Hello
a bit about myself as this is one of my threads on ICMAG.
growing for about 12 years on and off, only in soil, tried most of the nutrients out there, but biobizz was the one that worked for me.
Had a vertical soil system back in 2009 with 2 x 400@ HPS. the design was based on Heath Robinson system which I cant find on the net anymore. it was 4 levels, each level had 9 3.6L pots with soil and BioBizz.
The pots themselves were at an angle of about 30 degrees toward inside, which gave me hard time with watering
anyway, Im back now
the new setup at the moment is 1.2mx1.2mx2m growing tent,600W magnetic HPS, with 9 x 11L pots. soil with BioBizz of course. no mother so I started some seeds yesterday (SS happiness, BF liberty haze, FMS C99).
after the first run my plan is to have 3 mothers, one from each.
now about the vertical system that I wanna build.
ist gonna be inside the tent, so space is limited.
what Im going to try this time is a complete new concept to me, hydro. never grow in hydro before.
the design is going to be based to what I remember from Heath Robinson and someone named Mr Smith from other forum.
This is Mr Smith vertical system
My design, the tent is 12mX1.2mX2x
And now the questions:
1) in this small tent, the distance from the bulb to plan stem is 50cm. which light should I use?
the options are:
i) 2 x 400W HPS with or without cooltubes
ii)1 x 600W HPS with cooltube
2) I am thinking of 5 levels, the first level is 60cm from the floor. each level is 25 cm above the other, the top level is 40cm from the roof.
i) is my spacing is enough?
ii) 2x400W HPS will give me a better covering compare to 1 x 600WHPS?
3) ventilation - room tmp is around 22-25c. which mean that heat is going to be an issue. but noise and electricity is also an issue (can leave the a\c on all the time, and cant have 2 big vents. right now I have s&p td silent 350/125mm which is very quite and with the 600W inside its about 29-31c at 100 cm height. Im going to order air cooled hood to help with getting the tmp a bit. not sure that I wat to add more ventilation (noise)
i) with 2 x 400W, inside cooltubes, tmp is going to be an issue?
ii) 2 x 400W without cooltubes, with fan lying on the floor facing up, can I manage the tmp problem?
4) hydro for the first time
i) water reservoir : 18 gallons is big enough? when the system will run around 8-12 gallons of water will be in the tubes and in the reservior around 5 gallons, so in case of pump failure all the water can drain safely to the reservoir)
ii) water pump : 400l/h? more? (its going to run 24/7)
iii) PVC tube diameter : 110mm (4.3 inch) VS 160mm (6.3 inch)
iv) pots size : 2 inch Vs 3 inch
v) nutrients : after reading "a bit", I think that i will go with GHE flora grow/micro/bloom. for booster my options are GHE ripen, advance nutrient big bud or B'cuzz bloombastic. any advice will help/
a bit about myself as this is one of my threads on ICMAG.
growing for about 12 years on and off, only in soil, tried most of the nutrients out there, but biobizz was the one that worked for me.
Had a vertical soil system back in 2009 with 2 x 400@ HPS. the design was based on Heath Robinson system which I cant find on the net anymore. it was 4 levels, each level had 9 3.6L pots with soil and BioBizz.
The pots themselves were at an angle of about 30 degrees toward inside, which gave me hard time with watering
anyway, Im back now
the new setup at the moment is 1.2mx1.2mx2m growing tent,600W magnetic HPS, with 9 x 11L pots. soil with BioBizz of course. no mother so I started some seeds yesterday (SS happiness, BF liberty haze, FMS C99).
after the first run my plan is to have 3 mothers, one from each.
now about the vertical system that I wanna build.
ist gonna be inside the tent, so space is limited.
what Im going to try this time is a complete new concept to me, hydro. never grow in hydro before.
the design is going to be based to what I remember from Heath Robinson and someone named Mr Smith from other forum.
This is Mr Smith vertical system
My design, the tent is 12mX1.2mX2x
And now the questions:
1) in this small tent, the distance from the bulb to plan stem is 50cm. which light should I use?
the options are:
i) 2 x 400W HPS with or without cooltubes
ii)1 x 600W HPS with cooltube
2) I am thinking of 5 levels, the first level is 60cm from the floor. each level is 25 cm above the other, the top level is 40cm from the roof.
i) is my spacing is enough?
ii) 2x400W HPS will give me a better covering compare to 1 x 600WHPS?
3) ventilation - room tmp is around 22-25c. which mean that heat is going to be an issue. but noise and electricity is also an issue (can leave the a\c on all the time, and cant have 2 big vents. right now I have s&p td silent 350/125mm which is very quite and with the 600W inside its about 29-31c at 100 cm height. Im going to order air cooled hood to help with getting the tmp a bit. not sure that I wat to add more ventilation (noise)
i) with 2 x 400W, inside cooltubes, tmp is going to be an issue?
ii) 2 x 400W without cooltubes, with fan lying on the floor facing up, can I manage the tmp problem?
4) hydro for the first time
i) water reservoir : 18 gallons is big enough? when the system will run around 8-12 gallons of water will be in the tubes and in the reservior around 5 gallons, so in case of pump failure all the water can drain safely to the reservoir)
ii) water pump : 400l/h? more? (its going to run 24/7)
iii) PVC tube diameter : 110mm (4.3 inch) VS 160mm (6.3 inch)
iv) pots size : 2 inch Vs 3 inch
v) nutrients : after reading "a bit", I think that i will go with GHE flora grow/micro/bloom. for booster my options are GHE ripen, advance nutrient big bud or B'cuzz bloombastic. any advice will help/