LIGHT IT UP BABY!

so just got my rdwc setup got 8 recirculating. But what's the best lights for a decently cheap price? Looking to spend about 500 to 1000 and need to cover a 10' x 12' room

if you can handle the heat , hps all the way

how many has do you think the room and 8 plants can handle without being too much? The hps i wouldn't mind the heat because I would exhaust to my house for heat during the winter.

4 x 1000w ballasts should cover that area, each covers a 4x4 perfectly your inside 8ft will be good but is consider some lighting for your sides

like vertical or horizontal lighting?

quite new to this just wandering best set ups and everything. Legit first grow and I went with the 8 bucket rdwc setup. Quite proud of the turnout. Auto drain with the same recirculation pump and everything just turning 3 valves and instead of supplying buckets its drains buckets and drains system.

4 on top and for sidelights is get some cheap leds and just hang them wherever your lacking light, if you have never grown vert id suggest a smaller size however you already places your buckets so now you must design lights around those

tbh id just run 2 or 4 sites to dial in your room, less headache

what nutrients are you running? your room size is quite ambitious for a first timer although I admire your go big or go home attitude

kovidkough said:

what nutrients are you running? your room size is quite ambitious for a first timer although I admire your go big or go home attitude

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Yeah thats kinda the way I seen it. Why go half ass when I can go whole ass. But right now as funny as it is miracle grow and calmag. Kinda a experiment. Using old seeds from buds ive had from like 2 years ago and what not. I don't even know where a good place to order seeds are.

get fertilizer designed for hydro, the General Hydro trio its cheap and widely accepted as a all around nutrient line

so like a hydro tea? Or are you talking about the medium for the net pots? As of now the net pots have hydroton.

no your gunna want salt ferts to start out with
alot easier to learn, there is organic hydro im not an expert at that So we shouldn't go diving down that rabbit hole. my suggestion get salt feeds, run a Sterlie reservoir and get from veg thru flower before modifying anything else

this site is great to comb through some advice is alittle dated but alot is stuff that doesn't change https://www.growweedeasy.com/deep-water-culture-faqs

kovidkough said:

no your gunna want salt ferts to start out with
alot easier to learn, there is organic hydro im not an expert at that So we shouldn't go diving down that rabbit hole. my suggestion get salt feeds, run a Sterlie reservoir and get from veg thru flower before modifying anything else

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Sweet man i appreciate the info. Anyway I can view your page to check out your setups and whatnot?

Rusty Lee Shackleford said:

Sweet man i appreciate the info. Anyway I can view your page to check out your setups and whatnot?

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I have a journal running rn in journals section sesrch bar ethos_msnl should pop-up

I run way less wattage only 1.2k but thats plenty for this humble farmer

Where's the journal section? Lol