Ok I'm setting up my first grow set up and just wanted to ask a few questions. The space I'm using is a closet dimensions are 89 inch long 21 inch wide 96 inch tall This is just how I'm starting out. I have a 108 inch x 162 inch room I'm setting up over the next 6 months but I want to get a grow under my belt in the mean time... I'm going to use a hps and led combo for lighting. So here are my questions. 1. What is the optimal watts per sq foot? 2. If running fast small autos can I pack them in there tight in 3gal or 5 gal grow bags as long as the light is right? 3. How do I vent and control temp in a closet? I want to use 2 high end low watt digital hps over head and fill the rest out led. Sent from my LGL33L using Grasscity Forum mobile app
I think I'm going to go with either 2 250watt hps or 1 600watt hps and 2 150watt agro max pro led with 6 13 watt led tricomb grow bulbs Sent from my LGL33L using Grasscity Forum mobile app
With the closet being so long I'm worried about 1 600watt hps not covering.. Sent from my LGL33L using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Yeah I can fit ten 5 gal grow bags so 8 will work well. With it being such a narrow space will the Mylar lining on the wall hurt the plants if they are in direct contact with it? Also is there a good way to maybe mount the leds under the plants to get better penetration to the lower branches? Thanks for the help I really want to do this right.. Sent from my LGL33L using Grasscity Forum mobile app
well it wont hurt butbthe plant will grow a bit funny just lst and tie plants where you can tonstop that i lpoat my pic of my 2ftx 2ft and and i had 4 thonthe pic shows 3 as onle plant was done earlyer but was just as big. As for the led if you can tie them to a stick you could pop the sticl in the soil and have it pointing up the plant if you want but most autos unless growing super autos wpnt get particulay tall the hps couldnt penetrate. this was the other one. way before chop
Wow your getting some really good production!! I'm excited to get started.. Thanks for the help Loki I will post pics when the room is complete Sent from my LGL33L using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Don't shoot yourself in the foot by overcrowding the space. As far as I'm concerned, you can't put too much light in a flower room. But your problem is going to be dealing with the heat emitted by the hps light(s). You'll need to use cooled hood reflectors and set up an inline fan and ducting to carry the heat out of the space or it's going to get way too hot in there with that much light. LEDs don't produce near the heat that other forms of lighting do, but they still get hot in a confined space. I would use the LEDs overhead if it were me instead of trying to use them as side lighting. I looked them up and those seem to be pretty good lights and should grow killer dense buds. I would go high with the LEDs and use the hps for side lighting...but that's just my thinking. You can trim the bottom half or third of your plants before they go into flower. This will stop the sucker buds that don't develop all the way from pulling nutrition and energy from the development of your tops. Just give it a shot and see how it goes. But I think you'll be happier when you get your room set up and get out of the closet. We converted an unused bedroom, 2/3 flower, 1/3 veg (including the closet in the veg area). I primarily do vegging in the closet space now and all the flowering in the other space. Take your time, do your research and use good equipment in your setup. You won't regret it. In the meantime, research all that you can so you're as informed as possible before you plant a seed. It's much less stressful that way. There are also many threads in the new growers section here with good basic grow info that everyone needs to know when starting one of these. Good luck! Hope all goes well. TWW
Here are the seeds I have coming 5 black cream auto fem from sweet seeds 3 sour crack auto fem from mephisto generics 1 auto critical from advanced seeds 1 trainwreck auto fem from sweet seeds Sent from my LGL33L using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Blacl cream is banging Mephisto genetics are awsome got 4 on the go Critical will yeild well Train wreck is ment to be quite good but not had any myself
I had dark devil by sweet seeds massove cola was so purple heres a pic that just the main cola not the side branches
That looks tasty! I hope i get some nice dark buds! Sent from my SM-G530P using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Ok so everything is really coming along well. Desing is working well gonna get 8 plants in no problem in 5 gal grow bags. I still have a few things i need some help with. 1. Lights. Ok so the main thing i want to achieve is to supplement money by growing by not having to pay for my bud and hopefully make some money from my patients. Me and my wife work very hard for what we have and our son is medically disabled so his medical issues are very expensive. My point here is i can go spend 10k on lights but it defeats the purpose at the moment. Im trying to find a happy medium and get good mid range low cost leds... the lights i like so far are mars, king plus and agromax pro.. any advice on leds guys? Also venting the closet will be hard there are two doors one on each side im thinking of removing a door and then building it into wall with my intake fan and outvents Sent from my SM-G530P using Grasscity Forum mobile app
I have about 3 weeks till seeds land so I want to order lights soon. Im cleaning closet out today cause its my day off at work. I have to remove shelfs and put up mylar Sent from my SM-G530P using Grasscity Forum mobile app
I've been thinking about getting the king plus 1200w recently. What did you find on the actual wattage produced? Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum mobile app