Help a beginner get into vert growing!

[Growingforpeace]

Yo whats good everyone? I have a large area to work with (and hopefully) two 400 watt hps to work with. I want to have a very high yield and believe a vertical grow is best for this. But i have questions about how to go about this. I was thinking a two tier coliseum grow with the two lights in the center. I was also thinking two separate two tiered coliseums. Or something like this: plant being x light being 0:
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but every plant location being a double stack.

I want a gram per watt, please offer suggestions.

 

[whodatnation]

Your on the right track, but I dont think a 400w will sufficiently cover two levels. I would suggest one level for each light and a 3ft diameter cage for each one. Other than that just make sure access is easy and all the normal things are in check ie: environment/airflow, genetics, plant health ect.

 

[Ou8aCracker2]

Start with donuts like me.If using 1x 400w HPS I'd recommend 4 to 6 plants,flip em so they finish around 3 feet tall.Or stack the 2x 400w HPS bulbs and do a multi level grow.

Ou8acracker2's 3x3x6 400w HPS Vertical grow

I got pretty close to 1gpw in soil with various unknown bagseed and that was my first vertical grow,but then again I've been growing well over 15 years too.

 

[chronicripgrower]

i'm doing a vertical grow also with 400s,that would work for me as well.

 

[GratianHarris]

I may be being modest even, top to bottom production with vert, its the best method to date. No one can challenge this and there is nothing to prove when it's a known fact.

 

[1itsme]

I may be being modest even, top to bottom production with vert, its the best method to date. No one can challenge this and there is nothing to prove when it's a known fact.

It just depends what your growing and the exact set up. some indica dom strains don't seem to like the side lighting so much.

 

[Nuikala]

hmmm....i have a 4x4x7 tent, 600W hps/mh, and a crapload of cfl's. I have 14 strains going under the 600 with 7 extra 26watt cfl's for side lighting.
5 of those plants are still seedlings.
Maybe i will give vert a try, seems to maximize your growing area, i noticed that even after 33 days of veg on my Super Lemon Haze, and 10 days into 12/12 they are only 24 inches tall.
SO MUCH wasted space, the bottom is filled but still have 2/3 of the tent 'empty' above the plants......