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Reply With QuoteWhy not (2) 1000s and a light mover? That way you can get 3000 watts of coverage, give or take a watt.
3 600w or 2 1000
In a 8x8 room would you rather run 3 600s or 2 1000s?
Im more on the 3 600w side just because 1 more coverage point but the 2 1000s would put off 40 thusand
more lumens. I will start flowering my plants at about 10 inchs tall they will end up about 26 inchs i will be
growing as many as i can fit on shelfs
smokin sticky stickyOriginally Posted by ditrtyone
Why not (2) 1000s and a light mover? That way you can get 3000 watts of coverage, give or take a watt.
the thousands will yield more than the 600's.
You'll have more surface area with the 600's and penetration isn't an issue in vertical grows with 600's. Heath always used 600's for a reason. He's pretty much the vertical grow god.
i would personally go with three 600's, but thats just me. not entirely sure if two 1000's would yield more, i wish there was a side by side thread or some 1000 watt ballasts so i could see for myself
Sorry man, a light mover is not a photon multiplier. It's just a mover... If I'm filling up a swimming pool with a hose, moving it around doesn't make it flow faster.. Movers were popular when lights cost 5-600 bucks a 200 dollar mover was attractive.. But today you can get another light for that much and be doing (in your case) 33% better. Light is energy, you can't get more out of it by moving it.
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Hail Heath! A hydro king indeed! Some years ago he gave me his approval to do a vertical with 5-600w in a 9' x 9'. I used 4-44 gallon rubbermaid brute pails a la dwc using 8" round air stones driven by a Danner 100w pond pump. This was my first grow. The light penetration is incredible with vertical, but even with 3-10" CanFan high output fans, the heat was insane. Pentration with vert is great, heat build up is too. To answer your question, use a reflective floor by laying down a 3/4" foam board with an already laminated mylar reflective coating ( PolyShield 4' x 8' x 3/4" thick ) and put that stuff on your walls too. Not the mylar foil roll, just the foam board mylar will do. Use 3-600w to spread light out more with the added value of 3 smaller, more manageable hot spots ( area around bulbs ). Try to keep the babies as close to the floor as possible. Done this way, your entire room essentially becomes one big walk-in light fixture and with the babies close to the reflective floor, they get one hell of a jump start. The foam floor might get a tad abused over time but it is easy to replace as long as you don't use any glue to hold it down.
Last edited by problemsolver; 06-04-2012 at 10:31 PM.
I would run 3 600 watt lights in your situation. Using 3 bulbs will make the canopy fuller and happier. If you could use 4 600 watt lights your room would be sexy as hell.
Yea i will be using 3 600s and add another 1000w hps if im able to manage the heat its summer time here but started
raining today out of nowhere im in norcal
smokin sticky sticky
I think a lot of it depends on the diameter and the height of your specific grow area.
My particular setups work best with two 1000s, they consist of six 32" x 72" racks, I found that anything taller was to hard to manage and gave me a smaller diameter grow area.
You should take under consideration your desired distance between the lights and the plants, and remember that unless the racks/shelves are mobile as your plants stretch, your total grow area shrinks.
Making my setup expandable proved crucial to better yields and healthier plants. Just like flat grows, as your plants grow taller, your lights are raised to accommodate the growth, the same basic principles work with vertical.
Either way, best of luck to you.
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