Your goal is to get the absolute maximum amount out of your plants? Are you not afraid of forward-looking management for the ultimate reward? Then the Yield King is your recipe. This is not a gentle program – it’s a targeted, high-intensity push for the heaviest and densest buds your lamp can produce.
The recipe in detail:
This recipe is designed to optimize photosynthesis to the maximum during the critical weeks of flowering.
- Vegetation phase: Shorter and more intensive than with “Balanced cultivation”. It quickly builds up vegetative mass in order to quickly transition to flowering.
- Flowering phase (the “king” push): Here comes the full power. The light intensity is gradually increased to almost 100% in weeks 3-6 of flowering. The spectrum is heavily red-heavy in order to maximize flower formation hormonally. The plants are forced to put every last resource into bud production.
- Caution: This approach requires a perfectly adjusted environment (temperature, humidity, nutrients), as the plants are working at their physiological limits.
Recommended cannabis strains:
You need strains that are known to love high light intensities and produce massive yields.
- GG4 (Gorilla Glue #4): Notorious for her resinous, extremely dense bud structure and monster yields. She loves strong light and thanks you with an overwhelming amount of flowers.
- White Widow: Another high-yielding hybrid that flowers under strong light. It forms countless trichome-covered buds and stretches significantly during flowering to make room for flower formation.
- Big Bud: The name says it all. This strain was specially bred for maximum yields. Under the “Yield King” recipe, it can develop its full, gigantic potential.
Level of difficulty & maintenance:
- Experience level: Advanced. Requires experience in nutrient management and environmental control.
- Stretching: High. Many high-yielding strains stretch extremely during the flowering phase in order to catch more light for their buds. ScrOG or LST are almost mandatory.
- Maintenance requirements: High. Constant monitoring is essential to avoid burns caused by light and nutrient deficiencies or excesses.
