Lighting for 32 medium to large sized plants

[CrusadeBoxer]

What type of lights should I use. Should I use 4-600watts or just 2-1000watts. Or any other mixture of lights .

[Garden Knowm]

2- 1000's would light a 4 x 8 area very very nicley

If you are going to keep your plants short.. Flowering around 6-10 inches with a final height of about 20 inches or less then you should consider 4 - 600's.. and they could cover a 3 x 12 space

If you incorporate a light mover into your grow you can stretch 2 - 1000's over a few more feet of length

[britewire]

Easy question..

Use 4x 600W... More lightspread and more power all together.

[karmaxul]

I use 1000 W on tracks and they cover up to 8 by 12 ft although you need to rotate and have under a 2 foot canopy

[CrusadeBoxer]

So I think i am going to have 1-400watt then a 600watt then another 400watt. Going horizontaly over the plants. What do you think about that. Or would just have 2-600watts horizontaly be better.

[karmaxul]

I hang mine straight down with umbrella shades. Tracks are amazing. You can cover about 30% more space and up the yield by atleast 25%.

[CrusadeBoxer]

What are umbrella shades. Should I change my setup to 2-600watts and one 400watt in the middle?

[karmaxul]

That up to you. Umbrella shades are parabolic shades which and no one ever knows what I am talking about when I call them that, so I call them umbrella shades. Basically they are shaped like an umbrella.

[CrusadeBoxer]

Shit I can't find any 600watt mh ballasts so it looks Like I am going to have to go with a 400watt then a 1000watt then another 400watt. This will be lighting 16 plants. And on the other side of the room I will have the same thing. Any suggestions? Would this be a good idea or not. Is there a better mixture.

[karmaxul]

My suggestion is get more plants. My plants that up 8 sq inches and you can get over 100 of them , single cola , under a 1000w

[CrusadeBoxer]

will do. Ill just take cutting from them and have alot of plants. a very lot of plants

[karmaxul]

My house feels empty with under 100 but that just me.

Good to hear I love a very lot of plants

Much love my friend

[CrusadeBoxer]

Thanks. I will have alot of plants. What strains do you grow. What type of ventalition do you have.

[karmaxul]

No ventalation. Use ac to cool the room and make co2.
I have grown amoung others
NL
AK
Jack Heraer
Haze
Ripple
Blueberry

[CrusadeBoxer]

Jack Herrer sounds good. So you would rather have added co2 rather than a good ventalition system

[karmaxul]

Definatly I like my rooms airtight.

Jack is 50% NL , 37.5% skunk, and 12.5% haze from the word on the street

[CrusadeBoxer]

Why air tight. No leaking oders or what. What is the best way to deal with smells. A carbon scrubber or a vaportek 4000.

[karmaxul]

Never used either. Whats a vaportek 4000
As long as she is airtight who cares about the odor. I like ozium

[friendowl]

karmaxul
what size containers do you use
and what medium.
i like the idea of a bunch of single colas
better than a few bushes