How much longer to fill these screens and flip?

I think you should throw a milk crate or something under the pot, the screen should be much closer to the pot IMO. Mine are always aggressively smashed up into the screen lol.

HydroNito305 said:

So it all sums up to having a good light:canopy ratio and proper pot size, not plant count, correct?

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Pretty much. Plant count just lets you have more canopy with less veg. Because higher plant count doeant take as long, its considered more yield for the money spent. I see you have not fixed your run-off tray yet. Please please please! Let the run-off drain lol

SPLFreak808 said:

Pretty much. Plant count just lets you have more canopy with less veg. Because higher plant count doeant take as long, its considered more yield for the money spent. I see you have not fixed your run-off tray yet. Please please please! Let the run-off drain lol

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Yea man tell me about it! I've been looking around for the last 3 days for a solution to that problem with no avail. I got milk crates but that's way too tall. I think Ima try like some masonry bricks or something.

GuyLeDuche said:

I think you should throw a milk crate or something under the pot, the screen should be much closer to the pot IMO. Mine are always aggressively smashed up into the screen lol.

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I can't put the screen any lower because I didn't top them soon enough, any lower and I'll surely snap something. You we're probably looking at the pictures of when they were in the 5 gallon pots, now that they're in the much taller 15 gallon pots the screens are a much closer to the rims of the pots, which has also brought the plants up and higher into the screens.

SPLFreak808 said:

Yeah well, thats up to you. I dont think it will increase the yield to actually make up for the electricity spent. Maybe you could turn it on from week 4-6 of flower to help bulk up the plant a bit then shut it back off.

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4' x 9.75' = 39 sq ft.
3000w / 39 sq ft. = 76.923 watts per sq ft.
Not to shabby.

HydroNito305 said:

4' x 9.75' = 39 sq ft.
3000w / 39 sq ft. = 76.923 watts per sq ft.
Not to shabby.

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Next time fill under all 3 lights then use all 3. Not shabby at all but watch those temps.

SPLFreak808 said:

Next time fill under all 3 lights then use all 3. Not shabby at all but watch those temps.

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With only the 2k that I'm running now, I stay within the range of 68f - 78f, depending on the weather outside. With all 3k running it ranges around 78f - 88f, also weather dependent. Those temperatures should be fine, right?

HydroNito305 said:

With only the 2k that I'm running now, I stay within the range of 68f - 78f, depending on the weather outside. With all 3k running it ranges around 78f - 88f, also weather dependent. Those temperatures should be fine, right?

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for the most part yes. I try to stay under 80 by the last 4 weeks of flower. Honestly i would flower those two with just the two lights on. The extra heat won't really help flower density from all those hid's its pretty much overkill with all 3.

SPLFreak808 said:

for the most part yes. I try to stay under 80 by the last 4 weeks of flower. Honestly i would flower those two with just the two lights on. The extra heat won't really help flower density from all those hid's its pretty much overkill with all 3.

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Even with CO2 supplementation?

HydroNito305 said:

Even with CO2 supplementation?

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Scrap the c02 in flower. Heat is heat. No amount of c02 is gonna make up for the high temps in flower. In veg, yes go for it.