CreX Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 yo guys! how do you all like to rate yourselves against the best and greenest out there? let me know what you think and why? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGG Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 @CreX, help me understand your Q,......how do I rate my grows against other on here/out there? Sent from my F5321 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORGANinc. Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) I by no means have enough experience to even begin to judge which way to decide that. But I thought possibly per meter m2 because that takes all limiting factors out of account. But yeah I read some guys doing insane m2 yields. Surely everything has to be spot on when breaking the 500 mark, Or that could be easy for some. Like I say, not an expert. But love to hear what people think increase the success ratio the most. To answer the question because I went way off topic. I would say I would be happy with growing something that makes me proud I guess and progress from there. Edited August 5, 2020 by ORGANinc. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreX Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 18 minutes ago, GGG said: @CreX, help me understand your Q,......how do I rate my grows against other on here/out there? Sent from my F5321 using Tapatalk well, once you have completed a grow and you have dried and jarred your bud, got it at the right RH, and finally weighed it, you will get how many grams your harvest produced. now you can use that info with the info of how many watts your light is, and what size your grow area is in feet or m2... eg. if you had one plant, and it yeilded 50g for you, but you had it under a 150w light. your Grams per watt value will be 0.333 not exactly a steller result but 50g is still good for one plant right? but now, you only had space for 1 plant (60x60), and only had the 150 as your option, you can use the grams per sqm to better gage how well your space does. 60x60 is roughly 4sqft, so 50/4 is 12.5 - again not a great result for the space. but say thats what you got the first run. you can take the figure of 0.333 gpw and 12.5gpsqft and compare it to what other growers are getting per sqft and per wat of light. noting that a grower worth his salt would be able to squeeze 1gpw from the 150w light, and in that same space the good grower would have trippled the 12.5 to 37.5gpsqft much more respectable figures 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGG Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 well, once you have completed a grow and you have dried and jarred your bud, got it at the right RH, and finally weighed it, you will get how many grams your harvest produced. now you can use that info with the info of how many watts your light is, and what size your grow area is in feet or m2... eg. if you had one plant, and it yeilded 50g for you, but you had it under a 150w light. your Grams per watt value will be 0.333 not exactly a steller result but 50g is still good for one plant right? but now, you only had space for 1 plant (60x60), and only had the 150 as your option, you can use the grams per sqm to better gage how well your space does. 60x60 is roughly 4sqft, so 50/4 is 12.5 - again not a great result for the space. but say thats what you got the first run. you can take the figure of 0.333 gpw and 12.5gpsqft and compare it to what other growers are getting per sqft and per wat of light. noting that a grower worth his salt would be able to squeeze 1gpw from the 150w light, and in that same space the good grower would have trippled the 12.5 to 37.5gpsqft much more respectable figuresAaah, I just did a 1,1G/W but only 375g/SQM sooo I would like to get to 1,5G/W and 500g/SQM, lots to improve on. I'm trying a scrog now to see if I can get there. Sent from my F5321 using Tapatalk 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ill_Evan Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 At the moment I am using grams per watt, just cause. I haven't really thought about it since learning how to grow. The gold standard that's usually plastered everywhere is to achieve a gram per watt, but I find myself now trying to achieve awesome buds over quantity, so I haven't paid much attention to it. When I gear myself towards quantity, most likely from my next grow onwards, I'd probably start using gram per square meter. I'd like to fully utilise my space so it feels like the right "gauge" to use. I'm easy mahn 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oros da boss Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 This doesn't really apply to me outdoors. There are also some other paramaters for outdoor growers, such as grams per month, if you grow perpetually. Another one to consider is the volume of soil. Grams per litre. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ill_Evan Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 12 minutes ago, oros da boss said: such as grams per month That's interstellar mahn 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oros da boss Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Multi-dimensional grams per litre per metre per month. Don't ask me to do the sums. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsyCLown Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 So it really comes down to efficiency and best utilizing the space and the lights. For outdoor it's not really applicable, except for grams per sqm I guess but you cannot compare an outdoor grow to an indoor grow. Grams per watts Grams per sqm One could throw in watts per sqm to give a better idea as well. They're different measurements, one being how efficient your lighting is (grams per watts) and the other about how efficiently you used the space (grams per sqm). Ultimately you'd like to try find a happy medium between everything really. @CreX I think this is what you're wanting to get at? Perhaps we create a spin off thread on this actually. Figures on my last grow were as follows: Grams per watt: 1.55g Grams per sqm: 373.33g Watts per sqm: 240w I feel I could have done better as I could have made better use of the space by having an extra 2 plants in there and I feel I could have improved on the yield by running strains which had a higher yield. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psylecta Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 (edited) On 8/5/2020 at 7:02 PM, PsyCLown said: but you cannot compare an outdoor grow to an indoor grow They're different measurements, one being how efficient your lighting is (grams per watts) and the other about how efficiently you used the space (grams per sqm). @PsyCLownThis could be applied outdoors too!! As outdoors the better you train your plant, the more light it receives, more bud as a result (this the equivalent of how well space is used indoors/gram per sqm) but outdoors i guess could be measured as grams per 384.6 yotta watts lol how well you used space can be defined like @oros da boss mentioned grams per litre/pot size, its actually a brilliant idea as pot size is strongly linked to plant size if everyone grows same strain then judging the most efficient won't be opinion but based on figures Just as important for outdoor growers to have a metric to be able to gauge efficiency & keep improving/push the envelope Edited October 2, 2020 by Psylecta Forgot tag 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaSpliff Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 I don't think I'm qualified to answer this, cos I only have 2 sun grown harvests to date, plus I don't own a scale... but I measure the success of my harvest by the quality of the smoke and satisfaction of the buzz... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsyCLown Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 4 hours ago, Psylecta said: @PsyCLownThis could be applied outdoors too!! As outdoors the better you train your plant, the more light it receives, more bud as a result (this the equivalent of how well space is used indoors/gram per sqm) but outdoors i guess could be measured as grams per 384.6 yotta watts lol how well you used space can be defined like @oros da boss mentioned grams per litre/pot size, its actually a brilliant idea as pot size is strongly linked to plant size if everyone grows same strain then judging the most efficient won't be opinion but based on figures Just as important for outdoor growers to have a metric to be able to gauge efficiency & keep improving/push the envelope This is true, one could base their outdoor grow on the size of the pot I guess. Although light won't really work, also space wise is a bit tricky to measure the space the plant is using outdoors. But you are right, there certainly are some measurements one could use. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG420za Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 My last autoflower run I got 365g off 3 small plants under a 240w QB running at 75%. I reckon had i utilized the space correctly, i woulda gotten more. Lighting is a huge factor in your tent, but i think your overall environment is more important. Optimal conditions is what cranks out the yield in my case. I've noticed the differences when growing in different seasons. I'm with @Ill_Evan, quality over quantity. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prom Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 My goal is always to reach 1000g per square meter. But also try to reduce the wattage used. My personal record stands on 2.45g per watt. Is not one or the other, i measure both to keep track if i move in the right direction. Friend just pulled 200g from a amnesia haze auto in switzerland... hehehe i never reached that.. time to up my game 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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