bobbie banger
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think of it as a much more accurate way to messure grams per watt
Dunno somehow the bills get paid.
I guess what I was trying to say was, I don't think it really matters at the end of the day because a lot of these numbers are meaningless.The best part about a snake, is its' knees...
Your formula sucks.well if u want ta no i made a formula LOL
Real efficiency would measure grams per day / square foot of space. So a grm per sq' day is my measure.
My best run has been .5grms per square foot per day (56 days in flower for my best).
PS. The real measure is grams produced per year divided by total sq' foot of garden used (veg and flower). You could also divide your total grams by total electrical payments for the 12 months and get a useful number also.
let me get your formula right here... So for a 4x4 space (16 ft^2) with 60 days in flower you're looking to yield 960g to be at 1 g/day/sqft?
hmm.... I guess I like it, makes sense to me.
.8 grams per watt under 1000w makes 800g, or under 2#..8 gram per watt???? what??????????!!!!!!!!
So you got 50 pounds under one light? (granted you were using a 1000?)
.8 grams per watt under 1000w makes 800g, or under 2#.
What are you smoking on right now?
not every one grows for 12 months and only figuring out the efficiency of your garden annually isnt practical
I don't think it matters really, why count veg time? A guy vegging with 1000W of T-5's won't get the same results as a guy vegging with a 1KW halide, or the guy running 1kw of LED's. We all use different means and lights to veg, but we all pretty much flower the same way. That's why it's the only constant that can be effectively compared.
You can graph it daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly as well as annualy if that makes you feel better, sure some runs are better than others. If you don't grow 12 months a year then you aren't out to set G.E.S. records and there really isn't any reason to keep data besides personal curiosity.
If however you are trying to get better ICmag is a great place to learn how to bring up your G.E.S.
I still say grams per square foot per day is the best measure and using 100% of the grow area is most accurate. We can all fudge the numbers and only look at our harvests over flower days or watts, but that really cheats the truth because many of us have down time between runs; which is itself a measure of inefficiency