There's 2 plans that I can see for 16,000 watts with 16 plants. I really don't know if it would be better to run a 1,000 watt Gavita over each plant for a horizontal grow or to do a vertical bare bulb grow. The goal is to try and get 1.5 pound plants. I've looked over these types of grows on various websites and I'm thinking that vertical would work the best for this application but I'd have to do some testing to verify which one is actually better. I'm seeing other growers getting 2+ pounds per plant this way so it's nice to know that these numbers are possible with so few plants. I'm going with RDWC because I believe that it'll considerably cut down on the VEG time compared to other methods from my experience. The goal is to only VEG in the Flowering room, in what I'll call VEG-C, for 14 days. Before that they will be in dedicated Veg rooms. If things work like it looks in my head, I'll still be able to get the same number of crops per year compared to my other systems which house 5 plants per light instead of 1 plant per light. This is going to be an interesting experience. The most that I've ever got off of 1 plant is 12oz. That was a Shiva Skunk that I had in a single 5 Gallon DWC bucket that shared 1,000 watt bulb with other plants. I like the idea of going into a room and seeing trees!
Vertical Bare Bulb Grow
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P = Plant
• = 1,000 Watt Vertical
* = 600 Watt Vertical
Note: 60" plant centers, (2) x 8 plant RDWC systems
Also 13 of the cuttings are showing roots now! One of those happens to be Pre98 Bubba Kush which I've never grown before! Only a few left to go!
Vertical Bare Bulb Grow
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*----•------•-----•----*
---P-----P-----P-----P
*----•------•-----•----*
---P-----P-----P-----P
*----•------•-----•----*
---P-----P-----P-----P
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P = Plant
• = 1,000 Watt Vertical
* = 600 Watt Vertical
Note: 60" plant centers, (2) x 8 plant RDWC systems
Also 13 of the cuttings are showing roots now! One of those happens to be Pre98 Bubba Kush which I've never grown before! Only a few left to go!