thanks for stopping by to see my little experiment guys.
southern, those sound like a good mix. a 600w is the most efficient light, why not run a bigger one if you haven't bought it yet?
420, no prob, glad you could stop by at all. The coveted benchmark for the wheel (what everyone wants, but i have not seen yet) would be 48oz from a 1000w bulb. I haven't come anywhere near this mark, but my first run i used a bunch of clones that had lost their vigor. and this run, I tried my hand at breeding, not to a total failure, but not as productive as i hoped either. I will get some feminized seeds this turn, and i will continue to learn the art of selective breeding.
my plan right now is to fill the volks on one side of my tent (roughly 4' x4') with 64 Holy Shit clones, and grow 10-12 in a soiless hydro mix in 3 gal grow bags on the other sidem (also 4' x 4'). My volks has a 600w HPS and the dirt will have 400w HPS. so the tent will total 1000w. I am hoping to pull at least 24 oz. from my volks and another 10 oz from the dirt. I am going to really try to hit the 1.g/w mark which means I would be happy with anything over 1000 grams.
that should hold me over for a long long time, and allow me to go back to what I really enjoy, which is trying new things, testing, tinkering, installing gadgets and building stuff. I jumped the gun when I got my wheel, I had the plan to grow a bunch of weed, and then start breeding. when my first run flopped, i went ahead with my plan, even though i hadn't secured my smoke. I will rectify that mistake next run, then go back to the original plan which is try to breed the perfect wheel strain. short, strong, and potenet.
propa has really teased me with another way of propagation called tissue culture. man do i want to give that a try, but I am going to do the smart thing and hold off until I have my self in a sustainable smoking situation. . . but its coming.
thanks again for stopping by guys, next run will be more impressive.