i would use 14 plants under the 1000w use a perpendicular hood with the light vertical put the plants in a circle so the colas are on the edge of the hood with a fan in the middle blowing up at the light to even out the hot air this way you can have your light very low i get 2 lbs dried every time like that!!!
Yield every 2 weeks
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wonderblunder
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I have never heard of a perpendicular hood. Enlighten us. Ypu mean a vertical hood, or a parabolic.
wonderblunder
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What kind of area can you cover with a parabolic with the bulb mountain vertically? I have a parabolic it is 42" in diameter and a 16" deep. It would definitely reflect all the light. I might have to give it a whirl sometime.
wonderblunder
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By the way, You can get vertical Parabolic and round hoods for like $60 all over the place. I have heard they work better when you have a bunch of them in the room or they are in a tent/ enclosed room. Disperse light evenly. The parabolics where you can mount the bulb horizontally is where the price goes up but it is always nice to have that option
I veg 1 week from clones then flip the get about 3 1/2 feet tall when done somtimes i use 16 under a light always between 14 and 16 plants the hoods are 3 footers! plants are in a circle so the colas are right at the edge of the hood this way i drop the 1000w hps right in the middle the tops are like a inch away from the edge of the hood i put a fan in the middle of the light about two inches from the light this way it evenly speads the heat so it doesnt get that hot being so close to the plants i use 4x4 space for each light i do 4 1000w hps so my room is 16feet long 8 feet wide i put the pots on a platform that i built angled it to drain in the middle i use sunshine mix works freakin great always 2 lb per light dry the strains i use are "Sensi Star" and "UBC" also I paid 2 thousand dollars for my nutrient reciepe it is well worth though!
wonderblunder
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Thats interesting. I have never heard of this. I am more of a trial and error type of guy. and keep buying more expensive products. That seems like a good method to Try, DO you rotate you plants like a quarter turn daily. I was thinking of maybe trying this. My reflector is a little bigger, Bus I was thinking about my be hanigng another lamp vertically down lower to help the under foliage. And of course rotate my plants a quarter tunr a day. SOunds pretty solid. Thanks 2per
wonderblunder
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2 pounds dry would be plenty for me to. He just added up 5k of lighting real quick. Im not in that game. I really want to try that method you described. have you seen that grow by oregon Meds where he hangs a bare 1000w BUlb in a circle of trees. I think he got about 2 lbs off that.
well seeing as hes vegging for 2 weeks then budding, these plants rnt gonna get big.. hes doin a SOG of small plants... reaistical u can do a SOG with 4 plants per square foot...
a 1000k bulb will cover a 4x4 (16 squared feet)area no problem... 16 squared feet times 4plant per square foot equals 64... i feel that 64 is too tite but 40 sounds good, if he had a 5x5 area 64 would be ideal
a 1000k bulb will cover a 4x4 (16 squared feet)area no problem... 16 squared feet times 4plant per square foot equals 64... i feel that 64 is too tite but 40 sounds good, if he had a 5x5 area 64 would be ideal
what does that have to do with anything????????
cause in page 1 there was many debates if 40 was too many under a 1000w
jsteezy1290
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i dont know i fit 10 under a 400 watt so i dont think its to many but be better with two 600