9ftx9ft flowering area layout design?

[farmari]

Hi everyone. I have a 9ft wide 14ft long room, and after accounting for veg/res/equipment/etc space I have 9ftx9ft left for flowering. So the flowering space is bordered by walls on 3 sides but I can enter it at any point along the 4th side.

I have 4700 watts to use for flowering. (4x600w, 2x1000)

Maximum 18 plants flowering. Perpetual.

I'd been running vert trees for a year, but am switching to horizontal for many various reasons for now.

I'm not sure how I should set up the lighting and canopy space.

For best use of light, I guess it makes sense to cover all the space with plants.

But I'm used to being able to conveniently reach all of my plants to train/prune/caress them.

Should I give up that dream? Or should I devote much space to walkways?

Perhaps having two rows of canopy, with a 1ft wide walkway in the middle and/or along the walls. (two 4x9 or 3x9 canopies)

Because of veg/labor limitations I am considering having 90-130w/sqft canopies... like one big 5x9ft canopy against the back of the room.... or walkways along the sidewalls with a 7ftx7ft canopy.

The ceilings are 10ft high by the way. And I've always ran RDWC but switching to coco now.

What would you all do with this 9ftx9ft space? Any advice/comments/opinions/questions/links etc would be appreciated

 

[BasementGrower]

id set the lights back a foot so u have a walkway thats not getting too much light being wasted on it.

 

[stupidlegs13]

make room for the walk way and put a light or two on a light rail system.

 

[BasementGrower]

and another thing.. if ur going to set up a nice size room.. figure out were ur going to exhaust and intake air from.. and start from that.. cause some times u gotta work around things to make ur exhaust and intake work properly.. i know i set up my room kinda fucked up but.. now that i stopped and took shit down. my room set up is sweet.

 

[farmari]

and another thing.. if ur going to set up a nice size room.. figure out were ur going to exhaust and intake air from.. and start from that.. cause some times u gotta work around things to make ur exhaust and intake work properly.. i know i set up my room kinda fucked up but.. now that i stopped and took shit down. my room set up is sweet.

Aye I hear you there... I had to start small two years ago and gradually upgrade and adjust bit by bit. The intake blasts air along the ceiling from one end of the room to the other... the air current hits the back wall, spreads out and flows through the canopy back to the end where the filter (and intake) is. Great airflow for the entire room without using any fans besides the exhaust.

When I switch though I might attach ducting to each reflector, and join the ducting up to the exhaust fan, which would then push air through the carbon filter outside the room. No glass on the reflectors. Don't know how well this would work but I hope to find some reports in the 'ventilation 101' thread