Vertical Grow vs. Stadium Grow

skinnersone

Active Member
I am interested in what everyone would go with. I kind of like the look of a vertical grow but it seems as though a stadium offers a little more room to work with should your plants big.

Whether I go full vertical or with the stadium I will build each wall on rollers so that I can push it closer to the lights as needed seeing as I can't bring the lights to the plants like a regular flat grow.

All the lamps will use Cool Tubes so I can keep temps down and keep the plants as close to the light as possible.

If I went with the with the stadium I was thinking 2 sets of 3 tiered lights with 1000 watt on top, then 600, then 400 at the bottom. I think this would be the best use of light as the bottom rows of plants are so much further out than the top row.

With a vertical garden I would use 600 watt ballasts.
 

headbandrocker

Well-Known Member
Youd be suprised the bottom plants get alot of love!
6 lights vertically,thats a bit of overkill imho.If you go stadium,overlapping light is key
run all 6 side by side! Cool tubes are cool but better to hang them vertically.
I was torn between the 2 also,but chose stadium for its easy to tear down setup.
Good luck with yer room! Hbr
 

Troglodyte

Active Member
So you can run 4K in lights? Are you using existing lights or are you free to buy what you decide upon?
What are the room dimensions you're working in?
 

Phinxter

Well-Known Member
cool tubes in a stadium setup rocks ... just remove the inner reflector and hang vertically which gives you 360 degree lighting and the benefit of not heating up your room
 
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