[tragic1]

Got a question for everybody. What is an expected yield from 8000 watts of hps. There would be 8 - 1000watt lights with 30 plants under each 1000 watter. the medium would be hydroponics, using the autopot system.

I know a couple of guys in BC, Canada and Jackson Hole, WY pulling down 2lbs per 1000HPS, but they are commerical strains. They aren't bad, but it's not the best bud out there. It all depends on what you want, yield or killer weed. If you asking how much you can get, I'm guessing you want the best yield. If done right and you got the right strain. I don't see why you could match them.
Good Luck

[tragic1]

i have grown smaller scale and usually pull about 3oz a plant. Is this not possible because of the 30 plants per 1000watt? Would I be better off with less plants per light?

It all depends on the style of the grow. Some people like me like the SOG method, others like BOg grow some crazy trees. This could be an option for you. Grow a couple of trees under each lamp. I think Bog got 11oz's off of his Bogglegum on the last run. You could do something like this, "BUT" your veg time will have to increase.. This means it might take longer then gorwing out a bunch and pull your weight in the larger numbers "SOG". Its all up to you and how you want to go about it. Also, look at your local laws. Will it be safer for you to have less plants? Most states it would, or do they weigh everything. This can be a factor in your grow. I hope this helps, I'm sure onlys will jump in and help. You just got to figure out the style you want to go with and go from there. The style will as need the proper strain to go with it.
Good Luck

[tragic1]

thanks billygoat. At this point just trying to get a bunch of ideas before everthing gets started.

No problem. Good luck and i know it can be a pain sometimes. I'm holding off on two colisum 120 site units right now. That's going to be 1200watts per a unit for a total of 2400watts and i know i can pull 2-3 lbs per a unit for a total of 4-6 every two months, but i will have a one month rotations going. Man,is it a pain, when you don't have your own house and you got to worry about land lords. Won't be long till i tell them to fuck off and buy my first house. Good luck and hope everything works out for you. Large electric bill, your going to have.

[YourHighness]

Well it is hard to claim Personal Use with 8000 watts and 30 clones per K. Just be careful. Rule #1 is................ Be discrete and obey the guidelines of IC and your thread will get answers. Get too involved and you might get yanked for talking too much about dealing weed. I tend to grow with my garden. I don't know what your smaller grows were wattage/plant amount wise but unless you were working with at least 4000 Watts and maintaining temps and all I would work up to the 8K. I wouldn't go too big too fast. And be really comfortable with the strain(s) of choice. Good Growing.

I'll say this, i don't care what anyone say's about growers. You see people like reaper, so quick and their grows. You know they aren't for their personal stash. Just be cool and ask little questions. If you ask question like this, you'll get answered. I would start off small and work your way up like YourHighness said. It is the safest way to go. Another thing you might want to look into is the newer Mini Colisuem with 120 grow site. I'm sure you've seen So Quick grom with the normal bigger units over at OG or in the ICMag. You get more yield with these units and you use all of your light pattern. As for that much wattage, you going to be risking getting catch. Unless your in a business district, that is a shit load of juice. I would go for better method of growing to reduce light output. Just my thoughts on the matter. I'll be sure to post my threads of the two Mini Colisuem units i have once i get them up and running.
Good luck

With plant count always being such a pain in the ass, and a coli per plant outut sucks, Why not grow 6 or 8 tree style grows? You would almost double the output of a coli and only have to manage 6 or 8 growsites/plants.

What do they hand in the middle of a coli? (2)600w or (2)1000w I can't remeber.

Your going to eat up the space of a full room now matter how you do it. So if your trying to max out the output of the room, I think less plants more output is a better formula. It might take a bit more wattage to maintain a full room tree style grow but the output would up there with less headache.

My .02

Tex

The coli has two 600HPS in the middle. It all depends on how they person wants to grow and the space that is availible. I think the coli can pump out the weight, plus with the new units with a feed to waste, there no BS problems like the Ebb&Flo style. I'll be posting a thread once i get the first one ready. I'll do a test run to see what the smaller units can pump out on the Max side. A tree is going to yield very well, but you got to veg longer and have plenty of light. If time and wattage is a problem, then that isn't for you, but the my 2 pennies Nice to see everyone throwing in their info. That's what makes this place so great.
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