how many plants will my setup flower

could u point out the dark side of runing multible H.I.D. lamps cuz in another 5min im gona be riping out weeks of work and doing a totaly revamp. mylar the works. i emagion air cooling more than one hps light would be vary diffacult but if u used increasingly larger duck sizes as i went from light to light wouldent that reduce the total resistance. i cant see that lil fucking 150 runing cooler than my air hood, even in the dead of winter the whole hood is made of plexie glass and holds heat quite well. it would give me 10 diffrent points of penatration from all sides but below. i am aware that i am stuck with a 3 foot plant and i did this intentionaly to force my self to keep one nice traditional looking plant with one large cola. advice on training such a large nicely shaped tree with out losing that main bud?

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could u point out the dark side of runing multible H.I.D. lamps ........ i emagion air cooling more than one hps light would be vary diffacult but if u used increasingly larger duck sizes as i went from light to light wouldent that reduce the total resistance..?

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well you know the dark side obviously, lol!! it's running more duct. But you can do a LOT to control temps with ROOM intake/exhaust... I wasn't even talking hood exhaust, I have never even used an air cooled hood! lol Look at foxy's shit too... it's BASIC. Those aren't even GOOD duct fans, and they're a couple of the cheapest bottom of the bargain bin reflecotrs you can buy! :D
I don't know how much benefit you'd get from the varying duct sizes; to decrease resistance obviously the bigger the better, plus a SMOOTH interior surface, but that isn't always possible with flexi duct, ya know?

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it would give me 10 diffrent points of penatration from all sides but below.?

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um I'm confused, 10? is that with flouros? I think this is still wicked complicated for what you are trying to do... just a couple medium sized HIDs.. if you already have a 400 and a 150 and buy one more 600 there you have 3 points of light and really flouros on top of that seems like a major pain in the hinders.

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i am aware that i am stuck with a 3 foot plant and i did this intentionaly to force my self to keep one nice traditional looking plant with one large cola. advice on training such a large nicely shaped tree with out losing that main bud?

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Sure, tip her over! If she needs to be repotted soon, repot her so that the main stem is coming out of the pot at an ANGLE, and tie it that way. You'll still have the dominant tip plus the side growth will be nicer.

Okay now say with me slowly:

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wow that is a great idea ty at least i have a game plan now. u are right about all the lights being a pain, raises temps quite a bit. will update when i get around to repoting, and moding current mounting locations for lights. as for my reason to air cool, all i can say is why not? it dose nothing but good. i find that constant turbulant air flow over leaves tends to dry them out much to fast. i have alwayz battled heat and air flow thanks to my resadence in south TX and harsh summers.

Well there is no reason why you cannot run cooled hoods AND still cool the whole room.
Given the choice though I would say cool the whole room (if you could only do one or the other) and this is because you HAVE to have a source of fresh air, this is not optional!! Unless you are doing a TRUE sealed room and I have no experience with, nor do I desire to fuck with, one of those. f'real. LOTS of tweaking. It's for nerds lol.

Dry leaves... have your intake duct blowing in among the pots rather than right on the leaves..you'll still have a couple little fans scattered around the room... helps prevent mold and shit too. And keep up on watering. Generally dry leaves are not a result of the air flow; if it really IS a transpiration problem the plant will look wilted like it hasn't been getting enough water, when the leaves go crispy-dry like that I'm gonna say it was actually straight heat stress.
okay I gotta run, that's all you get for today, now go build something. :D

thanks for the input. im on it man painting 20 pots and prepairing to repot the monster after some carful cuts and dilagent placment of lighting/venting. got a bad feeling that the bitch is pot bound as a mug, and to top it off i just watered 12 hours ago. ;-( should be intresting eather way. well im off to move some boxes and shit while my paint drys on my make shift pots lol

transplant was a sucess to my surprize the root ball was a solid mass and came out quite easly despite being totaly saturated with water. i took stinkyattic's advice and droped that baby as a 45 angle. gona hope for the best never heard of it being done but makes sence in my situation. the pot sits in the corner out of the way and the massive plant stretchest right to the center of the hps despite the angle. giving me much more space to play with. my only question is if i will have to tie her down to prevent her from fixing the angle which atm is giving every shoot optimal light. the weight of the plant alone is pulling it down quite far. any advice guys? seeing as my lights have been off for hours i think ima give it a rest for today.

i just came home to find my house surronded by suv's and cops, any advice as to what i should do with my grow? im so parranoid right now i have all lights and timers and fans unpluged. please help if u have any ideas to help me salvage my harvest

false alarm, dam neighbors had somthing big happend causing half the fleet to stake out there house

when you transplant a plant at an angle like that it's a good idea to stake it for support. and yeah you still need to keep her tied in that angle or she will grow back up towards the light.

yikes if your neighbors are unstable be super extra stealth!!! i'd be freaked the fuck right out too.

dam strait, i take every precaution and am not afraid to kill em if it comes down to it. got scanner on 24/7 and a nice pare of snips handy in the b room lol. as far as i can see the plant loves the angle despite the fact the main growth shoot seems to wana grow horazontal. thanks for the idea over 20 shoots now face the lights covering 3sq feet easy. whats your opinion on using large styrophome coolers "used to ship dryice and meat" with drainage for super sized pots?? 10-20gallon i think, my alternitave it paying out the ass for square pots using all avalible space. thanks for the info, never woulda thought of growing at a 45, heard of an upside down pot plant once but it seemed like a worth while idea.