Giant bubblers

[shaggytodope]

This is a legal medical grow, no cop worries here, they have seen it, they have been in my room, they dont care. I can legally grow 12 plants, I only grow 4, they are content, they even commented on how great they looked!

[shaggytodope]

Is it overkill? Remember they are vertical watts so they cover much more vertical square footage then if the were above the plants and to boot try and get 12 lbs outa 4 plants any other way indoors, I have tried for years and the only way imo is lots a vertical light. If you do the math a 11 x 11 foot room is 121 square feet. 5600 watts divided by 121 is 46.28 watts per square foot, I used to run 70 watts per square foot when lights were overhead. I guess you might be able to get the same weight if you filled the room with a thousand clones but thats a prison sentence so is it overkill? I dont think so

[Charles U Farley]

Holy shit Shaggy,wow,could we have a few more pics of your lighting setup,Im intrigued as to how it all works.Its amazing,all of that yeild and the plants were only 4 and 1/2 foot tall.I have been considering at some time in the future using 18 gal.containers but was worried about the vertical limitations in my room.Great job brother,just outstanding,wow.

[doc1212]

damn man thats a bad ass lookin plant bro

[Zeus2007]

Monster...good work

[Charles U Farley]

Do you have any more pics of your layout?I have been thinking about a similar setup sans the vertical lighting but you are making a believer out of me.Seeing as how your bins/buckets/containers setup in a recirculating setup did you have problems with temp issues with so much power/lights/heat in the room or did the cool tubes do the job for you?I think alot of folks would be very interested in the specifics of your grow (well me for sure).How long did you veg etc.Again congrats on the amazing job,more pics please

[shaggytodope]

I have a 1/4 horse chiller and two 18 uv sterilizers. I have pics of the room during the biulding process and will add them tomorrow.

[shaggytodope]

My plant doesnt seem to get too tall, they are about 24-30 inches tall and round when they go to 12/12. It seems that most of the stretch goes horizontal toward the lights wich causes so may side branches growing off side branches its rediculous. If you look up some of the Krusty threads you will see the same thing only mine is in dwc not freedom buckets, I tried the KFB's and just could not get the air bubbles I needed to be happy. These buckets get 20 Litres per minute of air each via 4 sweetwater 1x2 inch airstones, pump is an Alita 80. I wiil post more pics tomorrow

[shaggytodope]

the cool tubes did not take care of all the heat, there are 1 10k btu and one 6k btu acs in the room and a dehumidifier, the sealed room will get up to 90% humidity at lights out without the dehudifier, with it it stays around 45-50%

[shaggytodope]

Gonna do a new grow soon, I will post a start to finish thread on it if anyone would like and you will see, might do a different strain, got some Grandday purple cuts