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11-05-2008, 08:16 PM #1OPSenior Member
Why are Trays 4X4 not 5X4? Please Help
This is frustrating the high hell outta me. The best I've ever done was my very first cycle when I put threw the plants on the ground and had no trays at all. I did about 17 plants per 1000 watt lamp, and now that I have all trays... I have a hard time wrapping my head around why the damn trays aren't 5X4 to begin with. The lamp can cover a 5X4 area. The guys at the shop tell me, "Well, the company that makes them assumes that your plants hang over and fill that area on the outside..." That just isn't the case and it makes things crowded inside of my trays.
I am considering getting rid of the trays all together really. The very first time I grew grass I watered JUST enough so that barely ANY water came out the bottom of the pot. Everything I read says you need run off, but let me tell you... my best run I've had to date I had zero run off.
I'm running 3600 watts, and I'm on the verge of tearing all my hard work apart and just throwing them on the fucking ground again - it's worked out better than having them on my table that's two and a half feet off the ground ... hell my ceilings are only 7.5 feet tall, why waste 2.5 of it with a table unless it's bringing better results?
Even still, I would want to have SOME run off if I put them on the ground again. I can't put all the plants on wood planks because the wood would rot. Do you guys have any ideas as to how I can keep the plants 5-6 inches off the ground and then have their run off fall into some sort of tray below? I would then suck the water outta the tray with a nice shop vac... heck, I could even re-use that water if I used the screens people use for a flood and drain.
I guess I could use the trays that I'm currently using, just support them with wood..and then have one extra row of plants behind the tray. What would I put those plants on... cinder blocks or something?
Do you guys find it annoying about the trays being 4X4 as well or is it just me? I simply can't get over 1 lb per light with the way my room is set up. I run like 14-16 plants per 4X4 area, but the way these indicas have been filling in...I feel like I should have more like 20-22 plants! In a 4X4 area, that really is over-kill in my opinion... but a 5X4 area... well, that would work just fine really. Thoughts?razzapiggy Reviewed by razzapiggy on . Why are Trays 4X4 not 5X4? Please Help This is frustrating the high hell outta me. The best I've ever done was my very first cycle when I put threw the plants on the ground and had no trays at all. I did about 17 plants per 1000 watt lamp, and now that I have all trays... I have a hard time wrapping my head around why the damn trays aren't 5X4 to begin with. The lamp can cover a 5X4 area. The guys at the shop tell me, "Well, the company that makes them assumes that your plants hang over and fill that area on the outside..." That Rating: 5
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