What do the people here think?

Note: I only close the doors when lights go out! NEVER WHEN LIGHT IS ON LOL.

Oh hell yeah a 100o HPS in a space like that? Take that hood off, you don't need it. Err... but I don't know I had no Idea you had so many plants... Looks like your doin ok thus far, just keep up whatever your doing

Mellow...

are those clear containers?

is light gonna hit those roots?

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Originally Posted by Mellow Man

Check this out,my grow box is about 4 1/2 feet wide and 5 feet long! the height is 5 feet 6inch's,I have a 1000w hps for flowering,the bulb is hung inside the hood running horizontal,all the walls are painted with flat white as I mentioned before heat is a little problem,which I am correcting as we speak.

#1 Do you think in a grow box that size i could do without the reflector hood,would the lumens remain the same? or should I keep the hood?

I figure I could probaly lessen the heat by removing the hood! and just let the bulb hang!................but if I am going to lose a big amount of lumens maybe I should keep the hood?,,,,,,,,,I plan on getting either a ac unit in the next week or so,or make my own fan with glass for the bulb.....do you think if I removed the hood my heat would reduce alot???? here are a few pics.

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first, that is a great growbox to remove the reflector...you just have to put reflective material on your ceiling to reflect the light downward
It will be brighter than it was when you had the feflectors...if your lights are low, I mean early in grow when plants are small, you can build/fabricate a lightweight frame that you could wrap in panda plastic(my favorite,reflective material) and hang it 6"-12" above your lamp, depending on how cool your fans get temps in there around the bulb. I have a small $5 wallyfan about 2 feet away pointed right at my bulbs and I am flowering my main kolas 9-12in away from the bulbs... :cool:
2nd my temps went down 10-12 degrees when I removed the hoods. :) hope this helps you out, nice little area you have there, luckier than most.

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Originally Posted by HARDDON

Mellow...

are those clear containers?

is light gonna hit those roots?

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First thanks guys for the info much appreciated

So Harddon there is a problem using clear containers for soil grows? if so I had no Idea! could you be kind to enough to explain why?

Now that I think about it,I know hydro containers if not darkened by duct tape or painted black ends up having algea form on the grow medium on the inside,but never knew that the light would have a effect on my roots in the medium of soil!,just for the record I never came across a bad fungus or algea inside the bottle or even the bottom of it????????????????..........but if the light slows growth or causes problems by all means update me please!

One more question for anyone with the knowledge,would it be o'k to hang my bulb verticle? will the bulb blow I ask this because latewood mentioned that a verticle bulb can't be hung horizontal unless specified may blow!,do you think my bulb could hang instead of having to run it only horizontol?

you must paint this bottles black or white, nothing of light in da rootz man, very very bad :)

overgrow have a vid with an experiment half the room with reflectors half without, the side with the reflectors, higher yeild bushier, bigger plants, the side without, where smaller half the yeild, so reflectors seem 2 b key