Basement grow room planning.

Hey all.

I'm still pretty new to the forum but as I'm in the planning phase for setting up a medicinal grow in MA, most likely in a converted basement, I figured I might as well share what I'm thinking and bounce some ideas of the experts here.



Here's what I'm piecing together with the assistance of a friend who's setup rooms in other states and manages a hydroponics store nearby.

12 x 1800w BloomBoss LED Flower
4 x 1800w BloomBlass LED Veg
(these lights are developed by the hydro store down the road and include adjustments for different cycles, most interesting to me is that they cover the spectrum I want, are adjustable, and only pull like 700w each.

Thinking I'll tent the flower in a 10'x20' and put my sativas in there and another 10'x10' for my indica dom couchlock, we have a lot of patients in recovery from opiods out this way who strongly prefer that narcotic/knock out (coincidentally if anyone has a recommendation for a killer body stone high producing not to fussy indica i'm still open to ideas but kinda leaning towards going with a bodhi-blue tara or jabba's stash). But realistically I'm considering shortness of flower and gram to watt yield over my preferences as I plan to get that side up and funding the rest sooner.

Basically I'm looking at 4 x 7gal for each 5'x5' with an 1800w in each 5'x5'. Then for my version of perpetual I'll run it like old school crop rotation, taking out 4 plants (one 5'x5' minicube) for trim and replacing them with the next vegged out clones.

So far my partner is focusing on veganic growing methods and we're both hoping to find some amazing mammas to bring a variety of top shelf sativas (so far I'm thinking Satori n 8 Miles High from Mandala, Soma's NYC Diesel, Privada Reserve's (prolly backwards) sour d, and barney's farm's laughing buddha.

I'm looking to start 1 sativa and my indica/indica dom first to give myself room to get mothers.

I'd be interested in any thoughts of further questions for what we're thinking, I'm trying not to get too deep into it haha.

I'm most interested in learning about phenotypes for each strain and developing relationships with seed banks that I am most interested in (which I've gathered from lurking are the organics like hazeman, mandala, bohdi, soma, and I'm sure i'll pick up more.

Thanks for taking a peak.

Your planning on buying 16 700ish watt led panels? Are you a millionaire? Bloomboss 600ws are about a dollar a watt from what I can see....

Their draw is 700ish watt. They're 1800 watt led panels that come in at 1850 but I can get for closer to 1600 per.
I am going for funding next month to achieve this. I like the idea of LEDs b/c it solves other issues (replacing bulbs, easier to control temperature) and because even though it's a high startup cost it's creates a lower operating expense and I furthermore I can amortize the capital expenses up front over time as they're meant to last 5 years+. Looking to generate over 1:1 and more like 2:1 for my indica.

You will want to check the coverage on those LED lights. According to their webpage, it will only cover a 2x2 area adequately. There are much better companies out there using better LED technology. Visit the LED section of this site to get a feel for what's out there before you buy these.

Thanks maine, ya given my 'advisor' also works for the co that makes them... hence why i'm here starting my due dilligence hehe.
The manufacture measures them for a 5'x5' so it's interesting to see that it is much less. Great info. Thank you!

Maine_Coast said:

You will want to check the coverage on those LED lights. According to their webpage, it will only cover a 2x2 area adequately. There are much better companies out there using better LED technology. Visit the LED section of this site to get a feel for what's out there before you buy these.

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Those tests are over a square meter. The height is 24"...


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kmog33 said:

Those tests are over a square meter. The height is 24"...


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kmog33 said:

Those tests are over a square meter. The height is 24"...


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Yes, I was referring to adequate coverage. The chart is labeled in feet. After the 2 foot mark, that panel really drops off. It is advertised as an 1800 watt panel, but only draws 700 watts and costs $1600. For the price of these units, that is crazy! A DIY 3590 light would be more efficient (56% @1.4A), better coverage and cost less. Also, there are great companies in the LED section with far better lights at comparable pricing. With a little research, he will find a better LED light or maybe even decide to build his own.

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Yes, I was referring to adequate coverage. The chart is labeled in feet. After the 2 foot mark, that panel really drops off. It is advertised as an 1800 watt panel, but only draws 700 watts and costs $1600. For the price of these units, that is crazy! A DIY 3590 light would be more efficient (56% @1.4A), better coverage and cost less. Also, there are great companies in the LED section with far better lights at comparable pricing. With a little research, he will find a better LED light or maybe even decide to build his own.

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I agree with all of the DIY stuff you mentioned. I think that light would probably adequately cover a 3x3 though. Granted 700 watts is a lot for a 3x3


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