How much can I expect to yield? Look here!

hearmenow

Don't we all want to know? If you are like me, you don't want to be growing year round but hate forking over $125 for 1/4 oz of quality bud. So, before this current grow, I calculated how much I would need for say 4-6 months and my plan was to grow until I stored that much then quit growing for about 4 months. My research revealed a range, dependent on growing conditions, of course. But, all things being equal, one can expect ON AVERAGE, about 33.7g dry per plant or 1.19 oz. I'd be ecstatic if I yielded an oz a plant. More realistically, I'm shooting for 1/2 oz per plant. Very doable.

I've posted the links to 2 of my sources below. Happy Growing!


Blackwell Synergy - J Forensic Sci, Volume 51 Issue 5 Page 1050-1054, September 2006 (Article Abstract)

Drug Policy Alliance: Cannabis Yields 1992: Drug Enforcement Administration

dursky

It depends on lights, veg time ect. Under a 1000watt I was getting almost 3 per plant.. big lights big bubs.:zombie:

hearmenow

Dursky, that's impressive. Light is probably the most important factor in yield but as you are aware, there are several other factors. I'd say a good veg period is crucial. Some go for speed and veg for a month then flower. I'm a patient guy so I veg until I have a good root structure and then I focus on the height and bushiness. My current grow I vegged for 3 months.

ice#1

i think after the light it's a combo of how big ur pots are and how long you veg them for. either of the second 2 being off will drasticly reduce your yeild as you could have a clone in a 5 gallon pot but if you only veg her a couple of days you just wasted about 3 gallons of soil where as if you veged the same plant for a month before flowering her she will never get the same yeild same can be said if you veg her to long for the size of pot she is in once she's rootbound she won't yeild much more then she did if she got rootbound right at the end of flowering sometimes yeilding less. that why it's so important to get to know the strain your growing so you can figure out what works best for her in your garden

2stoned

holy shit..thats a long time lol...you vegged a full 90 days..how big are those plant at least 36 in i hope....jesus..lol...we veg plants till there 12 in tall then flip...run alota plants harvest the same amount if not more then doing a couple plants with super long vegs...peace az

dursky

My first grow I vegged for 6 weeks and the plants were almost 6 ft tall, which sucked as I had no room for the light. This time I vegged for 18 days and at 4 weeks 12-12 they are 1 1/2 - 3 feet which is much better. I now think I vegged a bit early as it took them too long to show sex... 30 days would have been perfect.

Pappy

Depending upon where one is located, in case of a bust, some states have more severe penalties for a large number of plants. eg.,a sog with 50 plants receives greater penalty than 5 plants, even though the quantity of bud is equal.

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videoman

Hearmenow,
Yeah, I agree, 3 months vegging! WOW, I have never, ever vegged that long.

In my own experiments I found little value in using a larger growpot, I can grow in a smaller growpot and leach with good, if not better results. My normal grow pot is 7"x7"x8"

There is absolutely no reason not to yeild atleast 2oz's per plant in a decent soil grow without resorting to using co2. More if you do use co2.

Maybe you should re-think your grow stratergy, and/or the strains you choose?

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hearmenow

Yup, my current grow broke the surface Nov 1st exactly. I planted 7 - 1 supposed Master Kush, 1 supposed Early Misty and 5 Skunk. One skunk was male and one was a hermie. The EM died and the MK was one of those auto flowering shit plants that began budding after about a month. I took the MK to harvest and we smoked her already. I got all of about 3 bowls from her. Waste of time.

So what I have right now is one skunk in full bloom that I'm chopping this weekend, two 4 month old skunk moms - 1 that's about 24" in a 1 gallon pot and another that's close to 4' that's in a 3 gallon pot, 1 skunk clone that is 6 days in flowering and is about 12", 1 skunk clone that I'm currently vegging and is about 6" and 3 more skunk cuttings that I'm hoping root.

This weekend is a big one for me. Much work planned. First I need to refine my cab - I'm installing a light shield and sealing off the 400W HPS chamber, so I can better exhaust the heat. Currently my temps run between 77-84 with lights on but I have to keep my can doors open and I have 2 fans blowing in and one Elicent fan exhausting the air. The plan is to vent the light chamber and the grow chamber seperately. I also plan to install my homemade filter, as the smell is really getting out of contol.

Next big project this weekend is to revamp my cloning technique. Currently I use the cut, dip in cloning powder, stick in peat moss and put under a misted dome until rooted (venting/misting and watering as needed). My success rate is roughly 50% with that technique. So, I'm switching to a "wick" method, that won't require a dome and constand misting and watering.

I'll take and post pics next week.

videoman

My 1st tidbit of advice, would be to grow one strain at a time. It'll make things easier on you for sure.

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