Bet I see where your coming from.
Any experienced grower tips?
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8 tents?! That's pretty rediculous so you have 8 exhaust fans? I really hope you didn't buy anything start over with the planning
I really just didn't think about it . I thought that was best way now I realize there's so many other ways that are clearly way better. I'm look into renfros set up still. There was just so many replies I'm still going to go back and look into what everybody said as time passes.
Don't plan on more than 4lb your first grow 10 won't ever happen from your setup. If you had 5x5 tents it might be possible but tents are horrible to grow in you will run into alot of problems
I have seven. One for cloning, and three pairs of a 4x4' and 2x4x5'. 4x4's are used for flower, the smaller ones for veg. One pair for production, one for breeding and experiments, and the other for one-off tests, trial runs etc. I've currently only got three of them lit up. I usually tone down the grows in the summer.
Each pair of tents share a single exhaust system, and I distribute heat from the veg tents (24/0) into my flower tents in the winter using custom designed controllers for managing all of the air circulation to ensure an automated and dialed in system.
Veg tents all use a 400W MH lamp, the flower tents either 1000W or 600W HPS.
Are you getting close to 10lb every 3 months from that like the op wants? Or are you saying it's a bad idea for him to use as many tents as you?
Boatguy
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With my limited experience i was able to pull 7 oz with a 2x2.5' tent. That said, it took 5 months seed to smoke.
Having a veg or clone tent greatly speeds harvests
I am not claiming either thing you've stated.
Earlier in the thread I explicitly advised OP that his eyes are far larger than his stomach. My advice was to start small, which will allow a person to expand naturally and organically based on their findings and experiences in the environment they have.
The reasons people prefer tents over rooms are many. I didn't originally intend to have so many tents, but they came easy to me. Having confined spaces is critical to my grows, as I distribute the lamp heat between the tents that are on (24/0) and the flower tents during lights off.
Out of my production flower tent (4x4', 1000W HPS), I regularly pull 1/2-3/4 pound per plant, harvesting two plants every five weeks (only four plants per flower tent at all times). Looking at the math broadly, I'd say yes, I could pull near 10 pounds over three months if I lit up all of my flower tents in the same five week rotation perpetual.
No I haven't. I plan on investing into another tent 10' x 10' tent for a flowering room. I already have a 4' x 4' tent I plan on using for veg. I got one of the t5 4ft 8 lamp lights and 1 1 of the 1000w HPS with cool tube . I also got 1 of those AC Infinity cloudline t6 quiet t6 inline duct fan with temperature humidity controller for the 1000w HPS. I'm going to switch to soil and for sure going to invest into a mini split AC. I got PH meters, lux meters, humidifiers, dehumidifiers etc.... I think I'm going to do something along the lines of 4 plants in 4" plastic nursery pots for seedling, 5 gallon plastic pots for veg , and 7 gallon plastic pots for flowering with loam soil. I plan on investing into just one more 1000w HPS and another AC Infinity cloudline t6 to go with the light and this just be my first set up but that's just where my mind is at right now with it .
U sure I should go 1-1.5 gallon for veg?? That would make more sense to me price wise this loam soil can be expensive for 3 gallon to 5 gallon. I actually am thinking 7 gallon for flowering and 5 gallon veg but I'm assuming I shouldnt do 5 gallon for veg something smaller but how much smaller would u go?
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I'll keep all that in mind and apply it to when I start the grow. Thank u for the advice
I definitely will keep it stable. That's so important to me. That also makes alot of sense. Thank u
I'll keep that in mind when I go to expand . Thank u
I got u I appreciate all the help
JoeBlow5823
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Not sure where your gauging that performance per watt but as far as im concerned with single end bulbs, watts is watts. That being said, look into running a double end 600w hps if you want to go low power route. double end bulbs are 20-30% more efficient. All that extra light literally for free. But if its an open fixture, you gotta hang it high as fuck. If its closed, you have to get one of these, there are no substitution (i LOVE mine)
And on that note, gavita has a DE HPS out that is rated to preform at full efficiency anywhere from 600-750w. That bulb at 750w throws down just as much light as a 1000w HPS single end bulb. Things to consider.....
JimmiP
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Any time. And another piece of advice is, dont skimp out on your soil. Go from an good seedling mix to something like Fox Farms Happy Frog. Then you can stay with that or move them to Ocean Forest. I only mention FF stuff because it is fairly reliable, mostly reasonable in price and is widely available. There are other good mixes that are both more or less expensive. Later you can expand into mixing your own (that's when you'll start really spending money lol).
JimmiP
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Watt for watt there is slightly more light from a 600w single end hps over a kw. The kw also produce more heat energy per watt.
Great post. Sounds like a bunch of experience. I definitely realize everything ur saying now tho. I'm focus on that 4x4 and go from there . Thanks for plenty advice
I got u . I'm get that soil . And yea one day lol
Facts . I will