If you had this room....you would...

[headbandrocker]

I would build a :

Flowering room-

2o ft long stadium setup {check my journal}
6.5 ft wide
24" walkway
4 x 1ooow mh
4 x 1ooow hps
All lights roughly 22'' apart
Co2 tank,
Fill it with 4oo clones in 1 gal growbags
veg 1 week and flip
rotate eack plant 1ce a week 1/4 turn
{ your at $22oo clams at this point}

Get a secrete jardin grow tent for vegging/cloning for $3oo

This should get you about 2lbs per light= 16lbs off 8 lights

There you go,my fee is one 2ft joint.Good luck

 

[bterz]

After skimming through all the bullshit and dumb comments about my post count I finally came to a good post.

Headband rocker, im going to have to look more into this stadium grow...thats pretty intense.



18 plants

15w, 10d, 8 feet high.

As far as "not knowing what lights to use" I planned on using HPS/MH combo, just was not sure how many lights are going to be necessary.

I was thinking this - let me know what you think

2 x 1000w HPS/MH combo complete reflector/ballast combo
2 x Light movers

I was thinking about putting 10 plants under each 1000w light and doing a ScroG style grow, with a pathway seperating the two for easy watering etc.

Do you think I have enough room to accomplish this?

What do you guys think? More positive comments welcome.

Edit: We are allowed 6 flowering plants per card.

Maybe I should put 12 plants under each 1000w.

 

[bca21]

I see that easy, maybe 25 plants under 2000 watts..

 

[headbandrocker]

You could also do a small 2 light stadium
just make it 6 feet long instead.
Why waste light?
This style will give you 2lbs per light.
4lbs off 2 lights is pretty good ....
That other idea is ok,but this is better use of space/light/time
You could make it 1o feet long and use the light mover w 2 lights

Or {6} 18 gal rubbermaid tubs filled with soil
2 plants per tub in soil and 3 tubs per light
Both lights aircooled,co2 etc... my friend gets 1lb per light with this setup
Good luckHbr

 

[potlike]

You have the room to set this up properly 6 plants per card * 4 people = 24 plants. Sea of Green is not an issue you have a fixed amount of plants and the space to grow in to get proper yields out of each plant. I would however consider a perpetual harvest setup where every 2 weeks you harvest new plants, but you always have 24 in production thereby maximizing your grows.

I would do one feminized mother for four strains. So that way you can always change up the density of plants per strain you wish to grow every 2 weeks. I like keeping my moms in soil as while they require attention they are more forgiving than about any other medium. To save money you can go with 4x 4 ft T8 shoplights with 8 bulbs and spend less than $100 on the deal. Dedicate one fixture to your clones.

Next, I would keep 4 clones of whatever strain or mix of strains you wish. If you wish you can keep your Vegging station under the same light as the mothers to utilize space efficiently. You allow your clones to veg for 2 weeks then move them into Flowering.

Then I would make 4 Flowering Stations... this does not need to be separate spaces really so you can maximize multiple lamp configurations. If you use about 4x 600w hps you would be fine. You can buy Digital Lumateks with cords & socket for around $200-225 including shipping. With the lamps you are talking about $300 per 'station'. I would also use Pyrex Bake a Round's to make diy cooltubes for each lamp. You can get ducting and fans for ventilation and air circulation for $100-200. I'd opt for Stanley Blower fan and modify it to suit your purposes to save money.

Buy TDS/PH meters, you can get a set for less than $100 but to go with commercial grade you're looking a couple extra hundred. This puts you around $1600 total so far; so next I'd buy soil for the mommas, 5 rubbermaid roughneck tubs/pvc/pumps/weatherstripping; you can get this done for $100 but lets budget $200. At $1800 now it's time to get nutrients... if you wanna go with some great Organic nutrients go with Blue Mountain Organics and they are inexpensive as well. You will spend about $50 getting two of each of their line and will be very happy. Buy a can of elastomeric paint 95% reflectivity and for less than $2000. If you want to spend a little more you can get a portable AC unit to monitor your temperature in the grow room.

Have fun with your grow!


-potlike

 

[drifter1978]

I would build a :

Flowering room-

2o ft long stadium setup {check my journal}
6.5 ft wide
24" walkway
4 x 1ooow mh
4 x 1ooow hps
All lights roughly 22'' apart
Co2 tank,
Fill it with 4oo clones in 1 gal growbags
veg 1 week and flip
rotate eack plant 1ce a week 1/4 turn
{ your at $22oo clams at this point}

Get a secrete jardin grow tent for vegging/cloning for $3oo

This should get you about 2lbs per light= 16lbs off 8 lights

There you go,my fee is one 2ft joint.Good luck

yep thats the onei have 2 rooms hps,cococoir hydro good quanity and quality smoke.

 

[DR. VonDankenstine]

cool tubes & digital ballasts (see how many plant your gonna grow)
mylar and good vents
carbon filters if you want to get rid of the smell ( myself i just love to have it on me all the time )
good nutes testing kits and a reverse osmosis filter


and mix the lightsssss ..... 400 hps + 400 mh are giving me big buds in just 3 weeks

i have so many shit ive bought lying around like the aerogarden and the led boards since ive started growing and i have to tell you i tried them all but never had anything better than a mix of both hps and mh.

Please show us some pics of the big buds grown by mixing hps/mh---thanks.