OK, here I will be discussing a temp solution. I wanted to build a special type of vertical grow, but time is limited. Anyway I have a 4' x 4.5' x 9' closet that I am going to place a 3' x 3' table in the middle of with a 400W HPS and warm white CFLs as supplemental lighting.

Plants are going to be grown with the lollipop method so there is little height adjustment of the HPS.

So here is my current shopping list, the design is not complete but it is a little more than a pipe dream.

I have already covered the closet in plastic.
3' x 3' ebb & flow tray from a hydro store
Wood to build the table
Pond liner for the floor
1/4" white Plexiglas to build dividers from.
400W HPS ballast
Air cooled hood
Ducting
Noise isolated blowers
Four 5 gallon rubbermaid tubs
Four pumps
Four sets of ebb & flow fittings

Plan is to divide the 3' x 3' table into 4 zones. Each zone will be responsible for two weeks of the plants flowering life.

Any ideas to add to this?

I want a SoG of 8 plants harvest every two weeks in solo cups, I think it is do-able in the size and space I have.

More will follow along with pictures and such. I've been very busy lately.

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This system will evolve over time to be a stadium style vertical grow SoG that harvests 4 plants every 2 weeks. 16 plants will be in the system at all times in it's final version.

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damn respect on this one of the most thought out grows ive seen

I'm adjusting my new 600W HPS now... I got a big grin on my face! I'm glad I spent the extra $$ now. I'm being forced out of the closet because of ventilation problems. Back to the basement, this setup is growing by leaps. I'm hoping the clones I took will be ready soon to flower.

I don't have a camera but I can show you the advertisement pictures for some of the equipment. I promise I'll buy some batteries soon, I just haven't had time to stop and snag some lithium batteries.


600W HPS Sun System 1


SunGro Refector

Woo hoo!

Pictures to come one of these days just be patient. I realy have no porn yet just a half setup grow room. I may be switching to 3 divided sections and make each section responsible for 3 weeks of the grow. That will allow my plants to finish a bit more because in my experience these little guys take a full 9-10 weeks. I'm trying a new strain that is more indica so we will see what happens.

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Thanks for stopping by, keep me tagged for my special version of a SoG setup. The final evolution is going to produce some serious medicine!

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By the way here is the current cost of everything you can get from the hydro store, sorry I didn't keep receipts from Lowes and Home Depot. As well as a majority of the things used were cheap at the dollar store or free. These are just the "out of the norm" shopping items I have bought through all the other threads:

Hydroton..... $13.95 x 2
Europonic Rockwool Conditioner..... $13.95
Starter Tray..... $1.75
Starter Dome..... $2.95
Hydrofarm Seedling Mats..... $24.95
Rockwool Cubes AO 36/40..... $9.95
Thrive Alive B-1 RED 250ML..... $14.95
Olivia's Cloning Gel..... $14.95
OMRI Listed Root Juice Stimulator..... $19.95
Fox Farm Grow Big Organic..... $15.95
Fox Farm Tiger Bloom..... $15.95
Diamond Nectar..... $14.94
Champ pH Tester..... $51.95
Sunleaves TDS Essential.... $39.95
600W HPS W/ SunGro Reflector..... $399.95

I have been considering trading my shoddy 3'x3' table to my friend for his home made AeroFlo2 look-a-like system made from plastic fence posts. It would be better for a lollipop grow and would fit more plants, but I would lose control over nutrient per age of plant in the SoG.

I'll try and grab prices and lists of all the other things I have bought... I'm too medicated right now to get up and look.

EDIT: That list just added up to $670.00 WOW!

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Returned the Ballast and the ebb & flow table. Got an upgraded 675W ballast with the extra $$ and a new $105 lamp (bulb).

I'm going down stairs now with my new batteries to take some updated pictures of everything.

I'll start a new thread so I can get some votes on what I should do with the setup. I've been looking at my footprint with the lamp on and have been thinking of using dutch irrigation trays on stands at different heights for the plants in a stadium SoG setup. My clones are taking their sweet ass time to root because it is cold.

Be right back...

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SunGro2 hood with glass and 600W lamp.


600W Balast.


Light foot print, that is a metal yard stick, 3ft in the middle.


A little further back.


Light at max height and a res.

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Is that the room you plan on growing in?

You will lose a lot of light with the walls so far away and no reflective material covering them.

You should invest in a tent. They are only a couple hundred dollars and they're air tight and light tight, and the come with prefab vents for blowers, ducting, etc.

They make it real easy to control your environment and they're a small investment in the long run.

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i dont want to sound rude but with that space, plus the money you have in itm you could have had alot better setup. For insstance, 400$ for a 600 watt light? with that space you should have bought a 1000... and 3x3 ebb and flow tray divided into 4 zones in a 4x4.5x9 closet? In that space and you wanting to run 4 diiferent zones, i would do either 2 2x2 ebb and flow and divide both by 2. example, 1 2x2 tray with 2 pumps, and the same with the other one. If it was me, i would have bought a 1000 watt light, and run 2 0r 3 3x3s withhh a vertical light. but thats me.. Like i said, im not hatin but with your space and money you put into it, you could have a setup that would yield alot more...

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