Vertical kinda sucks

Originally Posted by cary schellie

3 weeks veg and 6 oz's, id sure like to know what strains and see proof

Well, it's 168 grams on 250 watts, which is .67g/w, which is certainly possible.

Originally Posted by Joedank

If you can cool the room with air cooled hoods logic says that same amount of cooling without the hoods works too...
It's just getting your system dialed... My yeilds were down until I started Puttin indica dom plants in the middle and sativas around the sides...

Hoping Dinafem's industrial plant isn't just a bunch of marketing bullshit. They seem to make good seeds though, so we'll see.

Originally Posted by cary schellie

3 weeks veg and 6 oz's, id sure like to know what strains and see proof

Here you go. It was my first grow a long time ago in a 4 ft. tall box. As you'll see, there were 4 plants, but one was male. The other two got drawfed out by the plant that yielded 6 oz. Mandala Satori.

DWC Bubbler Grow (4 plants)

So whats the best way when going vertical? Would having many small plants or a couple large plants be best when going verticle? I keep getting mixed veiws on this method.

I like vertical because you don't have to worry about differing plant heights and training to create a flat horizontal canopy. My temperatures are also lower using a fan blowing up at the light than they were with a cooltube. My problem with it at the moment is the plants growing into the light, I thought I could get away without using a screen but no, gotta hook one up very soon.

Yes! that is the best way. going vertical with a cool tube and blowing the air upwards IMO. just make sure u have no leaks and ur fine. i tested sucking the air and blowing the air. my light was way cool when it was blowing the air up and sucking cold air from outside my tent thru the lighting system (400w). ive had my plants litterlly touching my cool tube (fan leaves) no symtoms yet for a good 2 3 weeks.
with my tent in the basement my temps are 72-80 in which i couldnt ask for better temps..

i have tied down some fan leaves and branches with fly fishing line and tied it to my pots.. it can be effective in vertical gro for a couple of reasons.

allows branches facing the light to get exposed more from the tip to the beggining of the branch. and also allows the light to effectvily shine thru to to the other side of the plant.

vertical is a great way to go as long as you have it at plant level. if its up and above the plants quite a bit. its not that effective.

lollipoping sativas and or tall plants are essential.

keep ur vertical lightiing maye an inch higher or even level with ur highest canopy and u will be blasting ur girls with mad lumans.

here is my setup. i put one plant on each side of the light to allow for max lumans per plant. 4 would be perfect. clearly more is fine. but IMO 4 is prefect

that plant on the left is veging. its an indica free seed the other 3 are afhgan kush autos.. just vegging that free seed for now and gonna clone the shit out of it and plant them outdoors soon. then prolly plant the mother outside and see how it goes.. shes not gonna have much left of here when im done cloning.


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Originally Posted by Joedank

If you can cool the room with air cooled hoods logic says that same amount of cooling without the hoods works too...

No, it doesn't work like that. I can use the exact same exhaust fan to pull out of my room either through and cooling the reflector or just pulling hot air out of the room, and my 4x4 tent with a 600w hps is 6 degrees F cooler when I pull through the hood.