Kingjdg80
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I am new to this site but I have been growing since 1996. I started growing indoors in 2006. My first indoor grow I used a small closet as my veg space and lit it with several 40 watt cfl's. No ventilation but I did have a 10" circulation fan. For a flowering room I used a 4'x4'x7' Grow tent that I vented with a 465 cfm squirrel cage and lit with a aircooled 400 watt hps. The hps had its own 190 cfm squirrel cage. I grew in cheap potting soil and didn't fert until the 2nd week of flower. In that set up I averaged about 6 oz's every 10 weeks or so. Unsatisfied with my yield I doubled down and got a 2nd 400w hps. That helped a little but not as much as I had hoped. With the 2nd light I got 10 oz's dry from 4 plants. Frustrated with my inability to reach my goal I bought the growers handbook and did some homework. I soon thereafter sold everything and started over. I bought 2 4'x2'x5' tents, 1 for veg and 1 for flower. I bought 2 125w cfl's For my veg and a 8 lamp 4' 432w t5ho for my flower. I vented the veg with a 4" duct fan and bought a 190 cfm fan filter combo for my flower. I built a 44"x22" screen from pvc, twine, and eye hooks. Then I made my own 2 plant dwc bucket out of a tote, square plastic bowls, 2 small aquarium air pumps w/ air stone's, aquarium gravel and shiny duct tape. It took a few tries and some experiments with a few training techniques but I am now harvesting 10-12 oz's every 12 weeks using under Half the watts I was previously using. Well I decided that I wanted to push it and try for a lb In my 4'x2' space. I'm looking at a 900w led panel to replace my t5. Right now I'm able to keep the tent between 75°-80°. But I assume if I'm gonna double the watts I'm going to have a lot more heat. I'm basically looking for someone with experience using high wattage led's in a small space. Info on scrogging with led would be nice too. But I'm mainly looking for anyone that can show they use at least 900w of led in a tightly enclosed area successfully and what did it take to get it done.
Ps if your response is gonna be get a hps then 9 times out of 10 you're not on my skill level and need some practical experience before we can have a proper discussion on growing.
Ps if your response is gonna be get a hps then 9 times out of 10 you're not on my skill level and need some practical experience before we can have a proper discussion on growing.
