Rekall
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Hi everyone. I apologise in advance for my English slashing your eyes but it isn't my first language so I will do the best I can. Also as a newbie I don't know much about growing terminology (yet 
). I hope I don't make too much of a fool of myself and you guys understand what the idea is.
After doing a fair amount of research I have come up with an idea that I would like some help with. My idea is to have a grow tent with 4 big yielding plants. I'm going for a hydro setup (I know I'm a newbie and I should do dirt first for experience, but if I get stuck I have you lovely people to help me out.) Besides I have done lots of research and its my opinion that the best thing to do is to get stuck in and gain experience through practice. I'm obviously going to make mistakes, who doesn't? But I have been reeding a lot about other peoples mistakes in order to prevent my own. I have been looking at different strains and I'm not sure which one I will be getting yet, but I have short-listed: Light of Jah, Northern Lights, G13 Haze, Ultimate or Tangerine Dream (smoked it in Amsterdam and its my favourite). Suggestions and remarks on the strain are also more then welcome.
My main doubt at the moment, as the title of the thread states, is regarding the lighting that I would need. I have read that a 1000w hps lamp would be more appropriative for the kind of setup that I want to do, mainly due to light penetration. But would it not be too much for a plant at an early stage of growing to be under a 1000w hps lamp? I'm worrying that they would get burn or eventually die from too much heat, dry up or something. I know I should be doing the veg phase under a MH lamp, unfortunately at this point I do not have the money to buy one, but if I did have the money what MH lamp would be better to get? A 400w MH, a 600w MH or a 1000w MH lamp?
Another doubt on my mind is, would a 1000w hps lamp be that much better then a 600w one during the flowering stage? Would it make that much of a difference in quality and yield bearing in mind that I will be using a 120x120x200 grow tent fully coated with mylar? Also what do you think of the Eurowing reflectors? Whould they be a good purchase or invest on some air cooled lamps? (as I said money is tight, but it is always good to know)
My final question is, if I feel confident enough and decide to go from 4 to 8 plants on a later crop, but using exactly the same tent and pot layout would a 600w hps lamp be enough for all 8 plants? Or would I then need a 1000w hps lamp for light penetration?
Thanks a lot for taking the time to read this. I hope it does not sound too boring and stupid, I'm struggling with the whole lighting thing, and hope that someone can clear these doubts for me. Thank you.
). I hope I don't make too much of a fool of myself and you guys understand what the idea is. After doing a fair amount of research I have come up with an idea that I would like some help with. My idea is to have a grow tent with 4 big yielding plants. I'm going for a hydro setup (I know I'm a newbie and I should do dirt first for experience, but if I get stuck I have you lovely people to help me out.
) Besides I have done lots of research and its my opinion that the best thing to do is to get stuck in and gain experience through practice. I'm obviously going to make mistakes, who doesn't? But I have been reeding a lot about other peoples mistakes in order to prevent my own. I have been looking at different strains and I'm not sure which one I will be getting yet, but I have short-listed: Light of Jah, Northern Lights, G13 Haze, Ultimate or Tangerine Dream (smoked it in Amsterdam and its my favourite). Suggestions and remarks on the strain are also more then welcome.My main doubt at the moment, as the title of the thread states, is regarding the lighting that I would need. I have read that a 1000w hps lamp would be more appropriative for the kind of setup that I want to do, mainly due to light penetration. But would it not be too much for a plant at an early stage of growing to be under a 1000w hps lamp? I'm worrying that they would get burn or eventually die from too much heat, dry up or something. I know I should be doing the veg phase under a MH lamp, unfortunately at this point I do not have the money to buy one, but if I did have the money what MH lamp would be better to get? A 400w MH, a 600w MH or a 1000w MH lamp?
Another doubt on my mind is, would a 1000w hps lamp be that much better then a 600w one during the flowering stage? Would it make that much of a difference in quality and yield bearing in mind that I will be using a 120x120x200 grow tent fully coated with mylar? Also what do you think of the Eurowing reflectors? Whould they be a good purchase or invest on some air cooled lamps? (as I said money is tight, but it is always good to know)
My final question is, if I feel confident enough and decide to go from 4 to 8 plants on a later crop, but using exactly the same tent and pot layout would a 600w hps lamp be enough for all 8 plants? Or would I then need a 1000w hps lamp for light penetration?
Thanks a lot for taking the time to read this. I hope it does not sound too boring and stupid, I'm struggling with the whole lighting thing, and hope that someone can clear these doubts for me. Thank you.
Although I'm far from being any expert, when I was reading about the 1000w I did think that it would probably turn a growing tent of that size into a sauna. Not exactly ideal. lol If I was using a bigger space I would probably go for 1000w .When in doubt nothing better then ask for help. 
