30-35 plant hydroponic grow room. Need tips.

[TheBillCollecto]

I plan to start off with only a few plants, but eventually want to harvest 2.5 - 3 lbs of HIGH quality every 3-4 months. I don't want to skimp on the setup. To achieve my desired yields, I assume I'll be needing 35 plants (35 x 1.25 = 43.75/16 = 2.7 lbs)

I have a few questions.

Are my expectations of getting between 2.5 to 3 lbs off of 35 plants reasonable?

For optimum results (large yields, high THC level, quick harvests etc) for 30-35 plants in a 5x6 area what should my LIGHT SETUP be (i.e. 400/600/1000 WATTAGE vs # of MH to HPS to standard tube lights) ?

Are ozone generators effective?

Are universal MH/HPS lights just as good as getting one of each?

After purchasing seeds from Dr Chronic or Gypsy, how many quality plants can I expect per 10 seeds?

Is the following AeroFlo2 36 Site Hydroponic system a good buy at $550 and will it work for 35 plants yielding an avg of 1.25 per?

http://cgi.ebay.com/AeroFlo2-36-SITE...QQcmdZViewItem

Thanks in advance to anyone who can answer all or any of the questions I have!

[PURPLE_TREES]

billcollector-I assume this is your first grow. You are gonna need to read up on all this a tad bit more. there are many factors your going to need to consider. but to answer the questions you asked:
if you run that aero system you gonna want to run a 1000w switchable MH/HPS over it.
Yes ozone generators are effective but you could also run a carbon filter attached to a good exhaust fan.
Try and start from a good strain from clone. You can use seeds but they dealing with male or female/ finding a good mom might slow your process down. unless your using feminized seeds of course...Try and read up as much as you can about growing to make sure you dont jump in too fast.

Yield: it will be strain dependent and veg time dependent. Since that system is spaced so close together you might wanna go 12/12 from clone to keep the plants smaller

[Don Piano]

Expecting that much out of a 5x6 area with 35 plants is reasonable, but everything must be done correctly to even get that much. I'd say with the right strain, and optimal conditions, you could get 4 LBS out of that space.
As said above, strain will help you make certain decisions as far as cycle. Cloning will be your best bet for control over your space. You could make the box with a 4x5 flower chamber and have a 2x5 section with some fluoros for a mom and vegging clones. You can do a perpetual harvest by adding new clones every week or so and still get great yields every week or so if you desire. Or you can just cut all of the clones at once and yield every 2-2.5 months
I agree with the switchable 1000watt ballast.
I Also Agree with the cloning.

If you did not buy fem seeds (which to me are a waste of money because most of the time you still end up weeding out hermies instead of weding out males) the breakdown is usually this (not saying this is the truth, but close to)

10 seeds
8 germinate
4 are female
2 females are strong
1 Great mom out of the 2 good fems. Then clone away.

Now your number of females (and strong females for cloning) may be higher, but this is an average expectation.

Build that smae aeroFlo out of PVC yourself (just search around for a design, or find the schematics of how the areoflo is setup and make your own design) That will save you about $300 or more.

Ozone is ok, but better off used outside the grow area to mask any odors that do get too strong for a carbon filter, and for odors that leak out when you open up the chamber. Use a good carbon scrubber.

Do the homework, it will pay off in the end. If it is your first grow, do not do too elaborate of a setup, get to know the habits of the MJ plant first on a small scale before aiming for the skies.

What I have said here is to spark your interest in what the possibilities of growing are further. I mean no disrespect.

[Dewave]

Don's on the money!

I have smaller space and produce about the as you mentioned, do a search for dewaves grow room,,, sorry I'm too lazy to attach it to my signature, lol.

I highly suggest a perpetual grow as you will hate harvesting that much, I average about 14-15 oz's per month which is tolerable.

Good luck

Dewave

[Don Piano]

14-15z's a month. Very nice. What's the size, D?

[NorCalHal]

Originally Posted by TheBillCollecto

I plan to start off with only a few plants, but eventually want to harvest 2.5 - 3 lbs of HIGH quality every 3-4 months.

Are my expectations of getting between 2.5 to 3 lbs off of 35 plants reasonable?

For optimum results (large yields, high THC level, quick harvests etc) for 30-35 plants in a 5x6 area what should my LIGHT SETUP be (i.e. 400/600/1000 WATTAGE vs # of MH to HPS to standard tube lights) ?

Are ozone generators effective?

Are universal MH/HPS lights just as good as getting one of each?

After purchasing seeds from Dr Chronic or Gypsy, how many quality plants can I expect per 10 seeds?

Is the following AeroFlo2 36 Site Hydroponic system a good buy at $550 and will it work for 35 plants yielding an avg of 1.25 per?

http://cgi.ebay.com/AeroFlo2-36-SITE...QQcmdZViewItem

Thanks in advance to anyone who can answer all or any of the questions I have!

You can acheive that goal in the space you have. Personally, I like to bang out the whole room at once. With the sea of green method, you will have to seperate what you feed newly planted girls from the ones that have been budding out for a while.
This is basically a growers choice and your ability to manage your harvest, meaning, can you hang on to the smoke until your NEXT harvest.

In order to hit the 2.5-3lbs a click, you will need 2-600w lites at a MINIMUM. You can figure a good grower will hit about a lb a lite. I would say use 1000's, but it will be hot unless you aircool the lites. I know alot of folks say 1 gram per watt, but that is VERY hard to hit consistently.

Never used an ozone generator, I use Carbon filters.


I perfer using MH for veg then HPS for flowering, using a switchable ballast. This set up will totally depend on weather or not you go sea of green or bang out the room all at once.

Seeds, not much help here, I am clone master.


Aeroponics for a begginer is not the way to go, imho.

[Dewave]

http://forum.grasscity.com/grow-room...grow-room.html

Like I said too lazy to put in my sig... lol

Anyway, NorCalHal and Don Piano are great assets to GC.com and are dead on the money with their advice.

I've been doing what you asked about for some time now and their advice is spot on.

Mind you I have a smaller space but still produce with excellent results with the goals that you have set.

The key is knowing your strain, I like AK-47, WW, and Chronic Bud.... and of course proper lighting and environment.

Dewave

[Don Piano]

My bad explaining the SOG for your hydro. So used to soil. Hals right, the nute thing will be a bitch, but You still can do a perpetual harvest with one res and same nute schedule. You just have to have 3-4 small moms and take all of your clones at one time.

Ohh thats right, D. You are the guy I talked about before with the hidden room in the wall. Been a while since I recapped your post. You are a do-er. When I first saw your post, I did not know how to +rep. Gotta get there and do that. Peace

[turborunner]

From the sound of things you need to do more research before making any moves. Anyways you are simply not going to jump out having done little research and grow 2-3lbs on a single 1000 watt HPS a professional would be put to the test going for those results. You can expect more like a pound every 3-4 months if you do it right.