MekongDeltaBlues
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I'm going to be setting up with a friend who is a semi-experienced grower, me less so, and I've got a couple of questions as to the neccesity of some aspects of his planned set up. My main questions are re lighting and how much is too much.
The plan is basically 10 plants in a 2mx2m tent, in oxy pots, decent in/out extraction, and 4 600w HPS. Is this going over the top with the amount of light? I should add that my friend is a semi-experienced grower but likes to throw a lot of cash at his grows, wheras I'd like to limit initial/ongoing costs as much as poss, so I was wondering if 2400 watt is way too much for the space and amount of plants?
He says the four lights are neccesary for even light distribution/canopy, but I'd like to know, for sake of set up cost/electric cost, whether 4 400w would do just as well? My thinking being, less heat=slightly smaller extractor required, also saving cash/electric. And also, after introducing plants to the main tent from the veg room, my friend uses 2 600 HPS to grow them up until he flips the light and adds the other 2 600's, am I correct in thinking it would be better to use 2 400w MH for this stage of veg because of the bluer spectrum=less stretch/shorter internodes?
I'm aware to a certain extent it's a case of the more light the better, I just don't want to be burning electric unneccasarily if I could yield the same using less. Has anyone got a link to a basic lumens/watt per square foot chart or something, as a guide to help me? I'd really appreciate more experienced growers input on this, for example, if you had a 2x2m tent, what would be your IDEAL set up to max yield? My friend pulls between 40-50oz from his set ups as described, so pretty good but is the same possible with slightly less light/power being burned?
Thanks in advance for for any help on the subject.![Smile :) :)](/styles/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
The plan is basically 10 plants in a 2mx2m tent, in oxy pots, decent in/out extraction, and 4 600w HPS. Is this going over the top with the amount of light? I should add that my friend is a semi-experienced grower but likes to throw a lot of cash at his grows, wheras I'd like to limit initial/ongoing costs as much as poss, so I was wondering if 2400 watt is way too much for the space and amount of plants?
He says the four lights are neccesary for even light distribution/canopy, but I'd like to know, for sake of set up cost/electric cost, whether 4 400w would do just as well? My thinking being, less heat=slightly smaller extractor required, also saving cash/electric. And also, after introducing plants to the main tent from the veg room, my friend uses 2 600 HPS to grow them up until he flips the light and adds the other 2 600's, am I correct in thinking it would be better to use 2 400w MH for this stage of veg because of the bluer spectrum=less stretch/shorter internodes?
I'm aware to a certain extent it's a case of the more light the better, I just don't want to be burning electric unneccasarily if I could yield the same using less. Has anyone got a link to a basic lumens/watt per square foot chart or something, as a guide to help me? I'd really appreciate more experienced growers input on this, for example, if you had a 2x2m tent, what would be your IDEAL set up to max yield? My friend pulls between 40-50oz from his set ups as described, so pretty good but is the same possible with slightly less light/power being burned?
Thanks in advance for for any help on the subject.
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