One Big Flower Room or Several Small Ones

skinnersone1

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Do you think it is smarter to have one large flower room with 6000 watts or 3 smaller rooms with 2000 watts each? I would be using a combination of 400,600, and 1000 watt lights so could be creative with light placement in 3 individual rooms.

I like the idea of having one big room because the initial cost is less. I would need to buy more fans, timers, temp/CO2/humidity controllers, and various other items if I had individual rooms.

It would be nice to have 3 rooms as each would be independent if one should have a problem with equipment or the plants. Also I could experiment with 3 concepts at once. I have always wanted to go vertical.

Also do you think I would see an increase or decrease in yield. Any comments or suggestions would be helpful.
 
If you can, split the one big flower room into two smaller ones. This way you can use a flip-flop. A flip-flop allows you to use two lights on one ballast. One room is on its light cycle, while the other is on its dark. Say Room A is on its light cycle, and Room B is on its dark. At noon, Room A's lights go off, a B's go on, and then at midnight, A's go back on and B's go off. So the light and dark cycles of the two rooms alternate. This will reduce the risk of a noticeable power signuature, and you cut your ballast costs in half :bigjoint:


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