of these is applicable then it will be closer to three completed grows a year. Based on your want for 100g/month and a maximum of four completed grows, that would be 300g per grow. This is probably a little unrealistic for a first time grower in a 1m² but it's not impossible. If you want to get the max out of your tent you will need to use plants with strong genetics and high yields and LST them as soon as you can and continue to do this throughout veg and early flower. You could add a SCROG net to help spread the plants out even more and keep the canopy even. You said previously that you're buying a new light, so that will also help. Good nutrients, strong air flow and no major hiccups (e.g. over or underwater, nutrient burn, light burn, too hot, too cold, etc.) will all be needed for you to hit your target. I still think 300g per completed grow might be a bit of a push, but at least you have a figure to aim for.
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Sciolistic_Steve
Sciolistic_Steveanswered grow question 3y ago
you gain economies of scale by doing more with fewer re-runs through year... but also adds more to startup cost. more work at "one" time vs spread out and constant. if you pack it right, shouldn't see less than 300g per grow... probably can't do that in 3 months though.. with drying times it's more like 4 months and enough plants you can do a short vege period. more plants = more effort unless you automate the repetitive stuff. but, 9 plants would be symmetrical (3x3) and would probably only need a couple weeks of vege before flowering them.. this reduces overall time enough that you might squeeze a harvest in every 3 months... but still have 2weeks of drying + any curing time. every breeder is going to say 500-600g per m^2.. few actually meet that... some strains are more notorious for being vigorous or larger colas, but you can't always count on that... other things to speed up process -- get a small light (30-50w for 1sq ft even if not efficient as your primary light) that can allow you to jumpstart next cycle... in fact, if you do the sea of green (9 plants?), you could just about do the entire vege before they even hit the main tent... and using 30-50w saves during those 1-2 weeks... those first 2 weeks 9 plants won't take up much more than 30cmx30cm on a shelf somewhere or in a corner out of sight... for 2 weeks every 3 months. you could be starting a new crop almost immediately and the only time in the tent is the flower phase... could probably get that turned around and dried in 3 months. get a screen or net... to maximize yield you need a well-organized canopy...
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DaGrowQueen
DaGrowQueenanswered grow question 3y ago
Well for one it comes down to genetics to start with, wanna get a strain that is known to be high yielding to start with and in addition my two major go to techniques are low stress training and in some cases topping. However if it's an auto flower I don't top them because a lot of auto's will in fact give you smaller yields if you stress them to much. There's a great website called growweedeasy.com that can explain all of this to you in depth
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