Poll: How many plants do you put under a 1000 watter?

[razzapiggy]

I have done too many my first two cycles, but things always turned out pretty well. This time however, I've purchased two 4X4 tables, and I'm having trouble figuring out how many I want to do. I have friends recommending I take it down to as long as nine per tray which I find to be pretty damn small. I was thinking more along the lines of 12-14 per tray. I suppose you could pack 16 in there if you really wanted things to be tight, as most plants take up a square foot per. I am using 3 gallon pots.

Of course, this kind of depends on the strain as to weather or not nine plants could fill out a 4X4 canopy with only nine plants. I will be growing a strain they are calling Care-Free which is Early Durban crossed with Afgoo - sounds kind of interesting. Anyhow, just looking to see what other fellow growers do!

[stinkyattic]

lol a poll would be nice... :D
I run 25 under a k in flower. Each plant is in a 12" square pot that holds about 3 gallons of compost. They are at all flowering stages, and different strains, with the largest plants being pushed to the sides and corners for a stadium effect. They get rearranged regularly as they change and grow and are harvested.

[razzapiggy]

Interesting, you must not veg for very long then huh stinky?

[stinkyattic]

I flower my clones at around 10 inches with some training- usually jsut bent over to encourage side growth. Nothing fancy. Mostly though I'm flowering retired mothers. They look a mess.
Hey Ima go check in on your pesticide thread. I'm worried about ya big guy.

[rhizome]

I've run as few as 4 and as many as 192.

[Weedhound]

192!!! ????

[Weedhound]

I've run as few as 4 and as many as 192.

I can't get over that....don't even know where to start with the questions. Was 191 not enough? :D

What was the final yield on those 192 rhizome? :jointsmile:

[rhizome]

2 4x8 tables in an 8x8 space, each packed w/ 5" square pots (lip to lip) full o' expanded clay. E&F.

Identical cuttings-
100ish first run, aerocloner- hint- lay the cuts out on a cutting board in smaller batches, align bottom-most point of root immersion. Trim roots to the length of shortest root occuring. Do the same up top. Pick a sample from your first batch and use as template for succeeding. Load 5" pots, veg under flos.
Second batch staggered 3 days behind, same process. No veg.
Second (0 veg) goes in center of square created by twin tables edge to edge. First (3 veg) fill perimeter. Flower immediately- if strain exhibits sig stretch, shorten lights on period below 12/12. Oscillating fans everywhere.

Yer looking @ 5-10 g per stick, but making up for it in #'s.

This was an example of taking something WAY TOO FAR- did not scale up well. Center of that table was a freakin' nightmare. Alternating working pots w/ empties actually yielded better, but is not as funny

[Weedhound]

That is tooo much. Center of the table...that must have been great to see. So what was the reason behind the mass production? Speed?

[socialistpete]

I'm currently have 3 under a 1000w hps in flower all are in 12" square containers. The area is 4x5x8, they are in week 3 and are a little under 3 feet tall. I only plan on doing 4 at most hoping less will equal more. I used to do 20 in a drip system though thought it was to much but at that time I was new to growing.

[razzapiggy]

You should probably throw those puppies in bigger pots if you want to fill a canopy of 4X4 with only three plants.

[stinkyattic]

5 gallon pails. Those are probably already potbound.

[BeforeYourTime]

I would put 4-9 plants under 1kw

[rhizome]

So what was the reason behind the mass production? Speed?

Well, the thought process that made it seem like a good idea was probabley somewhat stimulant-influenced. Definately made sense at 4 a.m.:wtf:

It was basically a " jeez that'd be swell, Wally" kinda thing- was getting very good performance out of "proof of concept" runs, but the scaling turned into a huge PITA.

[jamstigator]

I usually do 6 plants in 4-gallon square pots under two 20"x48"' ScroG screens, 3 under each screen, with a small area between the screens for access. But the last (currently flowering) grow in that area, I did the normal six (5 Jock Horrors and 1 AK-48), and supplemented that with two extra Jock Horrors in 2-gallon pots and six AK-48s in half-gallon pots (a mini-SOG test, these six were tiny clones when they started).

And....that's too much. Man, it's a freakin' jungle in there. Ironically, the six AK-48s in the little half-gallon pots are now the tallest plants, even though they began flowering at like 5 inches tall. They're more like 3 *feet* tall now, and require watering every day, as they suck all the juice out of those little pots in no time. I'm thinking AK-48 (Nirvana) is not an ideal SOG strain. I have another 24 AK-48s in a different cabinet (2'x4' space), also in half-gallon little pots, and they too are getting pretty tall. Looks totally doable, but I won't be trying any SOG with AK-48 henceforth. Might try NYC Diesel for the next SOG experiment, see if that works a little better.

For the big cab, I'm going back to my normal six-plant ScroG. Easier to deal with than the packed jungle in there now. Although I'm sure I'll be very happy with the yield. ;)

[socialistpete]

You should probably throw those puppies in bigger pots if you want to fill a canopy of 4X4 with only three plants.
Thanks for the advice this is my first soil grow. I was thinking about using 18 gallon totes.