Hi,
I'm not a new grower but I'm new to these forums. I have grown in small spaces for the last 10 years for personal consumption. I've moved into a place with tons of space to grow and want to grow bigger without exceeding the 6 mature plant rule in my state.
My plan is to keep one mother in veg, have a cloning area (T5 probably), a veg area (400-600 watt) and a flowering area (thinking 4 by 8).
My main issue is I want to grow 5 plants under 2 1000w HPS lights with hoods. This gives me over 60 watts/sq. foot but since the lights will be air cooled the glass will eat up some intensity.
I am a scrog grower, am planning three weeks in veg (plants should be a foot tall at this point) and then 60 days flowering.
Questions - am I going to be able to fill a 4 by 8 screen with 5 plants? Assuming good growing technique (pH, temps, nutes, moisture all regulated) is it possible to light 5 plants with 2 lights efficiently? I'm not opposed to running 3 600w HPS lights. Getting these lights closer to the canopy and with a more even distribution over a 4x8 space - would this improve results? (I'm building a custom deep water culture system with 10 gallon buckets).
CO2 - I haven't messed with Co2 before and am wondering if a generator will create too much heat in a 8x12x12 space with only 2000w? How do the economics of CO2 work? At what point is a generator burning propane a better source than a tank? (The temperatures in my area go from just below freezing to 95 in the summer). CO2 obviously occurs naturally - isn't it more efficient to pull a ton of fresh air into a room (with plenty of exchanges) than to close the room and add CO2 but also contend with humidity and heat more? Can a lot of fresh air create the same results as supplementing CO2?
Sorry if some of these questions are vague. Money isn't an obstacle. I just don't want to be burning it with anything less than a good system.
I'm not a new grower but I'm new to these forums. I have grown in small spaces for the last 10 years for personal consumption. I've moved into a place with tons of space to grow and want to grow bigger without exceeding the 6 mature plant rule in my state.
My plan is to keep one mother in veg, have a cloning area (T5 probably), a veg area (400-600 watt) and a flowering area (thinking 4 by 8).
My main issue is I want to grow 5 plants under 2 1000w HPS lights with hoods. This gives me over 60 watts/sq. foot but since the lights will be air cooled the glass will eat up some intensity.
I am a scrog grower, am planning three weeks in veg (plants should be a foot tall at this point) and then 60 days flowering.
Questions - am I going to be able to fill a 4 by 8 screen with 5 plants? Assuming good growing technique (pH, temps, nutes, moisture all regulated) is it possible to light 5 plants with 2 lights efficiently? I'm not opposed to running 3 600w HPS lights. Getting these lights closer to the canopy and with a more even distribution over a 4x8 space - would this improve results? (I'm building a custom deep water culture system with 10 gallon buckets).
CO2 - I haven't messed with Co2 before and am wondering if a generator will create too much heat in a 8x12x12 space with only 2000w? How do the economics of CO2 work? At what point is a generator burning propane a better source than a tank? (The temperatures in my area go from just below freezing to 95 in the summer). CO2 obviously occurs naturally - isn't it more efficient to pull a ton of fresh air into a room (with plenty of exchanges) than to close the room and add CO2 but also contend with humidity and heat more? Can a lot of fresh air create the same results as supplementing CO2?
Sorry if some of these questions are vague. Money isn't an obstacle. I just don't want to be burning it with anything less than a good system.
thankyou. for co2 try googling these. exhale co2 bags. stops you spending a shit ton on a co2 rig and the running of it
