I have been reading up on vertical growing and tried it last grow with excellent results. With the help of a benefactor and a LA dispensary, I decided to build a sealed 10 x 12 foot room with 10 foot ceilings. I built two 5 foot wide. I wanted to be able to fit 60 -99 mid size plants. Middle row of plants being hit vertically by bulbs on both sides.
The plan is to use first two feet in height of room to fill room with reservoirs, except a 1.5 foot walk way. 3 100 gallon and one 40 gallon. This way I can recycle nutrients for I could not feed to drain easily.
We will be using hugo blocks in dutch leach trays suspended in air. Drip top feed plants. Total of 4 1000 watt (2 hortilux MH and 2 hortilux super hps) 2 600 watt (GE HG Lumalux hps) all run in multiple cool tubes, (thus allow for lights to be lifted and dropped(manually) as well as being moved back and forth 2 feet (mechanically) Using a max fan 10 to pull air through cool tubes. Thus 2 1000 watt and 1 600 watt on a 3.5 light rail for each row moving in opposite directions.
We have all the gear already, CAP xtream green house controller, dual co2 bottles with 6 emitters, cap mlc 8, dual port air conditioner. 1/3 hp water pumps, (like eco 66) and so on
I wanted to get some help with this and was not sure where to post? The room is done as far as construction but now is the time to get it working.
Any comments or ideas welcomed. Also have pics but had problems loading them.
