Stinkbud,
I was just wondering what your final 4 strains are?
I was just wondering what your final 4 strains are?
It's a combination of a few things.
One is the strains I'm running. All the strains I'm running now are huge producers. I got rid of the lanky sativas and I'm sticking with mixed breeds with mostly Indica in them.
The Indicas finish faster and the buds are very dense and heavy. It's taken me a long time to narrow my quiver down to just 4 strains that I like.
All 4 strains have basically the same nutrient requirements(1700PPM). Having my strain's PPM dialed in really helped with the final harvest.
Another factor kind of happened by accident. I had to put my veg unit in with my cloner on 24/0. The clones didn't get that much bigger but they take longer to start flowering.
That extra few days to start flowering really adds quite a bit more bud sites to the plant. More sites equal more buds!
The plants also end up taller because they stretch for a few more days.
It's not unreasonable to expect 1.5-2oz per plant with my system if you have a good strain. I bet if someone grew Big Bud or Chronic they could pull down 3oz per plant easy.
I've pulled 3oz. from one Blueberry plant but that the best I've done so far (using my system).
Another thing I've changed is my nutrient mix for the first 2 weeks of flowering. I've been running my veg mix with Sweet instead of the normal flowering recipe I use.
This gives the plants a higher Nitrogen level than the normal flowering mix. The plants love it!
The plants grow faster, bigger and stay dark green during the whole stretch. As soon as the plants are done stretching and set flowers I change the res to my normal flowering recipe.
I also have a dehumidifier now. I think keeping the humidity at the perfect level really helps the plants grow healthy.
You want the plants to be able to transpire moisture into the air. This causes more water and nutrients to be taken in by the plant. If the air is too humid the plants close up their stomata and basically slow their breathing until the conditions are right.
My flowering plants use 1-2 gallons of water a day. Most of that water ends up in my dehumidifier.
So all these changes I've made have been a factor in my increased harvest.
You will notice I labeled my plans and instructions version 1.1, Soon you will see that number change....
Don't get your hopes up too soon though!