how many watts for 30 plants!!??!!??

probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 6000+ watts. plants that big and you aren't getting more than 4 per light. why so many strains? that's gona be a bitch to grow.

alot. i'd think at least 400w a plant if your hoping for 8 oz or more dry a plant. your goalis a very ambitious one.

at least 5000...checkot nugbuckets thread on mainlining to get 8 colas

Originally Posted by nuglets

probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 6000+ watts. plants that big and you aren't getting more than 4 per light. why so many strains? that's gona be a bitch to grow.

wanted to have a variety is it bad to have alot of strains in the same grow, thanks for your input dardestruction/doc

not that it's bad. it just makes it hard to get them all dialed in. different strains will grow at different rates, require different nutrient levels, even like different temps and humidity.

30 plants @ 2-3 feet after vegging and hoping for 1/2 a pound per plant?

go with about 25k watts to be safe. you might be able to pull it off with less.

justification: wants 8 x 28 = 224 grams per plant. wants 30 plants. 30 x 224 = 6,720 grams.

an expert grower can do a gram per watt. something tells me that although ambitious, we don't have an expert grower.

so go with 1/2 gram per watt, about what a decent grower can pull off, that gives us about 14k watts.

throw in beginner error, that gives us about 25k watts (roughly).

good luck.

Originally Posted by UncleBuck

30 plants @ 2-3 feet after vegging and hoping for 1/2 a pound per plant?

go with about 25k watts to be safe. you might be able to pull it off with less.

justification: wants 8 x 28 = 224 grams per plant. wants 30 plants. 30 x 224 = 6,720 grams.

an expert grower can do a gram per watt. something tells me that although ambitious, we don't have an expert grower.

so go with 1/2 gram per watt, about what a decent grower can pull off, that gives us about 14k watts.

throw in beginner error, that gives us about 25k watts (roughly).

good luck.

you might need to get some "minor" electrical work done to pull this off....

I have 6k for 30-35. I have them dimmed to 750 so I don't have to air cool the hoods. I have learned that I have to be sealed up tight. Serious Issues with powdery mildew and hermies last 2 cycles. If you are new at this, like I am, start with 12. Much easier to maintain and the attention you will give them will be rewarding when growing small numbers. I added a dual zone split ac and a co2 generator this time around. Everything seems good 28 days in flower.
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