TheFertilizer
Well-Known Member
So you know, I keep reading all this talk about people getting 3 or 4 ounces off a single plant and I gotta say I don't see how I'm gonna get there going about it the way I am. To be honest it seems kind of unrealistic, but I might be stuck in the past. I have been reading about how to do this a long time before I ever got started, back when a 400 W light like mine was the most popular... Now you dang kids are spoiled with your 600s and 1000s like they were standard equipment! I remember back when people were rocking 400s more they would still say that even a novice could get 2 ounces per plant. So here I am still only getting 1 1/4 and it's just ticking me off.
I've tried all sorts of training methods, I've tried veg'ing for longer, and I don't really know what the limiting factor could be besides the low light. I really can't get anything stronger though because I live in a crappy apartment with a 30 amp fuse box that blows fuses enough as it is with the 400.
I think the other possibility could be genetics though. I haven't really grown any reputable genetics yet. I think the closest to it were some S1 feminized Platinum Girl Scout Cookies, but I'd still consider these bagseeds as I bought them out of a buddy's sandwich baggy. Otherwise all I've grown is Blackberry Kush, and that has been bagseed. Supposedly it's a really high yielder though so I expected to get more off of it.
First "real grow" (technically my 12/12 from seed was the first but... meh) I had the PGSC and BBK in 3 gallon pots and got about 1.25-1.5 ounces per plant. This time around I think the BBK I have is a different lower yielding phentotype, and I only got 1.25 ounces per plant in 5 gallon containers. I also scrogged one of them after it got real big--3 feet high with a nice inch thick diameter stalk. Anyway, it did have some kind of problems but even that one only yielded 34 grams.
Anyway, I've got some Panama x Malawi started, and it's supposed to be some really high yielding stuff so I'm hoping to finally break that 2 oz per plant barrier, but I am kind of unconvinced that it's a genetic thing since the strains that I have grown have been super good weed--both tested out at higher than 20% THC. However, if they're that potent, it stands to reason I'm not doing anything wrong, so where's the holdup?
I'm kind of considering *gulp* switching to hydro...
I've tried all sorts of training methods, I've tried veg'ing for longer, and I don't really know what the limiting factor could be besides the low light. I really can't get anything stronger though because I live in a crappy apartment with a 30 amp fuse box that blows fuses enough as it is with the 400.
I think the other possibility could be genetics though. I haven't really grown any reputable genetics yet. I think the closest to it were some S1 feminized Platinum Girl Scout Cookies, but I'd still consider these bagseeds as I bought them out of a buddy's sandwich baggy. Otherwise all I've grown is Blackberry Kush, and that has been bagseed. Supposedly it's a really high yielder though so I expected to get more off of it.
First "real grow" (technically my 12/12 from seed was the first but... meh) I had the PGSC and BBK in 3 gallon pots and got about 1.25-1.5 ounces per plant. This time around I think the BBK I have is a different lower yielding phentotype, and I only got 1.25 ounces per plant in 5 gallon containers. I also scrogged one of them after it got real big--3 feet high with a nice inch thick diameter stalk. Anyway, it did have some kind of problems but even that one only yielded 34 grams.
Anyway, I've got some Panama x Malawi started, and it's supposed to be some really high yielding stuff so I'm hoping to finally break that 2 oz per plant barrier, but I am kind of unconvinced that it's a genetic thing since the strains that I have grown have been super good weed--both tested out at higher than 20% THC. However, if they're that potent, it stands to reason I'm not doing anything wrong, so where's the holdup?
I'm kind of considering *gulp* switching to hydro...