coolguy14788
Active Member
ok so i need some help been looking around and trying to figure out how to best use what i have. I realized a vert setup is what i need to change too. i currently run 2000w in horizontal hoods over a 4x8 area i have 6in cool tubes two of them from doing micro grows in a small tent so would be planning on using these as i dont want to spend a shit ton of money as i already have spent a good amount. im using ak-47 they grow to around 2 feet tall (pot included) or less when vegged a week or less. so im thinking 4 shelves counting the floor a shelf 17 inches off the floor as the plant of the floor will end in 24 inches and the pot on the shelf above it is 7 inch tall (using 1 gal pots) so the top of the bottom plants will reach the bottoms of the plants above it and so forth up to the third shelf.
now if i was to put the cooltubes in the middle of the room i could build a 4x4 shelf system and have 1.9' so almost 2 feet of space to walk around it and water plants from the back. so all plants would be roughly 24 inch from cooltube to start. i want to do 5 plants per shelf that gives me 8 cubic inch of space for plants to grow into per plant so 80 plants total with 20 per wall or do 4 per shelf giving 12" cubic space a plant. im using a 6inch fan with scrubber to cool room and tubes as bringing in cool as from outside is not a option. my room stays at 80-85 lights on and 65-70 lights off 45% humidity. also have a ceiling fan in middle of room already that is 2.5 feet wide to so i will have airflow for the 4x4 box of green. also will be adding a fan on floor pointing up.
ok so now to my questions should i tilt my shelves a bit towards the light?
is 24 inches to far from cool tube? as i want to keep as much square footage im gaining as i can without losing intensity as more surface area will give me more bud but less light with counter act this so need to get it right.
also im using the GO nute line everything but bio weed and bio roots and black diamond i do not have i don't veg long and these are all for veg according to them maybe someone has something else to add about this?
i feel like a noob as i am such a technical person that i was not thinking of square footage going in the air all around but maybe that is because this is my first ROOM i get to play with. i will have to wait to get this rolling as i have a horizontal crop going and wont be done for 6 weeks or so. so this thing will take shape over time.
another question i had was what if i went straight to the walls with shelves and hang bulbs without tubes? as im already hitting max heat in my room with the cooled hoods so the plants would be like 3 feet from bare bulbs which would give me 3 feet between bulbs and plants to work on them. just trying to get this setup right before i do it as i hate reconfiguring later
now if i was to put the cooltubes in the middle of the room i could build a 4x4 shelf system and have 1.9' so almost 2 feet of space to walk around it and water plants from the back. so all plants would be roughly 24 inch from cooltube to start. i want to do 5 plants per shelf that gives me 8 cubic inch of space for plants to grow into per plant so 80 plants total with 20 per wall or do 4 per shelf giving 12" cubic space a plant. im using a 6inch fan with scrubber to cool room and tubes as bringing in cool as from outside is not a option. my room stays at 80-85 lights on and 65-70 lights off 45% humidity. also have a ceiling fan in middle of room already that is 2.5 feet wide to so i will have airflow for the 4x4 box of green. also will be adding a fan on floor pointing up.
ok so now to my questions should i tilt my shelves a bit towards the light?
is 24 inches to far from cool tube? as i want to keep as much square footage im gaining as i can without losing intensity as more surface area will give me more bud but less light with counter act this so need to get it right.
also im using the GO nute line everything but bio weed and bio roots and black diamond i do not have i don't veg long and these are all for veg according to them maybe someone has something else to add about this?
i feel like a noob as i am such a technical person that i was not thinking of square footage going in the air all around but maybe that is because this is my first ROOM i get to play with. i will have to wait to get this rolling as i have a horizontal crop going and wont be done for 6 weeks or so. so this thing will take shape over time.
another question i had was what if i went straight to the walls with shelves and hang bulbs without tubes? as im already hitting max heat in my room with the cooled hoods so the plants would be like 3 feet from bare bulbs which would give me 3 feet between bulbs and plants to work on them. just trying to get this setup right before i do it as i hate reconfiguring later
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