@44northorganicfarms, even though I’m sure you’re trolling for LULZ, your thread may help people who aren’t:
Grams per watt is nearly meaningless, and so is pounds per light. You should use grams per square foot (or sq. meter if you like) per kilowatt hour as your efficacy metric. Then, calculate your COGS (including $/kWh*total kWh for all grow equipment over the cycle) and divide by grams to find your cost to produce a gram; shoot for <$0.75/gram.
In terms of yield alone, if you achieve 80 g/sf you’re doing exceptionally well; if you exceed 100 g/sf, you’re killing it.
I specifically said 180$ per lb, cost.
Thats everything included as it’s cost, it cost them 180$ to grow and process and test 1lb
So to produce 1lb it costs 180$
When we used to record our stats in 2005-07, how best over 16 1000w lights was 2.2lbs per light. That was ungodly then. We had ceiling height limits also then.
5 would be single strain #s all day, running multiple strains per 30 light room it’s less likely unless you got several high yield strains that are compatible
Led it’s cake if you got a way to change spectrum.
Yeah in 2008 we ran some runs on leds of the times. They worked better in veg for us then. I hear now leds have what it takes to really produce large yields. Few friends still say they think the non led flower has a better taste. I’m kinda old now and just listen here and there. It’s not what it used to be, for me anymore.
We machine trim, dry with a centurion pro, can process 100lbs in 8 hours with 6 people.
We all have a passion for the industry, but we work hard because we all had other jobs that weren’t so lax…
I’m going to use the most advanced, driverless LED technology available today, providing 2,172 ePPFD at 6" from the canopy. It has the best spectrum I’ve ever seen and a 2.98 ePPE (400-750 nm µmol/J). And it’s a 1200W 4’x4’ dual DE luminaire.
I know you’re trolling, but I don’t want people who don’t know better to believe your BS.
We have tested that theory back to back, and if I don’t tell someone it was machine trimmed, they don’t guess that it is… even well experienced growers can’t tell.
It honestly tests the same so that tiny amount us who actually grew it notice, the consumer nor the testing lab shows any difference
Notice how alot of companies make what started as the triminator mini
Centurion did a 1 up and added speed controller and it’s a game changer
Trimming is probably 75% of why our cost is so low.
When we switched to the triminator, we quit requiring employees beyond our regular full timers, before it got to the level its at, now packaging is the bottleneck in my opinion
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