Watts per sq ft. How many watts in your grow space

[Hazyrook]

I do have around 30 autocobs from @BigSm0

Dam dude, Have you run any of the quantum boards? Thoughts on cob vs board? Im am getting ready outfit a 4x2 and haven't pulled the trigger on the lights yet

 

[Dabber]

Dam dude, Have you run any of the quantum boards? Thoughts on cob vs board? Im am getting ready outfit a 4x2 and haven't pulled the trigger on the lights yet

Only ran blurples and a Timber Vero gen 7 all collecting dust, Bro my last grow was 9.6 watts per sq ft the harvest was UNREAL. I pulled 2.5 grams per watt from my biggest plant under autocobs

 

[parsing_trees]

Dabber, how high are you hanging your autocobs / how far from the canopy? That looks fantastic for that wattage!

 

[BigSm0]

Aye. I meant your cobs are what, $100 to $250 each? I counted 10. My whole setup if bought new would cost +/- $1500 but thats after years of slow upgrades.

4 pack with the afn5 code it works out to $111 per cob. Just using the 3x3 tent for example it’s not hard to pull a pound from this space with 4 cobs. The fun part is these 4 cobs combined give off 830 btu’s of heat and cost roughly 10-15 dollars per month to run. Comparing to the purplish lights around it would take a “claimed 1200w” light to equal the physical light these give off. Heat and cost on these other lights would be significantly higher.

 

[jdm61]

How do you get a pound with only 220 watts? Would that be 2 grams per wall watt? I am new at this, but from everything I’ve read, if such yields were possible, they would most certainly not fall into the “not hard” category

4 pack with the afn5 code it works out to $111 per cob. Just using the 3x3 tent for example it’s not hard to pull a pound from this space with 4 cobs. The fun part is these 4 cobs combined give off 830 btu’s of heat and cost roughly 10-15 dollars per month to run. Comparing to the purplish lights around it would take a “claimed 1200w” light to equal the physical light these give off. Heat and cost on these other lights would be significantly higher.

 

[parsing_trees]

@BigSm0, what autocob configuration would you recommend in a 2x2? Height/distance from the canopy, quantity? Thanks.

 

[Simplicio]

How do you get a pound with only 220 watts? Would that be 2 grams per wall watt? I am new at this, but from everything I’ve read, if such yields were possible, they would most certainly not fall into the “not hard” category

I'm a simple grower who doesn't need much herb.
It's just for family and friends.

I grow in hydro with zero topping, training, etc.
And no pruning of any healthy leaf unless a plant is trying to usurp light from others.
I prefer just letting them do what they want, and don't care much how much herb they yield.

Using 8 of these COBs got me 18 oz from 17 sq ft (2 x 4 plus 3 x 3), while following the un-modified, bud-rot scoffing VPD chart from seed to harvest.
Assuming 55 watts each, that's 1.15 g/W.
If I wanted to get fancier, that could probably go up to 1.5 g/W, but there's no need.

 

[Dabber]

How do you get a pound with only 220 watts? Would that be 2 grams per wall watt?

Here's a couple pics from my Magic strain grow 8 plants the biggest was the 1st pic 2nd is total harvest from all 8 if I remember correctly I pulled a little over 6 lbs that run from 8 plants

 

[Dabber]

everything I’ve read, if such yields were possible,

 

[jdm61]

So did your internet connection get straightened out?