Water from my tap and 1st indoor grow

My water tests 5.5-6.0 ph and 22 ppm from the tap, its a deep bore well. Im now starting to grow indoors too. From a logistics point of view. I believe that I should have went hydroponic instead of coco/perlite. I realize i can reuse most of this gear for other grows but the costs have been a lot higher than i expected. 4 cubic feet of coco was around 100 dollars and 15-20 for 2 cubic feet of perlite. Im already committed to this grow. But 2 30 gallon totes, air and water pumps, air stones etc would have been far less expensive, I believe. Im growing 2 indica dominate strains 1st. My hydro setup will sativa dominate. Im really looking forward to LST, and tweaking these plants to get the most out of them. Im feeding them Jacks Jacks hydro 321 fertilizer. 5-12-26 and 15-0-0 are the NPK values. I tested it on a seedling from a bag and tomatoes..They all responded very well. Ill start everything on advanced nutrients and GH cal mag. Then work in the jacks after they're stable. I have 1.5 x 1.5 times 2 flower coverage and 3 x 3 coverage (optimal coverage ) with 3 LEDs. I believe that its plenty for 6 plants in 5 gal smart pots. I used 1 1/4 inch PVC to build my light stand. its 5 x5 feet. I can raise it by adding 2 cement blocks. i think all my bases are covered. Growing FB Gorilla glue and FB Zkittlez autos for my 1st grow inside and going with a sativa next time

My only question is what lights again? How many actual from the wall watts? What kind full spectrum or blurple? Those “optimal coverages” sound like light manufacturers advertising bs. For quality LED you want 30-40 actual watts per sq ft. More for blurple lights and more all around for sativas.

Using Valspectra par600 and 2 Mars hydro lights. I forget the actual draw of watts but the par readings are excellent at this coverage. the par600 will need to be a lot higher than the 2 mars lights. Heres the model of the light stand i built. i changed the dimensions to 5x5 feet. If this grow goes well. I am switching to those new bulbs. DCS? I forget. They're similar to hps bulbs but are more economical

You can make the stand as high as the ceiling will allow and the use yoyo hangers to raise and lower. Much easier. There should be a sticker right on the lights that gives the amperage. Multiply that by voltage to get watts. You have a PAR meter?

The Viparspectra is probably good for 7 sqft. Max.

Merlin1147 said:

You can make the stand as high as the ceiling will allow and the use yoyo hangers to raise and lower. Much easier. There should be a sticker right on the lights that gives the amperage. Multiply that by voltage to get watts. You have a PAR meter?

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Yes. I have a meter. I used to grow saltwater corals too. And par is even more important. im not home but can look up the watts. I chose the mars hydro because of the reviews and price point, incase i couldn't commit to growing indoors. Now that I know i can, ill look for the best lights within my budget. Hang on and ill get the information

The mars lights pull 100w each from the wall and the par600 is 240w or 280w draw. All 3 are designed to compete with hps 600. The mars lights are 591 per at 18 inches and the par600 is 1021 at 18in

591 × 2 + 1021. Actual par numbers