i thinking about 150 ak47 plants under 6x600w hps lights i would want about 28g a plant what do you think...i will put them in 2gal grow bags...and use bio-bizz nutes and all mix soil nutes i would use is bio bloom, bio grow, Fish-Mix, BioHeaven, Root Juice, Top Max, carboload, mollaess and prob superthrive. in small amounts not to over feed..for the first week i would put lights on 24/0 and then put it on 20/0.. then fulsh plants on week 7 for 2weeks and befor i cut down leave for 48hrs in the dark... can you tell what you think does this sound possible..
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150plants under 6x600w hps what do you think.
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Gene-weaver
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ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE as long as you have the means and balls to take the chance 
happycamper15
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3600 watts on 24 hours a day is quite a bit of energy usage. Hope you dont mind your power bill going up a lot!
Bighill
Member
I would run the lights at 20/4 those 4 hours of down time will help cool the place a bit. As well as better plant health. You won't see much of a difference if any in the yeild with the two light schedules.
Are you planning on AC for the room?
Autos seem to yeild more from COCO based grow mediums, i have no exp with coco, but search some thread on here, the results speak for themselves.
I think with the proper environment you can reach your goal easily.
BH.
Are you planning on AC for the room?
Autos seem to yeild more from COCO based grow mediums, i have no exp with coco, but search some thread on here, the results speak for themselves.
I think with the proper environment you can reach your goal easily.
BH.
I think it sounds too simple.Not enough work. Divorced from reality.
What about males? hermies? stunts? other bad things?
Maybe you just need to start what you can in small pots, and pot up when sexed, established, etc.
I would figure you would get (at least) an oz per plant in just a gallon, if you knew what you were doing, especially with the witches' cauldron of chems you'd be throwing in there.
Don't count your chickens until they're all in that 20 piece box.
What about males? hermies? stunts? other bad things?
Maybe you just need to start what you can in small pots, and pot up when sexed, established, etc.
I would figure you would get (at least) an oz per plant in just a gallon, if you knew what you were doing, especially with the witches' cauldron of chems you'd be throwing in there.
Don't count your chickens until they're all in that 20 piece box.
T
tokinafaty420
Whats wrong with using the traditional 18/6? Not once did I see any difference in growth when using 24/0 compared to 18/6.
First off since you are here asking very simple questions about growing I suggest you start with a small grow or two before you turn all those lights on. Just my humble opinion, you don't need to follow or even acknowledge it if you don't want to.
First off since you are here asking very simple questions about growing I suggest you start with a small grow or two before you turn all those lights on. Just my humble opinion, you don't need to follow or even acknowledge it if you don't want to.
Bighill
Member
You are correct, some one was talking about their 18/6 experiment. Had good results if i re-call correctly.
Males play a factor. to get 150 flowering females you will have to start well over 300 seeds. I would even start with 400 beans soaking, no shows/micro's and mutants will take their toll on your numbers. I assumed this was taking into account.
Sounds fun though if you end up running it, a nice photo spread would help some of us drool a bit more.
BH
is this a pipe dream or are you serious? have you ever grown before?
where do you plan on this type of operation? it will not be easy nor inexpensive.
we've done a 3 1000 watt light grow with 50 normal plants and it is a pain in the ass. it's a lot of work.
for normal plants they say you want 50 watts per plant. 6 x 600 = 3600..... that is 24 watts per plant. you'll probably end up loosing half of the plants to being a male. so that will bump of the square wattage.
where do you plan on this type of operation? it will not be easy nor inexpensive.
we've done a 3 1000 watt light grow with 50 normal plants and it is a pain in the ass. it's a lot of work.
for normal plants they say you want 50 watts per plant. 6 x 600 = 3600..... that is 24 watts per plant. you'll probably end up loosing half of the plants to being a male. so that will bump of the square wattage.
18/6 would make the most sense for your setup, normally I use 24/0 or 20/4 but with that many lights you'd probably be better off with a shorter light cycle for temp/energy reasons.
If you are planning on running that many plants I would not start from regular seeds, rather, I would make femmed seeds with CS. It would make the whole process quicker and easier, letting you place the seeds directly into their pots without having to worry about males/hermis.
I'd have to agree with smokey though, its gonna be a bitch to work with especially if you haven't completed a grow of that scale before. It could be even harder than a 12/12 strain considering how fast AF's grow. Normally speed would be a good thing but it could complicate things on such a large scale.
If you are planning on running that many plants I would not start from regular seeds, rather, I would make femmed seeds with CS. It would make the whole process quicker and easier, letting you place the seeds directly into their pots without having to worry about males/hermis.
