500 lights where? Under the central mall? May I ask how big should be your warehouse to cover 48 lights?
What ventilation do you use to maintain temperature of such area? What is you reservoir capacity to water the whole field?
What potting medium do you use? Do you realize thats 1200 plants potting mixture that has to be replaced after each harvest? Do you understand a Hermie equals to field full of seeds?
Do you change lights over veg and flower? How often do you have ballast failior?
Single person would hardly manage to maintenance 48 light area from seed to harvest.
Not to mention distribution.
And yet again more than 12k setup is a waste of money. I even consider 12k a waste of money.
For a grand you can cover a whole garden with screen and grow a few plants outdoors.
For a little more you make a green house. If you are a professional grower you would have constant harvest all year around.
Cheaper costs and more efficient light source.
Jesus Christ. Ignorance is bliss.
1. Northern California and Southern Washington. Seen multiple 500 light setups when I was out there. Saw a 250 light setup when I was in Colorado.
2. 40ftx50ft
3. A total of 8 36k mini splits cools the 48 lights. 6k per 1000. Their is no "ventilation". They are sealed rooms.
4. 125 gallon Rez per 12 thousands watts.
5. Promix cut with oyster shell flour, ewc and perlite. The leftover goes to a compost pile and will b used in vegi garden.
6. 3 gallon grow bags. Less than 5 cents a piece. Replace every time.
7. Hermies lol I grow from clones, the same strain for 6 years.
8. I have a dedicated veg room that runs 4 1000w mh bulbs. I use the same mh bulbs the first week or so of flower to help with transition to flower from veg.
9. No ballast failed yet. Had an ac fuck up, but that's what they make high temp shut offs for. No damage done.
10. There isn't much to it. Trimming is the most work. Second is cloning. other than moving plants around and training on trellis in flower I don't have anything else to do. The watering system is 100% automated.
11. Not sure how you consider an investment with a 100% return in 4 months is a "waste of money". Show me ANY other investment that sees that kind of return.
Outdoor is not an option, while I'd love to, I can't.
12. I harvest 12 lights every two weeks, how is that not harvesting year around?
