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2 stadiums, WOW.
That's going to be allot of smoke. lolol
Take care and thanks for sharing.
BG
That's going to be allot of smoke. lolol
Take care and thanks for sharing.
BG
Ya, it depends on the Municipality to make use of this new "By-Law"...but the cut off is 93kw/hr a mth. Over that and you may be looking at one of these "safety inspections".Northern Farmer said:Well, I'm in BC Canada so power usage is not too big of a deal but things are changing in some communities with some new legislation passed where the community can request high usage accounts and then spring a safety inspection. The place is a no grow zone after that but it's not a search warrant or anything.
I find having 4kw of light on 24/7 is not a worry.
anonymiss12345 said:Ya, it depends on the Municipality to make use of this new "By-Law"...but the cut off is 93kw/hr a mth. Over that and you may be looking at one of these "safety inspections".
In a house that is lived in, even by only a couple people...a 5 lighter will be the max.
However...I suspect that if you are just over the 93kw/hr...but there are enough people running higher than you during their "Blitz-O-the-Week"...a guy may escape the wrath...lol
northern farmer .
in a stadium set up using 3 sides and 5 shelves how many plants would you grow with a 600 watts?
mariman said:Just gotta say thanks to Northern for putting all this effort into helping peeps out and sharing his time tested designs!!! Gonna help a lot of peeps avoid mistakes which we all know can be costly
Neptune said:
pumpkin2006 said:Nothern, I don't believe that you would see a need for this, but I thought I'd throw it out there.
I see no actual difference in running this systems lighting vertically or horizontally; so if we ran a system like this, we could use cool tubes quite easily. Like I said, due to your temps up there in the north, you probably wouldn't see a need for it, but others in the states, that have more heat issues, could probably apply cool tubes.
Also, is there anyway to adapt this system to lower the plant count? The 200+ plants makes the system waay outta my reach... but I love it so much....
Like you said NF, when your growing that far north cool tubes are not all that necessary. But for those in warmer climates, they make cool tubes that hang vertically. They are usually used in coliseum and cage systems with a light ladder. I'm sure that with a little investment and time you would be able to diy. Heres some links to what I'm talking about:Northern Farmer said:Well I'm not going to say it won't work but I do see the light dispersing better vertical for plants that are off to the sides rather that under the bulbs. On the other hand having the cool tubes do their magic may after all make up for the heat that is sometimes an issue during hot spells so I'm very interested to see how this will work.
Well I'm not going to say it won't work but I do see the light dispersing better vertical for plants that are off to the sides rather that under the bulbs. On the other hand having the cooltubes do their magic may after all make up for the heat that is sometimes an issue during hot spells so I'm very interested to see how this will work.
If you wanted to go less plants you could try my old system and veg longer. You get bigger crops but lose a crop a year. Use 3 shelves, plant in 2 gal pots and veg for 3 -4 weeks depending on strain.
Clones are definitely one of the obstacles most people will have. I'm a cloning machine so it don't matter.
ChristianTaylor said:Like you said NF, when your growing that far north cool tubes are not all that necessary. But for those in warmer climates, they make cool tubes that hang vertically. They are usually used in coliseum and cage systems with a light ladder. I'm sure that with a little investment and time you would be able to diy. Heres some links to what I'm talking about:
http://www.bghydro.com/BGH/itemdesc.asp?ic=HLRECT1&eq=&Tp=
http://www.hydroponicsfarming.com/product-434.html
Hope that helps.
NorthernFarmer- I sent you a pm with some questions I have concerning your system/thread. You told me in another thread that your pm box has been loading up lately so I'm going to ask them in the thread.
1. Sunshine Mix #4 and Pro Mix HP are both considered soilless media and contain no nutritional value for the plants correct? Would you consider this to be an easy medium to grow in?
2. what are the approximate measurement differences in the 3 tier method? Approximately how long do you veg in one of these rooms and how many plants do you usually squeeze in one room?
3. You stated earlier in the thread that vertical and wheel systems are more efficient than the stadium. Have you ever known anyone to build a diy vertical system that still embodies the simplicity of stadium growing?
4. Earlier in the thread you were talking about some friends of yours who tried the aeroponic stadium setups but eventually went back to your system because of problems with the misters clogging. I always hear of misters failing in aeroponic systems, is this because of cheap misters, lack of cleaning, or just something that is inevitable?
Thanks a lot Northern Farmer, your thread is really interesting. I especially enjoy the overall simplicity of the system.
BTW, Thanks for explaining relays and flip flops to me.
-CT
2)I was doing 7' wide, 7' high, 10'lng for a 4 bulb or 12' for a 5 bulb. I cannot remember the rise of the shelves. just enough for the top shelf plants to not touch. It all depends on your strain for veg. I used a couple of strains and they all seemed to do well with 3 weeks occasionally closer to 4. it all depended on how fast they grew. These systems are not sativa friendly that's for sure.