Light Movers - Yield Effect?

[Graybeerd]

I am blessed with plenty of space in my first grow situation. I have a 5'X5' closet with a 430W HPS that now contains 10 unsexed (hopefully females) plants in five gallon pots (in potting soil) under a 24/7 light cycle.
Veg. growth has gone well (2 months), these plants are now 3-4ft. tall and are ready to be sexed and cloned for use in a SOG setup in the adjoining bedroom, which is 12'X12'. I plan to use a 1000w HPS lamp for the main room.

My question is, how many clones can realistically be flowered with this lamp, in this space? I could use a light mover track on the ceiling to move the lamp on a six foot track across the room. Above, maybe, three rows of plants, in two gallon pots, this might give me 8-10 in a row X 3 rows= a max of 30 plants. Is this realistic for a 1K light? Or am I stretching the light and diminishing the yield?

Q: Does the plant need constant direct light to flower at an optimum level, or can a moving light achieve good results while giving intense direct light only a portion of the time?

Q: What is the maximum amount of plants that can be flowered using this technique? What is optimum?

I have a lot more questions, but does any one have a situation that is similar? Advice?

Graybeerd Reviewed by Graybeerd on 09-09-2008. Light Movers - Yield Effect? I am blessed with plenty of space in my first grow situation. I have a 5'X5' closet with a 430W HPS that now contains 10 unsexed (hopefully females) plants in five gallon pots (in potting soil) under a 24/7 light cycle. Veg. growth has gone well (2 months), these plants are now 3-4ft. tall and are ready to be sexed and cloned for use in a SOG setup in the adjoining bedroom, which is 12'X12'. I plan to use a 1000w HPS lamp for the main room. My question is, how many clones can realistically Rating: 5

[Dutch Pimp]

I don't know the answers to any of those questions. But, I wish I had that set-up. Then I would find the answer the same way I do everything else, the hard way. Good Luck...:thumbsup:

[SnSstealth]

Light movers are amazing. I would use a 600HPS on a light mover in a 5x5. Then your only limits will be space. As many clones as you can fit I would say...10 in 5 gal pots is gonna be awful tight though. Not to much penetration huh? I have a 2x7 space with 30 1 gal pots...But the 430w maybe a lil low IMHO..
whiskeytango
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[stinkyattic]

The natural footprint of a 600 is already 4x4.
I'd save the mover to a situation where you would about double one dimension of your footprint, and also to bring the light closer. Thus, a 600 should be on a 6 foot track over up to 8 feet of linear grow space, making the footprint under the track about 4 x 8.

[medigrower]

so because you are bring it closer you are seeing the same yield if not better correct?

[stinkyattic]

More lumens can mean more yield, and what you are doing with the mover is decreasing the TIME that the light spends REAL CLOSE to the plant, and it will be less likely to suffer drying and heat problems.

[SnSstealth]

ah.....so a 430w would work? hmmmm
maybe I need to look at that, lol.
whiskeytango

[Graybeerd]

Maybe I wasn't clear on that question. In the 5x5 room I've got the females, ready to give up their clones. I've got about five different varieties and I'm going to clone them all and see which is best. They are under the 430w HPS and doing well.

It's the big 12'x12' room I'm asking about. I can use a 1000w lamp, and a light mover in this big space and stretch the grow area out to however far the 1K lamp can be effective along a 6 foot track.
So given that, how many clones(in 1 or 2gal pots) are going to be workable?

Has anyone out there done a studied how many flowering plants can be matured under a 1K light, if you can move it around on a light track?

[redline]

It is going to depend on your style of growth, size of plants, indica vs. sat, etc
. I use a 400 watt HPS on a 4 foot mover. It covers 2.5' x 6 foot. I grow 12 plants under it. They are only about a foot tall since I like heavy LST. If I was SCROG, I could have as many as 24 plants.

[xcrispi]

I have a inteli track 6 ft rail .
Wish I never bought the damn thing .

Sweet = I can grow a bigger area now .

Bummer = Took lotsa extra time to bloom . Lights on 1 end of the room while the other half of the grow is jonesin .

Wished I'da just bought another 1000 n not the mover .

Crispi :stoned: