FLoJo
Well-Known Member
Ok, well let me just first say I travel around this board, and many other boards, as well as talking to other growers and i see that people generally ask the same questions about growing in regards to yield.
what is the highest yielding strain?
what is the highest yielding nutes?
what is the highest yielding methods.
now nutes and methods do have some impact, but i think that is more of the growers touch more than anything, where as genetically speaking, i feel that some plants will put off more yield than others (under optimal conditions).
now here is where i get cloudy.... lets assume someone has a perpetual grow.
they want to know what the absolute highest yielding strain is without sacrificing too much quality, and the same names usually come to mind.. big bud, critical mass, chronic, etc...
well the thing that i always think about is ok, these strains do make great yields possible, and to get that good smoke, generally they need to go for 9-10 weeks. which will basically get you about 5 cycles a year if you are on point.
now on the other hand, you could have a faster flowering strain, such as pure afghani, hashplant, or a fast flowering ak47 or skunk pheno, that will finish in 7-8 weeks tops, and give great yeilds and great potency...
so while you may not be able to get as much per yield, you can sqeeze in an extra grow or so per year...
so lets say you run 2k watts and you have 5 grows and some change.. and lets say with your heavy strain, you pull 2lb 5oz, 5.2 cycles a year which gives you 12lb 1.4 oz
with your fast flowering you pull 1lb 14oz, which is about 20 percent less bud (which i doubt would be that much difference in genetics but anyway).. but with your fast flowering you get 6 and a half grows per year, leaving you with 12lbs 3oz per year...
anyways so my point is, does anyone else agree with me or disagree? cuz all my buddys that grow go for big bud, chronic, thc bomb, crit mass, the hog etc.. which all need at least 9 weeks to get the full weight and potency from (from what i have seen)... and to me it seems like a fast flowering lil soldier would mean more medicine...
maybe im just over analyzing it and really they bud faster and bigger lol but i donno make sense to me...
anyways let the discussion begin! im curious to know what you other guys think
FLo
what is the highest yielding strain?
what is the highest yielding nutes?
what is the highest yielding methods.
now nutes and methods do have some impact, but i think that is more of the growers touch more than anything, where as genetically speaking, i feel that some plants will put off more yield than others (under optimal conditions).
now here is where i get cloudy.... lets assume someone has a perpetual grow.
they want to know what the absolute highest yielding strain is without sacrificing too much quality, and the same names usually come to mind.. big bud, critical mass, chronic, etc...
well the thing that i always think about is ok, these strains do make great yields possible, and to get that good smoke, generally they need to go for 9-10 weeks. which will basically get you about 5 cycles a year if you are on point.
now on the other hand, you could have a faster flowering strain, such as pure afghani, hashplant, or a fast flowering ak47 or skunk pheno, that will finish in 7-8 weeks tops, and give great yeilds and great potency...
so while you may not be able to get as much per yield, you can sqeeze in an extra grow or so per year...
so lets say you run 2k watts and you have 5 grows and some change.. and lets say with your heavy strain, you pull 2lb 5oz, 5.2 cycles a year which gives you 12lb 1.4 oz
with your fast flowering you pull 1lb 14oz, which is about 20 percent less bud (which i doubt would be that much difference in genetics but anyway).. but with your fast flowering you get 6 and a half grows per year, leaving you with 12lbs 3oz per year...
anyways so my point is, does anyone else agree with me or disagree? cuz all my buddys that grow go for big bud, chronic, thc bomb, crit mass, the hog etc.. which all need at least 9 weeks to get the full weight and potency from (from what i have seen)... and to me it seems like a fast flowering lil soldier would mean more medicine...
maybe im just over analyzing it and really they bud faster and bigger lol but i donno make sense to me...
anyways let the discussion begin! im curious to know what you other guys think
FLo