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Hey guys, so I'm making a pretty small perpetual SoG box (more like Pond of Green!)
Dimensions: 2' x 1.5' x 6'
Flower Chamber height: ~4'
Current lighting: 150w HPS + 2x 125w CFLs.
I grew a Scrogged Northern Lights in a similar sized box (same exact thing except only 3' high) with that current light setup and yielded almost 2oz, so I was pretty happy with that, but not sure how well the 150w HPS will penetrate a SoG
SO! I decided I will eventually upgrade my lights. I have 2 basic options:
1) Get a 400w HPS with a dimmable ballast, knock it down to ~250w HPS. With this option I will probably need to upgrade my exhaust fan.
2) Go LED with supplemental CFLs (still unsure of what to get. Been looking at the Area 51 RW-150, possibly the Intelligent-Gro 270w or even the Mars II 400w (kinda iffy on this one). Any other suggestions would be wonderful. The benefit of this is I probably won't have to upgrade my exhaust. Less heat, I can sleep better at night.
Exhaust is currently about 200CFM (Soler & Palau TD-125)
Wanted to get your guys opinions.
This will be a soil grow, Northern Lights mom. My ideal perpetual yield would be 1oz per month. I figure if I take a clone every 2 weeks, if each clone yields just half an oz I will be golden. Still not sure if 4 or 6 plants would fit best. I had planned on using 16oz solo cups or something similar (16oz bottle wrapped in lightproof tape)
Here is a photo of my box so far (cardboard will not be in there, that is just temporary. I will essentially be lining it with Panda film):
(the light in the bottom chamber is 4x 26w CFLs for the mother plant, and on the right is a little cloning mister I made, I could take 3 clones at a time when it's finished, but will most likely end up just doing 1 clones every x weeks. Not sure I will even go the mister route yet, but it seems to have great results)
What would you guys recommend? I am sort of leaning toward LEDs, mostly because of heat, I won't have to upgrade my exhaust (hopefully), possibly using less energy, etc. And honestly, I just think it seems so cool! This is all strictly for personal use and as a hobby, so I think the hobby side of using LEDs is pretty awesome as well.
My fears with a 250w HPS are the heat in such a small space, energy consumption (I know I will probably be using relatively similar wattages on LEDs, though) but most of all the fire hazard that comes with it, especially in a small box? Air cooled hoods will not fit in there, unless I exhaust out the side which I would prefer not to do, but if necessary I will.
I was originally going to exhaust right out the top, and stack some empty cardboard boxes over it with the backs cut out, making it nice and stealthy. I think I can find a way to hide the side exhaust if I went that route, though.
I've been flopping back and forth between the two options for a while now and just can't make up my mind! Any help or suggestions would be highly appreciated!
Kind rambling now, sorry about that.
Thanks so much guys, you are all awesome.
Dimensions: 2' x 1.5' x 6'
Flower Chamber height: ~4'
Current lighting: 150w HPS + 2x 125w CFLs.
I grew a Scrogged Northern Lights in a similar sized box (same exact thing except only 3' high) with that current light setup and yielded almost 2oz, so I was pretty happy with that, but not sure how well the 150w HPS will penetrate a SoG
SO! I decided I will eventually upgrade my lights. I have 2 basic options:
1) Get a 400w HPS with a dimmable ballast, knock it down to ~250w HPS. With this option I will probably need to upgrade my exhaust fan.
2) Go LED with supplemental CFLs (still unsure of what to get. Been looking at the Area 51 RW-150, possibly the Intelligent-Gro 270w or even the Mars II 400w (kinda iffy on this one). Any other suggestions would be wonderful. The benefit of this is I probably won't have to upgrade my exhaust. Less heat, I can sleep better at night.
Exhaust is currently about 200CFM (Soler & Palau TD-125)
Wanted to get your guys opinions.
This will be a soil grow, Northern Lights mom. My ideal perpetual yield would be 1oz per month. I figure if I take a clone every 2 weeks, if each clone yields just half an oz I will be golden. Still not sure if 4 or 6 plants would fit best. I had planned on using 16oz solo cups or something similar (16oz bottle wrapped in lightproof tape)
Here is a photo of my box so far (cardboard will not be in there, that is just temporary. I will essentially be lining it with Panda film):
(the light in the bottom chamber is 4x 26w CFLs for the mother plant, and on the right is a little cloning mister I made, I could take 3 clones at a time when it's finished, but will most likely end up just doing 1 clones every x weeks. Not sure I will even go the mister route yet, but it seems to have great results)
What would you guys recommend? I am sort of leaning toward LEDs, mostly because of heat, I won't have to upgrade my exhaust (hopefully), possibly using less energy, etc. And honestly, I just think it seems so cool! This is all strictly for personal use and as a hobby, so I think the hobby side of using LEDs is pretty awesome as well.
My fears with a 250w HPS are the heat in such a small space, energy consumption (I know I will probably be using relatively similar wattages on LEDs, though) but most of all the fire hazard that comes with it, especially in a small box? Air cooled hoods will not fit in there, unless I exhaust out the side which I would prefer not to do, but if necessary I will.
I was originally going to exhaust right out the top, and stack some empty cardboard boxes over it with the backs cut out, making it nice and stealthy. I think I can find a way to hide the side exhaust if I went that route, though.
I've been flopping back and forth between the two options for a while now and just can't make up my mind! Any help or suggestions would be highly appreciated!
Kind rambling now, sorry about that.
Thanks so much guys, you are all awesome.
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