40 sq ft aeroponic grow area
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GrowingfortheGold
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I say 3 1000's.
A 600 can cover a 3x3
A 1000 can cover a 4x4
6x(9) = 54 sqft
3x(16) = 58 sqft
Much cheaper bro...
A 600 can cover a 3x3
A 1000 can cover a 4x4
6x(9) = 54 sqft
3x(16) = 58 sqft
Much cheaper bro...
GrowingfortheGold
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Two 400's just arent enough lumens. It's 2 600's. 600's have the most efficient lumen/watt and have multiple sources of light reduces shading.
Jinro
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its hard to say
8'x5' can do a bit over 160 plants i believe, no?(if its one complete table) that's alot of mouths to feed lol
with that said instead of optimizing the potential lighting to the size of the grow,
rather optimize it towards the type of grow u wanna do.
3 1000's would be less efficient imo, considering the type of the setup (s.o.g). 1000's can penetrate foliage deeper than a 600 and technically pump out more lumens but considering you cant have them as close as 600 you will never utilize all those lumens,
with 600's you also get more lumens per watt making them more efficient,which leads me the phrase less is more lol
the only upside in the 1000w scenario would be less total wattage
3x1000w=3000w = 435, 000 lumens total
6x600w=3600w = 540,000 lumens total
400w HPS: 50K lumens (125 lumens per watt)
600W HPS:90K lumens (150 lumens per watt)
1000W HPS: 145K lumens (145 lumens per watt.)
getting easier to see the better choice eh lol
6, 600 watt'ers would be the way to go, no they don't penetrate as deep but thats not as important in s.o.g as your only growing the tops, the total lumen output to the plants is more important. also you can drop your lights closer in-turn letting your plants receive more lumens. heat may be an issue though.. but as long as you get cool tubes with strong enough exhaust for your lights you'll be fine. apparently cool tubes are the best, even better than air cooled hoods.
hope this will help you decide
(keep checking in on my link ill be starting my grow soon, and probably start a grow journal as well..
later days
8'x5' can do a bit over 160 plants i believe, no?(if its one complete table) that's alot of mouths to feed lol
with that said instead of optimizing the potential lighting to the size of the grow,
rather optimize it towards the type of grow u wanna do.
3 1000's would be less efficient imo, considering the type of the setup (s.o.g). 1000's can penetrate foliage deeper than a 600 and technically pump out more lumens but considering you cant have them as close as 600 you will never utilize all those lumens,
with 600's you also get more lumens per watt making them more efficient,which leads me the phrase less is more lol
the only upside in the 1000w scenario would be less total wattage
3x1000w=3000w = 435, 000 lumens total
6x600w=3600w = 540,000 lumens total
400w HPS: 50K lumens (125 lumens per watt)
600W HPS:90K lumens (150 lumens per watt)
1000W HPS: 145K lumens (145 lumens per watt.)
getting easier to see the better choice eh lol
6, 600 watt'ers would be the way to go, no they don't penetrate as deep but thats not as important in s.o.g as your only growing the tops, the total lumen output to the plants is more important. also you can drop your lights closer in-turn letting your plants receive more lumens. heat may be an issue though.. but as long as you get cool tubes with strong enough exhaust for your lights you'll be fine. apparently cool tubes are the best, even better than air cooled hoods.
hope this will help you decide
(keep checking in on my link ill be starting my grow soon, and probably start a grow journal as well..
later days
GrowingfortheGold
New Member
Multiple sources of light mean light from many angles. Meaning less shaded leaves overall.
A few blunts deep my math is fuzzy I went to edit it but It never worked.
going with 600s will have a higher initial investment cost...thats the tradeoff
Jinro
Member
growing for gold is right. inital investment will be alot. the 600's soon to be on the way is costing 214.78, complete w/ cooltube, bulb and convertible ballast. so 6 of em would cost u
1288.68 before shipping. but of coure usally when you spend that much they pay for your shipping. i imagine i could find 1000 w for roughly around the same price , you'd pay 700 at max for 3 of em.
1288.68 before shipping. but of coure usally when you spend that much they pay for your shipping. i imagine i could find 1000 w for roughly around the same price , you'd pay 700 at max for 3 of em.
Kobe
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You know, from my perspective if i have to invest a little more to give my babies exactly what they need i think by the end of the day it'll be money in the bank. I certainly like the idea of less money out of pocket but whats more is i like the idea of having a banging ass garden hahaha. Ive been looking at a 8 tray Aerojet system. If anyone is familiar or has an reference on it specific to the topic at hand i would appreciate it much.. peace and love my peoples