god damn flo you rock!!
i got a couple ?'s for you if you dont mind
I'm getting ready to build a real similar setup as this but in a 5x6 area. I plan on one shelf made the same as yours with drip to match and the floor row will be an ebb&gro bucket system i already have. For lighting I was thinking a 60" cooltube w/ a 1000 on top and a 600 on the bottom(already have the 1000)tube will have outside to outside venting at about 250cfm. And a 8" vortex pushin thru a big ass scrubber.
How close doyou thinki could get the plants to the light tube?
what gph is you dripper pump, how much how often?
Do you think a screen would help out with final yeilds?
And last i talked to the guy at my hydro shop and he said that the lights hung vertical only covers about a foot and a half horizontly, Is he Full of shit?Id think the light would come out in more of a 360* pattern then straight of the sides
any suggestion you could give me would be very helpful thanks
a 1000 light i would imagine that if your plants finish bout 2 feet from the light you will be fine.. my 600s finish about a foot away bare bulb
my pump is like 500+ gph, depending on the medium i feed anywhere from 4-8 times a day..
a screen will help hold em up, but unless you did a scrog type screen it wont make a huge difference..
no it does not cover a foot and a half.. as you can see i have 2 600w bulbs that cover about 6 feet vertical.. it is a tad more intense in the middle but there is not a huge difference. he probably has never grown vertically and is telling you what the reflector dealers tell him LOL
send me a link to your journal and ill see what i can do
and round 3 has started, i am waiting till i start flowering to show off my new goodies haha