I'd have to agree with smokey though, its gonna be a bitch to work with especially if you haven't completed a grow of that scale before. It could be even harder than a 12/12 strain considering how fast AF's grow. Normally speed would be a good thing but it could complicate things on such a large scale.
Castelvetro
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sounds very doable , high plant count scares me but doesnt have to scare u as im not sure were u are. i would recomend u only run 18 hours of light also, plants look tired on all day lighting.. plus they grow in the dark when they rest and its gonna save u some dough.
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thanks for all the support and it is actuly gonna happen im not bullshiteing i just posting this up be4 i do it to see if it sounds possible i think it does ...i have done 2 grows befor they went well but they werent autos and i have been doing a lot of research on autos aswell and me and my bro feel happy with 150 and they will be all fem seeds..we have a basment to do it in and the worry of the power isnt really a worry once i dont go over 32amps....i was just goona use ventation and vans to keep the place cool...i dont no which is batter lowlife ak or easyryder so i just goona do 75 of each r what do you think.. if every thing goes to plan i will be hopefully getting started the week after next im just waiting on the money thats all...and you reckon 18/6 thats whats i was thinking at the start but then i started reading forums and they were all doing 20/4 and icc does 24/0 for the first week..but 18/6 sounds good 2me it would maintain a batter room temp and all of that..i would be happy with around 28g a plant i no you cant say thats what your goona get but i would b happy with that....
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thanks for all the support and it is actuly gonna happen im not bullshiteing i just posting this up be4 i do it to see if it sounds possible i think it does ...i have done 2 grows befor they went well but they werent autos and i have been doing a lot of research on autos aswell and me and my bro feel happy with 150 and they will be all fem seeds..we have a basment to do it in and the worry of the power isnt really a worry once i dont go over 32amps....i was just goona use ventation and vans to keep the place cool...i dont no which is batter lowlife ak or easyryder so i just goona do 75 of each r what do you think.. if every thing goes to plan i will be hopefully getting started the week after next im just waiting on the money thats all...and you reckon 18/6 thats whats i was thinking at the start but then i started reading forums and they were all doing 20/4 and icc does 24/0 for the first week..but 18/6 sounds good 2me it would maintain a batter room temp and all of that..i would be happy with around 28g a plant i no you cant say thats what your goona get but i would b happy with that....
Gene-weaver
Member
mr.mike i gonna get all fem seeds to save the stress...
femmed seed aint cheap bro so figure out if your yield is going to be worth the money you are going to have to put in
because your gona need all lights on 18 hours of the day your DEFINATELY going to need ventilation no matter what or it will bake in there
autos are good for outdoors and in smaller indoor grows why not go with reall ak47 take some cuttings and save alot of money?
you can start off from cutting on 12 and put more plants and its still going to be cheaper bro
just my 2 cents
Castelvetro
Member
another great grow thread in the future perfect continuious tense. gotta luv it.
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Tarus Bulbar
id say go 4 it man!! You could easily start with just a couple
600 watters til they get a bit bigger,and then transplant into
larger homes (2gal) then increase the lights to maybe 4 lights
After a couple weeks add the last two lights
This way your savn a bit of hydro n keepn temps down
as well as gradually increasing your hydro useage!!
Goodluck,n get us some pics already!!
Cheers
600 watters til they get a bit bigger,and then transplant into
larger homes (2gal) then increase the lights to maybe 4 lights
After a couple weeks add the last two lights
This way your savn a bit of hydro n keepn temps down
as well as gradually increasing your hydro useage!!
Goodluck,n get us some pics already!!
Cheers
pararaboom
Member
i think ull get busted.. sorry
Your planning on buying 150 femmed seeds? I'd buy MAYBE 50 and then make my own feminized seeds, it will save you a lot of money and will give you some experience with AF's. Also, it wouldn't set you too far back time wise because you could get hundreds of free feminized seeds in under 75 days under any conditions.
i got a price off 1200 for the seeds and then 1720 for the lights and a ventailtion system and soil and nutes....and i reckon with 150 plants i should be well able to cover that like..if i was to get a kilo for every 50plants that would be 3kilo...were i live for 1kilo is 7000 and the weed would just be average..
i live the idea of the ak cuting..
i live the idea of the ak cuting..
Gene-weaver
Member
you've been hooked up with the price of your equipment taking into consideration they supply everything, what about your electricity is that a factor? or is it pretty much a not too worried about fact for you?
once i keep under 32amps i ok..the 600w's are about 3.5 each so im ok...i feel a fairly conveneted about it...its gonna be 9-11 weeks growing and thats really it i can get really stoned then haha...i just feel a lil weary about the scale but if every thing is done right i shouldnt really have a prob i think... what do you recomend auto ak by lowlife or easyryder..
