New to vertical growing, need help!

[Devoted1]

Yessir!

Yessir!

Always grew in basements cuz I live in Hell and never pondered the cfm/sq ftg of lungrooms due to building a bigass wall from 1 side to the other and everything behind said wall became flip rooms , clone and pre-veg cabs , and what was leftover sufficed for the lungroom........but....

I ALWAYS had my flip room`s setup with a/c`s and dehuey`s thru wall and sealed for all heatgain outside the rooms in case the lungrooms didn`t supply perfect environment in deep summer , and.....

I did have auxiliary a/c`s and dehuey`s as well as larger exhaust/scrubber combo`s to take care of any residual stank if the other scrubbers were gettin older and nearing replacement in the flip rooms for insurance...

During lights off humidity soars and needs exchanged regardless if the lights on room is pullin less RH out of each room so they mix in the lung rooms , and if shit needs changed the equipment on the outsides of the bloom rooms takes care of it ftw and each room get`s what it needs regardless.....and....

The houses I grew in had crawlspaces on 1 end to pull fresh cool air in from underneath the house instead of 80-90 degree outside air to haveta deal with from the get so....again....

All about dialin environment where YOU are....Vegrooms and such are just that much more of a problem from excess humidity pumpin out into the lungroom with bigger plants , so that`s where yas prolly read about needin twice the amount of sq ftg for air exchange/re-circulation......

Figure out whatchas wanna do and we`ll work it out....gonna go grill some fish and such , drink some beers while hittin bongs....and....not necessarily in that order.....

Peace....DHF.......

Hokay, thanks for the quick reply bro! It definitely gave me some ideas to help make things better for me. I will spend some time reading and re-thinking how I want to go about this to make it all work out in hell, hehe. Have fun with the grill out old man!

 

[Hydro-Soil]

EDIT: Just re-read your first post - please take this in the manner in which it's intended:

The UC is not the right system for you right now. Do yourself a favor and use those 18 gallon containers and fill them with coco and get a couple of runs under your belt doing two new things:

1) Growing trees
2) Growing in your new rooms

Once you get the hang of that and feel comfortable, if you feel like coco is lacking in speed than consider the UC...........but building your entire room around the UC system is a catastrophic mistake, IMHO.

Those are VERY wise words and I'd heed them well. Personally I'd recommend you start with a 400w light and a few 3 gallon buckets. Use the 400w for vegging when you upgrade your grow.

Essentially, you'll spend a lot less frustration (months to years) if you start small and learn the plant, feed and environment first.... before going big and multi-strain.

There are a lot of different angles to growing that you'll be learning all at once... be kind to yourself.

Stay Safe!

 

[spaceboy]

Bulb height/position for 600w donut?

Bulb height/position for 600w donut?

Hey Everyone,

Been searching for a few days and cant quite find the answer I'm looking for. I just started a 1800w donut grow and wondering how low to hang the bulb between plants after the stretch and also the the ideal diameter of the donut should be? Thanks!

 

[Stonefree69]

Hey Everyone,

Been searching for a few days and cant quite find the answer I'm looking for. I just started a 1800w donut grow and wondering how low to hang the bulb between plants after the stretch and also the the ideal diameter of the donut should be? Thanks!

Area on "ideal" lighting would be 1800 watts/50 watts/sq ft = 56 sq ft. A circle with 56 sq ft area is also related to radius from pi r^2 (area=pi r^2). Solving for r (radius) is then 3.386' or diameter is 6.77' or 6' 9.26" (6' 9" rounded). Circumference is 21.26 ft. That'd be a pretty good sized donut.

I hang lights simply where they can cover the most canopy area for stacked bulbs but like DHF said earlier the top bulb mogul socket even with plant tops after stretch. The other 2 just even space them out where canopy is thickest.