8 x 6 x 8 room setup help please

[kronos416]

I went a took a look at the guys set up similar to the size your working with. He does have it split in two. The first section has two sections. The larger being the bottom and the smaller on top. Uses flourescent lights above both. Then he has a lightproof barrier between the two sections. The second part is the "sea of green" and he has an 1000 watt HPS. It is a really slick setup and I sketched it ( sorry he said absolutely no pictures). I believe the moms live below, cuttings are grown above and then moved over when ready. He is a nice guy but really did not want to discuss details. The results have looked really good. I copied some of the ideas when I set mine up but his is sweet. He had all that space to work with.

One thing I did encounter with mine was power. I replaced the line with 12 gauge and no more problems but if you have not wired yet, put in big stuff, you wont be sorry.

Good luck and have fun. Sounds like a good project. Let me know if you want me to post the sketch.

Yes please post sketch im still trying to decide how to set it up and im up for all kinds suggestions, especially if your buddy has same room size similar to mine. Thanks

[Penngrove]

http://gallery.cannabis.com/data/500/medium/sketch.gifOk. This is the best I can remember:

[psteve]

http://gallery.cannabis.com/data/500/medium/sketch.gifOk. This is the best I can remember:

The only thing I'd change is, I'd reverse the flow of air so the hot air goes out the top vent.

[kronos416]

Buy a MH conversion bulb for the H.P.S and use it on the veg side (after you partition). Buy ya a new 600 or 1000 watt for your flower side(w/digi ballast) and grow some forearm sized budz.

Use them 4' flouros for seedlings/rooting yer clones.......and yer all set up.



b0nger

I have been looking into the digi ballast for 600 watt. Some other people have also told me to get a 600 watt digi. anyone know cheapest place to get a 600 watt digi? not to keen on ordering grow equipment offline dont know how safe it is. If i go with bigger light like the 600 or 1000 what kind of timer should i get that is nice n safe for the light? anything else i should look into maybe getting?

[kronos416]

http://gallery.cannabis.com/data/500/medium/sketch.gifOk. This is the best I can remember:

Thanks for the sketch. question are both the exhaust ports on each box connected so they run out one line or seperate lines? same with intakes?

[kronos416]

Question: if i go SOG do you really need a vegitation area at all beside for the moms? Cant you take the rooted clones and place them directly into the flower area? 2-3 wks into that start sniping off side branches of bottom 1/3 of plant to leave one cola?

OH i also wanted to kill power to breaker box and run line directly from breaker to room just for light itself. I have another line in there for running fan etc... Do you think that running that seperate line for a 600 and a bunch of fluoros would be ok? or should i just run the HID off that line by itself?

[bongerstonerd00d]

600 watt H.I.D. draws ~5 amps. You figure to only use 80% of the amperage of the breaker. I do not know what kind of flouros you are going to use. But to figure the amps you multiply bulb wattage times number of bulbs and divide that by 110, that will give you the amps.

If you do not know 100% absolutely positively sure what you are doing stay the fuck out of the breaker box. There is many a dead "I am an electrician" laying in the ground. I doubt you want your house to burn down either.

I'd order a Lumatek digital from bghydro.com. They are excellent, offer great customer service, and stand behind their products in the event you have a problem.

They have timers for your light as well.

I have yet to do s.o.g or ScroG, but you are on the right track with the rooted clones. You'll still want to veg them some though. There is a member here (cant remember name) who is a s.o.g god. His yields were massive. I think he vegged to 10-12" then put in screen. If I can think of name I'll post you a link later. He had it down to a science.


b0nger

[Dutch Pimp]

I have been looking into the digi ballast for 600 watt. Some other people have also told me to get a 600 watt digi. anyone know cheapest place to get a 600 watt digi? not to keen on ordering grow equipment offline dont know how safe it is. If i go with bigger light like the 600 or 1000 what kind of timer should i get that is nice n safe for the light? anything else i should look into maybe getting?

...I'd recommend a ballast made in the USA...not foreign. Good luck.

[jamstigator]

How tall you let clones get before flowering is probably strain-dependent. I did a mini-SOG experiment 6 or 7 weeks ago, flowered 6 AK-48 clones about 5 days after I put them into 1/2-gallon pots. They are quite large now, at least 3 feet tall. So, I did a second experiment about a month ago, also AK-48, 24 clones, 1/2-gallon pots, but flowered them 2 days after potting them, and they're still getting quite large. I guess with AK-48, you should put them in their pots and flower them *immediately*, the same day, else they will get quite large. I think I have enough vertical space, but sheesh, I didn't expect little 3-4" tall clones to turn into these 3' tall monsters...and they still have a month to go!

I'll second Lumatek ballasts via bghydro, good experiences with both.

[bongerstonerd00d]

Jams, so you have a j.o.g (jungle of green) ?.....






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