I need experienced member(s) advice

puffpuffPASSEDOUT

Well-Known Member
Ok so lets say you have a 12x12 room and you want to grow budd. you have 50 seeds and want 50 plants. 40 green house fem Bubba kush's , 7 freebies, and 3 dutch passion fem'd blueberry. Im going with a dwc bucket system.

Im thinking 4 1000w lights should be enough. What ya think? .... also any ideas/issues you want to address please let me know
 

CanniMed

Member
You could use four, but I would use five. That is one 1000w for every 10 plants. I would use more than five (or fill lights), but I am addicted to lumens :)
 

ganjaluvr

Well-Known Member
yeah, I have an issue and some advice for ya.

your going to be running 4,000 watts. that's alot of fucking energy your going to be sucking up each month.

more than likely.. the electric company is going to notice the amount of amps/energy your using each day/week/month.

Also, 4k watts.. in a 12x12 foot room... your going to have heat issues. Major ones at that... it could be done.. don't get me wrong.

But.. your pushing the limits a little too far.

Good luck on not getting caught man.. your gonna need it with a setup like that.

unless your a legal grower.. but from the sound of it.. doesn't sound like your legal.

either way, best of luck to ya's. lol..


peace.
 

puffpuffPASSEDOUT

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The house im in doesnt have central air so i dont use that much electric as is. I know i need a shit ton of light for all these plants.

Also what does it matter what the electric co thinks? If my bill is on time then i shouldnt have any problems. A typical house consumes 5000 watts on average a month. If i consume 6000-7000 i dont think they will notice.

Please correct me if im wrong.

BTW: my lights will have cooltubes and there own inline fan.
 

WhiteWidower123

Active Member
The house im in doesnt have central air so i dont use that much electric as is. I know i need a shit ton of light for all these plants.

Also what does it matter what the electric co thinks? If my bill is on time then i shouldnt have any problems. A typical house consumes 5000 watts on average a month. If i consume 6000-7000 i dont think they will notice.

Please correct me if im wrong.

BTW: my lights will have cooltubes and there own inline fan.
Electric companies can often be the begining of your down fall, they dont care about the average house, they care about the average for YOUR house. If you brought ur usage up 4000 watts over a year or so youd be fine, but all at once? no fucking way.

Also cool tubes are great and all but they dont eliminate heat
what are you doing for odor?
are your walls insulated, 4000-5000 watts in a 12X12 room is going to make that room redder than a motherfucker on a thermo scan.
 

WhiteWidower123

Active Member
I guess if you want advice i wasnt being very helpfull. What I would do? 5 lights for sure, i like 1000 watts to every 9 plants so i might even go 6! But at the same time id insulate ur place, set up a vent system that will be introducing new air and expelling old air externally, build a false floor or your foundation is ganna light up, and for 50 plants you need 2 or 3 carbon scrubbers PLUS Ozone, thats alot of stank...
 

LT1RX7 Drifter

Active Member
do a nft stadium grow with 3 1000watt lights you can have more plants and use less space and even bigger yields, cool tubes will gain you nothing, its about light over lap and proper care, not how many light to use
 

puffpuffPASSEDOUT

Well-Known Member
I was under the impression that in maryland they arent allowed to do thermo heli scans. Even though the room while be insulated. Should i worry about thermo scans? :-/

Odor shouldnt be an issue. i have a 4 foot charcol filter and 700cfm inline CAN fan.

The area im in is very secluded. Neighbors are atleast 100 yards away. with woods to the back.



The primary yield is 5lbs. 4 is acceptable, but im really looking for 100 zips.
 

LT1RX7 Drifter

Active Member
reread my last post, plant rosemary and other smelly herbs out side the home and use them for cooking and cover-up the stank, not to mention it will keep pest away from your grow
 

puffpuffPASSEDOUT

Well-Known Member
do a nft stadium grow with 3 1000watt lights you can have more plants and use less space and even bigger yields, cool tubes will gain you nothing, its about light over lap and proper care, not how many light to use
Ive always like the idea of a stadium grow but its complicated. Between the watering system, and positioning and lollipopping of the plants.... but its still on the table.

I really wanted to go with a DWC bucket system to optimize growth and yield. ... How about this:

6 600w on track movers? ...sound better?
 

WhiteWidower123

Active Member
thermal scans are illegal nation wide
No dude, definately not true. You need a warrant in order for them to be usable in court, but they arnt illegal. They can be used in 1 of two ways;

1) we are on to you, we have evidence, we are getting a warrant and this will seal the deal for a search
2) we think you may be growing, we are going to do an illegal scan and not tell you, if it turns out positive we are going to watch you like a hawk.

Keep in mind, police dont need a warrant to do ANYTHING! they just need a warrant if they want to use it in court. Sure, they say its illeagal to do scans and to enter your property but thats a bunch of BS, whens the last time u heard of a cop even losing his job due to illeagal activity? killing and beatin people everyday. In fact theyve even been putting tracking devices on cars without warrants lately, and the supreme court said they had the right to do it as long as they wherent entering LOCKED private property, so they can even do it if ur car is on ur own damn property, they just cant break any locks to get to your car.

Should you be worried about thermo scans? probably not, they usually only use it if they already have you. But you dont want to be the unlucky son of a bitch whos house lights up when they are searching for a fugitive or doing training with the thermo equipment, it just leads bad places...
 

SmokinJoe113

Active Member
I was under the impression that in maryland they arent allowed to do thermo heli scans. Even though the room while be insulated. Should i worry about thermo scans? :-/

Odor shouldnt be an issue. i have a 4 foot charcol filter and 700cfm inline CAN fan.

The area im in is very secluded. Neighbors are atleast 100 yards away. with woods to the back.



The primary yield is 5lbs. 4 is acceptable, but im really looking for 100 zips.
From what i know, which isnt a whole lot, they cannot do thermal scanning. That doesnt mean that they dont or wont use it, they just wont admit that they actually used thermal scanning to find you.
 

Saltrock

Active Member
You will be lucky to get 50 females. I am sure some of your 50 seeds are going to turn hermie, some just dont turn out right and look funky. If you wanted 50 seeds you should have germed 65. Personally 50 plants seems too much for for your grow space. I cant imaging you can let them veg longer then 2 weeks with out getting over crowding. YOu want to do some DWC buckets?

Peace
SALT
 
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