Grams Per Watt, What Is Your Norm?

Cannabinoid Froyd

Cannabinoid Froyd

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Just poking around and got lazy. Figured I'd just ask you all what your experience is regarding g/W.

My 2nd grow (first real attempt) yielded at .76g/w. I feel like that is quite low. Am I dreaming thinking I can get 1.5g/W?
 
xtsho

xtsho

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Much of it is going to be strain dependent. Some strains produce more. I've pulled over 1gm per watt under ideal conditions using a 600 watt HPS.

I don't even worry about yield. I focus on keeping the plants healthy. Healthy plants and plenty of light will yield a decent harvest. Getting hung up on the numbers isn't something I do. I don't even weigh my weed. I just dry, jar, and smoke.
 
coreywebster

coreywebster

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It depends on how you grow, strains, how you fill your space, what lighting, veg time, what veg lighting ect ect ect..

But yeah with all the right ingredients 1.5gpw is achieved and seen much higher claimed too.

It's only a dick measuring exercise anyway because there's better metrics for measuring your growing ability or commercial production evaluation.

Better to have less of the highest quality than a boat load of average product, but as usual its horses for courses
 
jondamon

jondamon

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When I was running HPS 400w the most I managed was around 450g.

last run with led 300w I yielded around 15oz which is approx 420g. (28g per Oz x15)

As @xtsho has said though yield doesn’t really bother me either.

i would much rather have 6oz of primo bud than 10oz where 7oz is just fluff for example.

so it’s more about quality over quantity anyway.

Couple that with GPW being an outdated way of measuring as it doesn’t take into account the veg time you’ve given plants etc.
 
twentyeight.threefive

twentyeight.threefive

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0potato0 said:
3g+ per watt is good



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3 grams/watt of burnt leafy auto mids? :clap:

Quality over quantity.
 
FirstCavApache64

FirstCavApache64

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Dialing in grams per watts matters to me because we are only allowed 4 plants and I'm on a pretty tight budget so I try to get the most out of every run. However like others have said the quality has got to be the most important thing. Getting 2 gpw of low grade mids isn't going to help me at all. I need strong pain meds first and yield also. Running autos amps up your gpw since you are running the lights for 20-24 hours. I got 18 ounces off 4 autos last run with 325 watts of cob LEDs but I was burning juice for 20 hours a day. That's 1.55 gpw but with the lights on 20 hours a day. It really isn't a fair comparison to photo strain grows in my opinion due to the extra time.
 
0potato0

0potato0

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FirstCavApache64 said:
Dialing in grams per watts matters to me because we are only allowed 4 plants and I'm on a pretty tight budget so I try to get the most out of every run. However like others have said the quality has got to be the most important thing. Getting 2 gpw of low grade mids isn't going to help me at all. I need strong pain meds first and yield also. Running autos amps up your gpw since you are running the lights for 20-24 hours. I got 18 ounces off 4 autos last run with 325 watts of cob LEDs but I was burning juice for 20 hours a day. That's 1.55 gpw but with the lights on 20 hours a day. It really isn't a fair comparison to photo strain grows in my opinion due to the extra time.
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Yeah but to get all those bud sites on a photo you gonna have to train it and veg it for 2 months
 
xtsho

xtsho

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jondamon said:
When I was running HPS 400w the most I managed was around 450g.

last run with led 300w I yielded around 15oz which is approx 420g. (28g per Oz x15)

As @xtsho has said though yield doesn’t really bother me either.

i would much rather have 6oz of primo bud than 10oz where 7oz is just fluff for example.

so it’s more about quality over quantity anyway.

Couple that with GPW being an outdated way of measuring as it doesn’t take into account the veg time you’ve given plants etc.
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I don't even think about yield. It's not a factor that concerns me at all right now. I don't smoke as much as many do. Less than a gram a day and some days I don't smoke any. I might smoke a half zip a month so I end up giving much away. I don't know what I'd do these days with a huge harvest. Much of the weed would end up sitting around getting old and I can't stand smoking old weed.

I enjoy chucking pollen, growing out the creations, growing longer flowering sativas. I don't care much for the polyhybrids everyone seems to be growing these days. There is nothing wrong with growing what you want for whatever reasons you grow. I just don't care about yield anymore. It's a hobby and I like breeding plants and growing rather obscure strains that many wouldn't bother with. I find tastes and effects that you don't find in most of the modern high yielding, fast flowering, high THC strains.

bongsmilie:peace:
 
Cannabinoid Froyd

Cannabinoid Froyd

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I'm with all of you on wanting top quality over mids. Just looking to see what to expect for high grade yields. I don't know who would mess with mids.

With that being said, yield means a lot to me considering I need to have enough medicine to make it to next harvest. Running out halfway through next grow is not an option for me. I use about 1/2 per week. 2 zips a month. Growing 5 1/2 zips isn't gonna cut it.

I have a feeling, reading the comments, that upgrading lights and size of grow will be necessary to achieve the yield I'm aiming for. (Aside from quality genetics)

Thank you all for all your input.
 
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