I'm starting to see the drawback to hoods now. I feel like I'm cramming my plants under the little area my lights brighten up. It use to be ok, but now i want all the production vertical seems to offer.
I run a perpetual grow 24/7/365, so this would be a mid grow mod. I flower 6 legal plants. I have an 8x8' area to work with, and 3 light sources. Two 400W, and one 600W HPS, all in reflector hoods atop my ladies at the moment. I'm thinking of selling the hoods, buying some hurricane lamp glass at HobbyLobby, and going vertical.
Here is a pic of my current setup.
HPA DTW in six 20Gal trash cans.
The cans are 2' tall, the plants grow 4' tall from top of can to top of plant, 6' total, the ceiling is 9'.
I have a bunch of 1"x1" green rubber coated metal fencing. Since the strain i grow (WoodyKush) seems to be more vine like than tree like (i have troubles with them being top heavy sometimes) i'm thinking of wrapping half (180º) of all the cans with a 6' tall mesh fence, then rolling all six ladies into a circle around a floor to ceiling high cooltube of 3 light sources. Let them all just fall into and through the fence rather than fighting to keep branches upright at optimal height all the time. I'm just not sure how well this would work using 2x400's and a 600 though in one tube,.. thoughts?
I run a perpetual grow 24/7/365, so this would be a mid grow mod. I flower 6 legal plants. I have an 8x8' area to work with, and 3 light sources. Two 400W, and one 600W HPS, all in reflector hoods atop my ladies at the moment. I'm thinking of selling the hoods, buying some hurricane lamp glass at HobbyLobby, and going vertical.
Here is a pic of my current setup.
HPA DTW in six 20Gal trash cans.
The cans are 2' tall, the plants grow 4' tall from top of can to top of plant, 6' total, the ceiling is 9'.
I have a bunch of 1"x1" green rubber coated metal fencing. Since the strain i grow (WoodyKush) seems to be more vine like than tree like (i have troubles with them being top heavy sometimes) i'm thinking of wrapping half (180º) of all the cans with a 6' tall mesh fence, then rolling all six ladies into a circle around a floor to ceiling high cooltube of 3 light sources. Let them all just fall into and through the fence rather than fighting to keep branches upright at optimal height all the time. I'm just not sure how well this would work using 2x400's and a 600 though in one tube,.. thoughts?