Quote Originally Posted by Weedhound
dealing with the heat situation was a big one with us as well. When I bought that 1kw light my hydro guy warned me about the heat but I blew it off......only to discover the hard way that you HAVE to deal with it one way or another. I remember at one point we had the central air running AND a window ac all going on at the same time just to keep the room at a decent temp. Going to a cool tube and white paint vs mylar solved the issue for us.

Love to see a photo of the setup when you can.
I actually took photos but I can't find my media card reader to pull the images off my camera.. heh

I'll post pictures up when I can.

1 of my plants are clawed from not transplanting soon enough and you'll notice some small clawing going on with 1-2 of the other plants. beyond that they all look gorgeous (some spottingon the leaves where I might have spilled some nutrient solution on it and the light burned it).

I may have to begin flowering with my 400 watt light. I don't have the budget at the moment for a 600 watt light.

Also I've been giving some further thought to the situation and I don't think I'll have a dedicated veg area. I think I'll setup a CFL array (I still have a shit ton of CFL's left from my last grow) for my mothers and to veg new mothers. From there after they've rooted some I'll probably just dump them in 1 gallon pots and put them in the flower room.

I'm going to be going for SOG style as best as I can with multiple strains. The room is 4.5' x 4.5x.. I figure I can fit between 20 - 24 rooted clones in 1 gallon pots at a time (24 being the absolute max and 20 being a more realistic max.) however to do this I will absolutely need a 600 watt light.. or maybe even a 1000 watt light.

Where I live heat is an issue (gets hot here in the summer.). I will probably get 1 600 watt hps and setup a second 600 watt hps if I determine I need it.