puntacometa
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I live an area where temperatures can drop to -20F in winter and I am at about 8000' elevation. I am a caregiver for a few medical patients in this area as well as for my wife and myself. Legally, I am entitled to grow 48 plants (24 in flower/24 in veg). I have only been doing this a few months under the guidance of a friend who is an experienced grower (with limited time for handholding). I am finishing my first very successful crop of 20 plants (pics included) Organic soils and fertilizers are being used. My entire grow has been oudoors/dirt up to this point. The weather is starting to turn ugly and cold now and I am putting the finishing touches on a vegging shed/greenhouse to move my operation indoors. I have 24 plants that are 3 1/2 weeks into vegging I need to get these big and into flowering ASAP so I can start a cyclic harvesting shedule of around 3 plants per week for my patients.
The vegging shed is 10'W x 22'L x 9'H. The greenhouse is a leanto off the vegging shed with the high side being 9', the low side being 6.5', the width is 12' and the length is 22'.
Although I don't anticipate really wanting to manage 48 plants, it's possible that I will want to max out the capacity of this facility. My patients prefer edibles and I'm hoping to produce an average yield of around 1/2 kilo per plant. I seem to have accomplished this using 25+ gallon pots and vegging/cropping until I had a bush about 3 1/2-4' tall (not including the pot height-see the pics) This was possible growing outdoors here by vegging for around 7-10 weeks, depending on the strain (we had a fairly cool summer here) and flowering for 8 (my strains all fully finished in 8-9 weeks). Since I've never grown indoors, I don't know what to expect and so I really have no expectations at this point, but keeping my goals in mind, I was wondering if some of you experienced gurus could give me some advice on lighting for maximum effect. I have more than enough amperage available and an adequate budget to deal with the power costs on the grid until I can supplement with solar cells.
Although my growop is technically legal in this state, I am taking reasonable privacy precautions with odors,/venting, have purchased adequate propane heating units, adequate ventilation on thermostats, etc., The walls of the vegging shed will be covered with reflective mylar. The greenhouse north wall is lean-to'ed and covered with reflecive Mylar and the east and west walls will be solid as well due to the privacy issues and covered with reflective Mylar . The 6' H x 22' L South wall and the South facing sloped ceiling of the greenhouse will be double wall plastic.
The greenhouse will receive 12/12 or less natural daylight for the next few months and will be used for flowering and vegging (moving the vegging plants back into the veg shed at the end of the 12/12 daylight cycle for the flowering plants so that the vegging plants can have continued lighting into the night) and will be supplemented by grow lights. I am considering installing 8 x 1000W Lights in the Greenhouse which will be using a mixture of 4 HPS and 4 Hortilux MH Blue bulbs and going with 7 x 1000W Hortilux MH Blue bulbs in the vegging shed I'm also considering installing a propane powered C02 system.
Any suggestions/experiences relative to the lighting (or any other aspects of this) would be most appreciated. Big vegging yields on 16/8 (or whatever schedule would be optimal for growth) that I can move into 12/12 flowering as rapidly as possibly are the goal here.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
The vegging shed is 10'W x 22'L x 9'H. The greenhouse is a leanto off the vegging shed with the high side being 9', the low side being 6.5', the width is 12' and the length is 22'.
Although I don't anticipate really wanting to manage 48 plants, it's possible that I will want to max out the capacity of this facility. My patients prefer edibles and I'm hoping to produce an average yield of around 1/2 kilo per plant. I seem to have accomplished this using 25+ gallon pots and vegging/cropping until I had a bush about 3 1/2-4' tall (not including the pot height-see the pics) This was possible growing outdoors here by vegging for around 7-10 weeks, depending on the strain (we had a fairly cool summer here) and flowering for 8 (my strains all fully finished in 8-9 weeks). Since I've never grown indoors, I don't know what to expect and so I really have no expectations at this point, but keeping my goals in mind, I was wondering if some of you experienced gurus could give me some advice on lighting for maximum effect. I have more than enough amperage available and an adequate budget to deal with the power costs on the grid until I can supplement with solar cells.
Although my growop is technically legal in this state, I am taking reasonable privacy precautions with odors,/venting, have purchased adequate propane heating units, adequate ventilation on thermostats, etc., The walls of the vegging shed will be covered with reflective mylar. The greenhouse north wall is lean-to'ed and covered with reflecive Mylar and the east and west walls will be solid as well due to the privacy issues and covered with reflective Mylar . The 6' H x 22' L South wall and the South facing sloped ceiling of the greenhouse will be double wall plastic.
The greenhouse will receive 12/12 or less natural daylight for the next few months and will be used for flowering and vegging (moving the vegging plants back into the veg shed at the end of the 12/12 daylight cycle for the flowering plants so that the vegging plants can have continued lighting into the night) and will be supplemented by grow lights. I am considering installing 8 x 1000W Lights in the Greenhouse which will be using a mixture of 4 HPS and 4 Hortilux MH Blue bulbs and going with 7 x 1000W Hortilux MH Blue bulbs in the vegging shed I'm also considering installing a propane powered C02 system.
Any suggestions/experiences relative to the lighting (or any other aspects of this) would be most appreciated. Big vegging yields on 16/8 (or whatever schedule would be optimal for growth) that I can move into 12/12 flowering as rapidly as possibly are the goal here.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
