Indoor Am I the only one doing large Auto Grows???

[PhammyDavis]

I've been growing autos for the last 3 years NONSTOP. Been primarily growing Lowryder #2 Which I think I have mastered.

I wanna know if there is anyone on here doing any large grows? I only see people doing small grows here. Im running 2x1000w Hps with 50-72 plants in 1.7 gal pots in a 4x8 tent. I also have 2 4 Bulb 4Ft T5 fixtures for my babies. I try to have a rotating crop to where my babies are showing sex right when my older plants are ready to be cut. So I try to have a full harvest every 40 days. I run full 1500ppms of Co2. best yield I've gotten is 3.6lbs under 2x1000w.

I want to see pics of other people large grows. Im always trying to make my crop better but I want advice from other growers who have also been growing these for years.

These Pics are about a year old.

 

[lykaboss]

Very nice setup you got there, Keep the pictures coming. There are others on here that have larger grows, but only show off there smaller rooms or just a few plant shots. To be honest i am shocked you only got 3.6lbs out of 72 plants..... where all 72 plants dried and harvested at the same time you got that figure? or was it less

 

[PhammyDavis]

3.6 lbs from 2x1000w hps in 65 days is a succesful grow to me. I only had 60 plants when I did that. Plant count doesnt matter. Really depends on how many watts you're running and maximizing your grow area. 1.8lbs per 1000w is almost a gram per watt which is what professional growers get. But I have yet to see anyone get 2lbs per light with autoflowers. Only regular strains. Which prolly took twice as long.

 

[mattinuk3]

No phammy, thats every 40 days. Even more impressive! he starts his seeds 3-4 weeks before his flower tent is ready to be chopped. This way he's chopping mature plants and putting just-beginning-to-bud plants in their spot. His flowering room makes .9 pounds of bud every 10 days.

Awesome job man! I have been trying to convince my colleagues of the potential of the AF cycle. We are in the process of making fem seeds so that at a point in the future we can do the same thing.

 

[MarcusTweed]

Wow thats a lot of plants! not sure on the lowryder #2 strain my self not grown it, What are your yeilds for each plant? my average is 2.5 oz with Auto AK but known to yield a lot more, only using 1x250hps between 2 auto's in a small cabinate so 16,000 lumens each, not using co2

Seems a lot of plants to me if I'm honest in that area, Its almost SOG were I think Photos would do better for that purpose, your setup 2x1000 hps 280,000/ 50 plants = 5,600 lumens per plant is that right? take it 3.7lb was only half the plants? I seriously hope you breed your own seeds man! Must admit they look Very very nice! certainly got the best out of lowryder! What other strains have you tried? sorry to use lumens I know its par rating is more Important just that I can only remmber lumens

 

[C.E]

Hey bro.. I am current running 6x600W..
My last 4x600W grow netted around 2.2kg dry (4.5lbs ?).
I use LST to maximize yield per plant.
Check my thread..

Although I would switch to 12/12 asap for big grows particularly because of the ability to clone (which is a BIG plus, when you're growing big, trust me) and not to mention 12/12 saves a lot of electricity.

 

[PhammyDavis]

Hey bro.. I am current running 6x600W..
My last 4x600W grow netted around 2.2kg dry (4.5lbs ?).
I use LST to maximize yield per plant.
Check my thread..

Although I would switch to 12/12 asap for big grows particularly because of the ability to clone (which is a BIG plus, when you're growing big, trust me) and not to mention 12/12 saves a lot of electricity.

I checked out your thread and I didn;t see any LST. ALso was it all autos u were growing? Very interested in your grow set up

 

[420Smokealot420]

he seems to be doing photos....

 

[C.E]

Nope I am doing autos right now.
My previous grow was S60, S60xLR2, BSxPAK, PAK(F4).
My current one is only S60.
If you can't see the LST it is probably because each individual branch post-lst looks like an entire plant.
Most of the autos were LST'd. The only ones that didn't get the LST treatment are some rare phenos that didn't look like they would benefit at all (no side branching), or some that I missed by mistake for some reason.

6-9 plants per m2 is what I'm doing. Sometimes 9 are needed to fill out the space, especialyl if theyre in smaller pots, but in my current 6.5L litre setup post LST I only needed around 6 plants per m2 to fill the space with colas upon colas.

These are all lst'd plants: (s60)

^^ 130cm tall branch on one of the LST bushes.

 

[Mossy]

Nope...CE is Autos...:thumbs:

ha CE..you beat me to it...