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ohio420fam

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So I want to start a 3 light cycle with 3 rooms open to me each at 10'x12' with those lights scroging 2-4 plants at a time. How should I set them up?
 
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firsttimeARE

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Id use 2 10x12 rooms for flower and run 6 per room or 8 in one room and the other room id leave enough space for 2 3x3 flood tables.

Having 3 different UC systems means you need 3 different chillers.
 
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ohio420fam

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firsttimeARE said:
Id use 2 10x12 rooms for flower and run 6 per room or 8 in one room and the other room id leave enough space for 2 3x3 flood tables.

Having 3 different UC systems means you need 3 different chillers.
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I want to pull a crop off every month. Thats why the 3 light cycle. I figured 4 per 2k would give me my best yield. All my RESs will be in a separate room with alot of ac and I'm poor manning frozen Gallon jugs to keep temps down as of right now
 
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ohio420fam said:
So I want to start a 3 light cycle with 3 rooms open to me each at 10'x12' with those lights scroging 2-4 plants at a time. How should I set them up?
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I would go with two opposite light cycles, and cut each flower room to 6x10 with a flip running four rooms two cycles same output. Peace
 
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ohio420fam

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VegasWinner said:
I would go with two opposite light cycles, and cut each flower room to 6x10 with a flip running four rooms two cycles same output. Peace
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Ok so four flower rooms one main veg equals either 5 res for uc and flood table or stand alone totes? And how many plants, 2 in each room?
 
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ohio420fam

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firsttimeARE said:
2k per room is crazy for 2-4 plants per room. Save the money and buy a chiller
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And why is 2k per room on 2-4 plants crazy people put a single plant under scrog on 1k and pull 3lb, if I'm correct I am a newbie to the scene I'm just spewing what I've read, not speaking from exp.
 
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ohio420fam

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I don't have all the equipment i need yet chiller, ph control, need better environmental control. I'm just trying to do what I can with the resources I have for now
 
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firsttimeARE

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Its crazy because of all the things you just said after that.

Also we dont know your budget. If you got 10k to spend then fitout all those rooms with 2k, but you're also new to this and will have a very expensive grow room growing mediocre plants for a while.

Just because so and so gets 3lbs off a single 1k doesnt mean you can. Their environment is spot on. They most likely have more than a few years experience. They also have a strain selected that can do this. Not all strains produce #'s like that. And I can damn near guarantee they have pH/EC control and know why you want a plant in a certain range at a certain life cycle.

Im just keeping you back down to reality.
 
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ohio420fam

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I don't expect 3lb plants first run, I don't even expect a lb really. I'd be ecstatic with 1-2lb each but to ne honest I'm gonna be happy to just keep them alive the whole time.
ohio420fam said:
I don't have all the equipment i need yet chiller, ph control, need better environmental control. I'm just trying to do what I can with the resources I have for now
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Maybe you misunderstood what I said. "i want to do the best I can with what I have". Also said I was a newbie and inexperienced. I don't have a 10k budget but I did just go spend $400 yesterday on a RO system, flower nutes and a carbon filter and in the span of 2-3 months have paid for what I have now. ill get there I just need to learn.
 
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firsttimeARE

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ohio420fam said:
I don't expect 3lb plants first run, I don't even expect a lb really. I'd be ecstatic with 1-2lb each but to ne honest I'm gonna be happy to just keep them alive the whole time.
Maybe you misunderstood what I said. "i want to do the best I can with what I have". Also said I was a newbie and inexperienced. I don't have a 10k budget but I did just go spend $400 yesterday on a RO system, flower nutes and a carbon filter and in the span of 2-3 months have paid for what I have now. ill get there I just need to learn.
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A meter is essential. So is enviroment.

So you already have 6kw of lights and ballasts? What im saying is i would have bought a meter instead. And a chiller and gone with less lights and dry nutes.

carbon filter is good and RO if your tap is bad. my tap is 80ppm (.16EC) and I find it unnecessary
 
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ohio420fam

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firsttimeARE said:
A meter is essential. So is enviroment.

So you already have 6kw of lights and ballasts? What im saying is i would have bought a meter instead. And a chiller and gone with less lights and dry nutes.

carbon filter is good and RO if your tap is bad. my tap is 80ppm (.16EC) and I find it unnecessary
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Tap is 360. Didnt understand much of anything at all about root health when I started so I spent money where I thought it most important. I am looking at a blue lab controller but shit is expensive. I can poor man the temps and humidity pretty easily myself for now.
 
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firsttimeARE

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ohio420fam said:
Tap is 360. Didnt understand much of anything at all about root health when I started so I spent money where I thought it most important. I am looking at a blue lab controller but shit is expensive. I can poor man the temps and humidity pretty easily myself for now.
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Just get a Titan controller I use their Eos for humidity and love it.

Blue lab controller is overkill for a 2-4 plant setup. Though if your setup is remote it will be of great importance.

You could DIY something cheaper with an arduino with raspberry pi. A few peristaltic pumps and an pH and EC probe.

Wiring is simple. Programming is a little more complex but its all open source and published a bunch so finding guides shouldnt be hard.
 
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