Hello soon-to-be friends. This is my first post, and I'd like to start by thanking everyone for the invaluable information you've been dispensing.
I'm going to be starting a legal medical grow, and in my particular jurisdiction the most stringent limitations are on the number of plants one may legally possess. As a consequence, I'm aiming to grow the largest plants possible (within reason.) I am building separate cabinets for each plant, and was planning on cabinets 4'x4'x6', 6' being the height.
I will be using home-made LED arrays mounted on aluminium u-channel heat sinks, which will surround the plant as side lighting, with some up top as well of course. With 6" on each side allowed for space between the LED arrays and the plant, this would leave room for a plant approximately 3' in diameter, and about 4 1/2" tall, taking the bucket into account. Is it feasible for me to efficiently grow a plant to these dimensions? Would I need to adjust the height to correspond with this width? Any input, especially from experience, would be much appreciated.
I would like to design the veg cabs smaller if possible, so as to economise my space. Would it be reasonable to build these 3'x3' and assume that they would fill out the extra 6" on each side during stretch, or is this a bit conservative?
I assume that some fairly intensive pruning might be in order to help fill up this cab, so any info on that would be nice, but I can save that for another thread.
Some info that might help:
My chosen strain for this grow is White Rhino, which I've read can grow into quite a bush. I also have Super Lemon Haze and Big Bud seeds, for when I want to mix things up later.
The veg cabs will each have about 100W worth of some of the newest, most efficient, highest luminosity LEDs on the market. The flower cabs will have about double that amount.
I'll be painting the interiors with highly reflective elastomeric paint, and using computer fans for ventilation and to pass air through carbon scrubbers (which will also be of my own design.)
Any other relevant info will gladly be furnished upon request. Once I've got the LED arrays built, I will start a thread on those as well. At the risk of sounding cocky, they should be hum-dingers.
Thanks in advance to all for the help,
Easydo
I'm going to be starting a legal medical grow, and in my particular jurisdiction the most stringent limitations are on the number of plants one may legally possess. As a consequence, I'm aiming to grow the largest plants possible (within reason.) I am building separate cabinets for each plant, and was planning on cabinets 4'x4'x6', 6' being the height.
I will be using home-made LED arrays mounted on aluminium u-channel heat sinks, which will surround the plant as side lighting, with some up top as well of course. With 6" on each side allowed for space between the LED arrays and the plant, this would leave room for a plant approximately 3' in diameter, and about 4 1/2" tall, taking the bucket into account. Is it feasible for me to efficiently grow a plant to these dimensions? Would I need to adjust the height to correspond with this width? Any input, especially from experience, would be much appreciated.
I would like to design the veg cabs smaller if possible, so as to economise my space. Would it be reasonable to build these 3'x3' and assume that they would fill out the extra 6" on each side during stretch, or is this a bit conservative?
I assume that some fairly intensive pruning might be in order to help fill up this cab, so any info on that would be nice, but I can save that for another thread.
Some info that might help:
My chosen strain for this grow is White Rhino, which I've read can grow into quite a bush. I also have Super Lemon Haze and Big Bud seeds, for when I want to mix things up later.
The veg cabs will each have about 100W worth of some of the newest, most efficient, highest luminosity LEDs on the market. The flower cabs will have about double that amount.
I'll be painting the interiors with highly reflective elastomeric paint, and using computer fans for ventilation and to pass air through carbon scrubbers (which will also be of my own design.)
Any other relevant info will gladly be furnished upon request. Once I've got the LED arrays built, I will start a thread on those as well. At the risk of sounding cocky, they should be hum-dingers.
Thanks in advance to all for the help,
Easydo
