Questions about setting up a SOG grow room

I have been doing research for a few days and finding conflicting/unclear information so I am posting all the questions I have about setting my grow room(s) up. I am planning on setting up a flood table with a sea of green type grow. I have a 4X5X10 foot closet and a 3X2X6 foot closet to work with. I have only grown in soil in the past so all I really have so far is a 400W light and some experience.

My plan right now is to put a flood table in the larger closet (the flowering room) and buy another light to use along with the 400W light. Since I will have two lights in the room I'm thinking one should be MH and the other HPS for a more full spectrum. Does it make sense to use both types of light or should they both be HPS?

Secondly, what total wattage do I need for this flowering room? I think another 400W would keep everything even but it seems like that would be more light than I need (800W total), especially since the plants are going to be short (SOG). There's so much conflicting info on the proper wattage/sq foot.

Since I want to keep my plants short I'm thinking my second room 2X3 should just be used to keep a mother plant (What wattage do I need for just a single plant?). I would then take rooted clones from the mother straight to the flowering room (no veg time).

Lastly, In the flowering room I would like to have 2 different groups of plants at 2 different levels of growth for more frequent but smaller harvests. So, lets say I buy a 4X4 flood table, it seems like I should be able to have 16 plants grown SOG style, right? So I could start 8 plants and then add 8 more about a month and a half later. I figure this cycle would allow me to harvest 8 plants about every month and a half.

It seems like it may be problematic to have two different groups on the same flood table though. When the first group of 8 is getting close to harvest I would need to flush them with distilled water. Would I be able to do this if I have 8 other plants on the same table that are no where near ready to harvest? Are there any other problems I would run into?

I would greatly appreciate any answers to these questions as well as any suggestions about how I should set up my grow rooms. I live in southern california and have a cannibis card so I have access to clubs as well as hydroponic shops.

hey well a 600w can cover a 3x3 so a 400w cant cover not much more than 2x2 than.
so if you have 4x5 area id just go for 1 1000
if your able too. that would be and ideal light for your area to work with, full coverage.. and only one light.
and i wouldn't mix the light in the grow room personally... id use just hps if your using it just for flower.
its more about what kinda light they need in there stage of there life. veging plants use the blue spectrum more mimicing spring and the hps mimics the bright red orange sun the coming end of summer.
just what ive learned so far,
and for your other room just keep them under florescent lighting like t5's or cfls, or even one of your 400w with an mh bulb than your good to go man,

and your perpetual idea sounds pretty valid other than you can definatly fit 16 plants on a 2x2 so a 4x4 you could do well up to 60 plants (s.o.g) style tht is

so on a 4x4 your more lookin at harvesting 30 plants every month. you get a good enough strain you should be able to harvest in 2 months. start of flower to end..

and yea if your running one single 4x4 all your plants are recieving from te same water source so if you try to flush your other plants will be effected. now ive read through this al. b guys guide and hes quite literally a master at this setup and he said he never flushes his buds and they burn clean all the time. some people use organic nutrients for that reason they dont gotta flush but organic nutes need something to cling on to first before it can get absorbed by the plant and its some chemical thats not in there cause then it wouldnt be organic.. or some shit like tht. so organic nutes are not as good as they sound from what ive read.

if you wanna check out my grow idea idea its similar in a way but id be harvesting every 2 weeks . its got pics i drew up to give peole a better idea of what i wanna do u should check it out

Jinro said:

hey well a 600w can cover a 3x3 so a 400w cant cover not much more than 2x2 than.
so if you have 4x5 area id just go for 1 1000
if your able too. that would be and ideal light for your area to work with, full coverage.. and only one light.
and i wouldn't mix the light in the grow room personally... id use just hps if your using it just for flower.
its more about what kinda light they need in there stage of there life. veging plants use the blue spectrum more mimicing spring and the hps mimics the bright red orange sun the coming end of summer.
just what ive learned so far,
and for your other room just keep them under florescent lighting like t5's or cfls, or even one of your 400w with an mh bulb than your good to go man,

and your perpetual idea sounds pretty valid other than you can definatly fit 16 plants on a 2x2 so a 4x4 you could do well up to 60 plants (s.o.g) style tht is

so on a 4x4 your more lookin at harvesting 30 plants every month. you get a good enough strain you should be able to harvest in 2 months. start of flower to end..

and yea if your running one single 4x4 all your plants are recieving from te same water source so if you try to flush your other plants will be effected. now ive read through this al. b guys guide and hes quite literally a master at this setup and he said he never flushes his buds and they burn clean all the time. some people use organic nutrients for that reason they dont gotta flush but organic nutes need something to cling on to first before it can get absorbed by the plant and its some chemical thats not in there cause then it wouldnt be organic.. or some shit like tht. so organic nutes are not as good as they sound from what ive read.

if you wanna check out my grow idea idea its similar in a way but id be harvesting every 2 weeks . its got pics i drew up to give peole a better idea of what i wanna do u should check it out

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Could you maybe post a link for that post because i cant find it :/ thanks man.

And uhhwhat, sorry i cant help because a few months back i was gonna do a grow like this but didnt because i was unclear about stuff.