Vscrog stadium style. vert bulbs down the center, 2 tiers, drip fed coco.. I would probably put the shelves in 3/4 of the room.. I would put 8, 2 or 3 gal pots per row. I think with the proper Ac you could easily put in 8kish ( serious venting /ac needed).. It seems as strains that stretch more do better in this set-up.. check out vert threads by selfhemployed or Northern Farmer. they crush it in the yield dept..
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what about 12 of these, 3 on the left wall 3 on the right wall 6 down the middle back to back...
12 x 600w cool tubes not hung vert but horizontal, 3 up high inline lighting the top 3.5ft, 3 below inline lighting the bottom 3.5ft in both sides
600 plants no veg just good cuts rooted straight to flower.... 6 crops a year whacha thing you could pull yield wise per run?
12 x 600w cool tubes not hung vert but horizontal, 3 up high inline lighting the top 3.5ft, 3 below inline lighting the bottom 3.5ft in both sides
600 plants no veg just good cuts rooted straight to flower.... 6 crops a year whacha thing you could pull yield wise per run?
if you even get a half ounce a plant youd be crushing it. 19 lbs each pull, get outa here! you can easily get the yields. I had 2 plants in 16oz beer cups, top fed drip, just like that, mounted to a wall in my garage, at approx the same angle as that wall, and they both pulled over a half oz
IME 2 stories don't work with 8' ceilings. This when my reservoirs are below the floor, too. The only way to make 2 stories work with 8' ceilings is to go vert IMO. I've tried to get them working with 1kw lights though, so 600s might give you a bit more wiggle room. I doubt it though. The only way I'd go with 2 stories with horizontal grows is if I had at LEAST 10' ceilings, and that's with the reservoirs below the floor. 2 Stories is pretty much impossible for most horizontal residential growers without working out some serious issues.
Do the math:
MINIMUM 18" between top of canopy and bottom of reflector. MINIMUM 18" between top of canopy and top of container. MINIMUM 8" between between bottom of reflector and top of reflector.
that's 42" already. Double it for 2 stories and you're at 84". That leaves you a whopping 14" for the height of the pots (x2) and clearance for your tubs and plumbing, plus reservoirs, plus clearance for the reflectors and any hanging hardware (x2).
IME horizontal grows need at least 5' of vertical space, not including reservoir if you're using gravity return.
Sure you can go shorter on the plants but now you're talking SCROG or lots of training if you want to make that work. And you still need a fairly thick canopy to get good yields. I wouldn't go under 12", but that's just my guesstimate.
crazy ideas here...i would definately go with the scrog, the vertical setups need a little longer of a veg, but if you have a seperate veg room you can pull it off..
im also doing 10x10x8 with 4200 in lights but il never pull any kind of weight like that...im looking at 3 month flowering cycles damn near....quality over quantity for now but still pulling 1-1.5 a light but i definately would love to hit 2 per light...3 per light is just fucking insane....i might have to try phenix's method but in my experiance running the 1 gallon pots scrog style i never hit 1oz per plant, more like 1/2 oz...
im also doing 10x10x8 with 4200 in lights but il never pull any kind of weight like that...im looking at 3 month flowering cycles damn near....quality over quantity for now but still pulling 1-1.5 a light but i definately would love to hit 2 per light...3 per light is just fucking insane....i might have to try phenix's method but in my experiance running the 1 gallon pots scrog style i never hit 1oz per plant, more like 1/2 oz...
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Doubleds at the Farm got 42# dried out of 10 plants and 11.2kw, with a 3 week veg. CO2 and MPB's, with AC naturally.
Cut that to 4 lights, 4 plants, and you could theoretically get around 16 pounds, or roughly 4# per light. I hated running SOGs, the plant counts, moms and cloning drove me insane.
Next best bet would be stadium with 4kw, maybe a couple linear rails too. Run a sealed room with CO2 for best yields.
Doubleds at the Farm got 42# dried out of 10 plants and 11.2kw, with a 3 week veg. CO2 and MPB's, with AC naturally.
Cut that to 4 lights, 4 plants, and you could theoretically get around 16 pounds, or roughly 4# per light. I hated running SOGs, the plant counts, moms and cloning drove me insane.
Next best bet would be stadium with 4kw, maybe a couple linear rails too. Run a sealed room with CO2 for best yields.
