dictate
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Hi guys, I'm a first time grower, growing out of my 1 bedroom apartment. The place is about 900 sq feet and my bedroom is pretty large and I will be throwing up an agromax 3x3x6 in the corner. I'm trying to go for the least amount of fans necessary ( since it's in my bedroom, I want to keep noise to a minimum ) and thought T5 would be the route to go due to its general low heat production. I understand HPS is the way to go for the yield, but honestly, it's just me and a few buddies smoking this stuff, we don't mind a 10-30 percent yield reduction.
With that being said. Since I only have 3 feet to work with, I'm going to grab a 2' 8 bulb T5 fixture for the top which will be on a harness of some sort that I can lower onto 4 plants. That would be approximately 2k X 8 or ~16k Lumen. I was then thinking I could grab a 4' 2 bulb fixtures on each of the sides as side panels. That would be approximately 5k X 8 or ~40k Lumen, for a combined 56k lumen. This would all be for the flowering stage. I would probably go with much less for veg.
At the very minimum, what type of ventilation / cooling will I need for something like this?
With 56k Lumen, will it be ALMOST as good as a 400 w HPS? if you had to guess, if everything else was constant, I would yield maybe 10-20 percent less with this setup as opposed to a 400 w HPS setup?
Also, anyone know ~what my plant yield will be (dry) per plant (white rhino) ? Me and a buddy are trying to figure out if 4 plants are enough for our own personal consumption.
Thanks again
With that being said. Since I only have 3 feet to work with, I'm going to grab a 2' 8 bulb T5 fixture for the top which will be on a harness of some sort that I can lower onto 4 plants. That would be approximately 2k X 8 or ~16k Lumen. I was then thinking I could grab a 4' 2 bulb fixtures on each of the sides as side panels. That would be approximately 5k X 8 or ~40k Lumen, for a combined 56k lumen. This would all be for the flowering stage. I would probably go with much less for veg.
At the very minimum, what type of ventilation / cooling will I need for something like this?
With 56k Lumen, will it be ALMOST as good as a 400 w HPS? if you had to guess, if everything else was constant, I would yield maybe 10-20 percent less with this setup as opposed to a 400 w HPS setup?
Also, anyone know ~what my plant yield will be (dry) per plant (white rhino) ? Me and a buddy are trying to figure out if 4 plants are enough for our own personal consumption.
Thanks again