About how much yield can I expect from a DWC set up?

Alright, I know this question has been asked about a million times and everyone is probably fed up with all these people asking the same question. I understand there are too many factors to list. However with this set up and seeds that I'm using, I would like to know if anyone can give me a rough estimate of how much I should expect.

Set up:
3.25 x 4 x 5.25 grow tent
600W HPS (I'm going to get a better bulb later)
5 - 5 gallon buckets.
I vegged them for about a month under t5 8 bulb 2 foot.
I got the seeds from Nirvana(feminized) 3 Raspberry Cough and 2 Royal Flush
I am using House and Garden aqua flakes with a couple of supplements.

A week into flowering no pistils, about how long does it take for pistils to show? I've heard anywhere from week1 - week3.

Also currently I'm using the t5 8 bulb 2foot hanging vertically and two 105W CFLS for side lighting and the 600W HPS ontop. So roughly 1000W for 5 plants, is this overkill or is there never enough lights?

Have any pictures? that always helps but when i grow I go for 1g / 1w so the best you could possible do if everything was absolutely perfect is 20oz this also depends on the strain. It is very hard to guess but id say with a 600w HPS you will get anywhere from 8 to 13oz. As always the more light the better just make sure to keep the 600w a foot from the plants or you could burn it. after 3 weeks or so you will start to see hairs.

Just took a quick shot.



smallest one is about 1 foot and biggest one is nearly 2 foot. The rest are between that. 1 week into flowering today. The front two are the smallest ones, I had some problems with PH balance so a couple of them got nutrient locked so some of the other ones took off which is why there is such a difference in height.

Wished I read about LST and topping, I feel like these might get too big for my tent.

anyone else have any thoughts?

you will get a faster bigger yeild with dwc , Nuf said.

I am using DWC...?

keep side lighting there and rotate your plants, its a little late for LST too bad you didn't read about it sooner but will still work better than not rotating them. They look great though man keep it up, you should expect 1 grat per watt if you keep it up. thats my guess

If he has no pistils showing he can still do some major side LST'ing so the sides of the plants get tons of light. They still are going to stretch mads.

Does anyone have a link to something explaining about LST In depth I think I know what to do just basically bend branches slowly right? Do you guys recommend it because I'm 1 week into flowering.

BUDDZY said:

keep side lighting there and rotate your plants, its a little late for LST too bad you didn't read about it sooner but will still work better than not rotating them. They look great though man keep it up, you should expect 1 grat per watt if you keep it up. thats my guess

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Thanks for the positive feedback. I'd be so stoked if i got 1 gram per watt because this is my 3rd grow with real lights and a decent set up.


I think they're gonna be monsters, what if they get too tall for my grow tent (5.25') is there anything I can do at this point?

annnny other thoughts?

if it was me i would do some supercropping and lst asap and get them bitches tied down good luck m8