Maine Grower15
Member
it's at 16x16 gunna be a flowering room as I have a large tent for veg how would you setup this space?
New room setup ideas
- Thread starter Maine Grower15
- Start date
Maine Grower15
Member
Room is 8 ft high
bulletwithwings
Active Member
4 gavitas
jijiandfarmgang
Well-Known Member
4 lights aren't going to light up a 16x16
16x16 is pretty large for a flowering setup. Whats your budget and or goals?
- Jiji
16x16 is pretty large for a flowering setup. Whats your budget and or goals?
- Jiji
Maine Grower15
Member
Pretty much unlimited like 25k and I want large loucous healthy plants
Maine Grower15
Member
It's for a really good friend of mine I told him I would post and get some ideas for him
Carolina Dream'n
Well-Known Member
8 ft ceilings, gavitas and big plants don't mix well.
Your gonna have to keep them short if you wanna grow with DE in that space. Which is the only HID I recommend at this point, other than CMH.
I'd put 9 1000 watt DE in that space if you can do smaller plants. Pretty much canopy space from wall to wall with small areas to walk through.
SE 1000s or DE 600s are an option if you wanna stay with bigger plants.
Your gonna have to keep them short if you wanna grow with DE in that space. Which is the only HID I recommend at this point, other than CMH.
I'd put 9 1000 watt DE in that space if you can do smaller plants. Pretty much canopy space from wall to wall with small areas to walk through.
SE 1000s or DE 600s are an option if you wanna stay with bigger plants.
Maine Grower15
Member
His goal is to lst the plant to an even canopy probably 4ft at max for plant height I'm thinking 6 feet for the lights
Carolina Dream'n
Well-Known Member
Then 1000w DE probably isn't an option. Look into 600w DE. I'd use 16 in that room.
Maine Grower15
Member
Awesome thank you!!!
Carolina Dream'n
Well-Known Member
Gonna need at least 5 tons of AC to cool that room. I'd go with 6 tons to account for the large room size too.
patrickkawi37
Well-Known Member
"Pretty much unlimited" and 25k are quite a bit different from each other... 25k is a budget grow in something this size. And LEDs are out of the question for That investment. Not that they are worth using anyways .. But 8 foot ceiling is going to fuck you if plant count is a factor . Are you trying to use th entire room as canopy or are you trying to have walk ways and work space?
Maine Grower15
Member
1 or 2 walkways maybe
patrickkawi37
Well-Known Member
I would do 6 lights then in that room
dscorpion
Well-Known Member
Could you elaborate please. Does 600w have better penetration due being closer to plants?
Carolina Dream'n
Well-Known Member
It's the fact that those 1000w DE have to be kept so far away from the canopy. Minimum of 36 inch.
So because the ceiling is only 8 ft high got to keep the bottom of reflector 36 inches from canopy. You only have 4.5 feet of space for plants. No room for flood trays or dwc buckets. Might be able to get away with drain to waste on the floor.
I choose DE 600s over SE 1000 because in my experience they perform so close to each other there isn't a point to run the extra watts. The SE 1000 will have slightly more penetration than a DE 600. But not enough to warrant the extra power.
DE is the most effecient hid on the market (maybe the 315cmh but anyways) to get SE would be like buying outdated computers.
patrickkawi37
Well-Known Member
I'm about to be finished with my run and I really don't see a big yield difference in the DE compared to SE. I am surprised
Carolina Dream'n
Well-Known Member
Interesting. I saw the difference the first run.
What brand reflector ballast and bulb?
patrickkawi37
Well-Known Member
I have a gavita 1k and a nanolux 1k with the Philips green power bulb . The others are raptors SE .
Carolina Dream'n
Well-Known Member
I hate those Phillips bulbs. The spectrum sucks ass IMO. Solis tek bulbs for the win.
I hope you see more results durin weigh on under those two.
I hope you see more results durin weigh on under those two.