need some quick advise

Just.2110 said:

I started getting everything together for my first grow and ive hit a little wall so to speak ... i was given one of those grow tents form a friend its 8feet long 4 feet wide and 6.5 feet tall.... my plan was to divide it in two and get two four by four areas so i can have one group in veg and on in flowering so i can cut my harvest time in half ..... so heres where im stuck lighting, and finding a large enough something to use to make into a dwc system and plant spacing..... soo heres the questions

1. for lighting i wanted to use something i could flower and veg under was thinken electronic hid systems from hid hut that can use either hps or mh, with them i was not sure to go 250watt or 400 watt ( dont want to over heat). then i was thinken led the ufo not sure whats up with them i did my research but everyone whos selling them sayes something different and how theres are better so if some knows where to get a good one that works and give tight buds please let me know.

I did a ton of reading and research, checkin other guys set ups to see how they worked and such and I am using 6 X50 watt LED gro panels. 5mm.. the "middle quality" ones from ebay. I have seen repeated evidence that even the cheap ones actually work pretty good, for veg. Now I didn't take into account or look at MH or HPS for veg, as my mind was set as I was researching it.
They work well.. do a search on LED gro room here, there's one fellow who did a grow start to finish with LEDs only. They work. Whether they work better than MH.. I doubt it, but they work, they don't get too hot, you pay less for electricity for both the lights and the subsequent savings from not having to cool the room to compensate for the heat.

I'm new here, sorry I don't have the link or remember the guy's name, but he took alot of pics and gave alot of information, he's the main reason I went with LED for my veg side, cause he showed that it really did work well.


2. for the dwc i was gunna make a bubbleponics system i saw on youtube... can put a link if no one knows what im talken bout..... But i need a tub or tote or a premade dwc thing and have no idea where to find one thats 4foot by 4foot ive been busten hella googles surches for days on end to find nothen... if anyone knows where to find something that will work for my set up please let me know

I looked at premade pond liners at Canadian tire, they have ones that were about the right size, but a little too deep for me (doing ebb & Flow on my flowering room) But what I looked at was setting 3 of them side by side and just link them with tubing, they still all drain and return to the res that way. You could concider a "deck box" or 2? they are expensive, but big enough I think for what you are talking.

3. plant spacing i know it depends on what type im growing.... i was going to grow "Ice" form Nirvina seed.... i was thinken four rows of four or six rows of six but im not sure if that too close or if i could plant them closer

No idea brother, I know there are some pretty ingenious guys out here, someone will know for sure and tell you, I'll keep reading your thread so I can find out too.

Hope that may be of any use.

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