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Understanding and Increasing Yield

Introduction

Before you start worrying about your yield data, make sure you know the basics of how to pull down a proper run, and how to actually measure your yield data properly.

🔥 Yield is determined by many factors, first and foremost by your genetics
🔥 Dial in your basics before worrying about yield
🔥 How to actually measure yield: grams per week, grams per watt, grams per square foot
🔥 Keep detailed data and track your metrics

Basic Principles of Growth

In order to truly increase your yields, you must first understand how plants accumulate biomass, and how you can positively contribute to that process.

🔥 Photosynthesis and its contributing factors: light, nutrients, heat, and C02
🔥 Your plant is a pump, and we want to run that pump as quickly and efficiently as possible
🔥 Goals of veg, stretch, bulk and ripening phases

Which Nutrients Matter?

The correct nutrient balance can make a break the yield of your crop. If your plant is healthy and well fed from seedling to chop, your yields will go up!

🔥 Make sure your plants are well fed in veg. Nitrogen is almost never short. Front load calcium, silica, and other micronutrients
🔥 The myth of the PK booster. Opt for Calcium and Potassium in flower
🔥 Carbon and hydrogen: the building blocks of terpenes

Microbe Magic

When we talk about feeding plants, microbes have been taking care of that job far longer than we have. Utilize them, no matter what your system is!

🔥 How plants grow in a natural system vs with synthetic fertilizers
🔥 In a living soil, bio diversity is king
🔥 Don’t forget the microbes in your salt setup!
🔥 My favorite microbes: Photo Plus, Root Anchor, Hygroben, Recharge

Plant Support and Pruning

One of the easiest ways to increase your yields is to improve your plant support system, and

🔥 The goal is an even, filled out canopy
🔥 Proper top pruning increases canopy density
🔥 Proper bottom pruning diverts energy to the top buds
🔥 Support your plants before they start to fall over
🔥 Trellis support is optimal, but immobilizes your grow

Other Yield Secrets

If all other factors are in order, there are still some tricks you can use to get those yields up.

🔥 Triacontanol, alfalfa, and the truth about PGRs
🔥 Use a perpetual grow style
🔥 Increase your plant count, increase your grams per week!

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