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01-13-2011, 12:54 AM #2Senior Member
Just a hypothetical question
Well I hate to disappoint you.
There is no way you are going to accomplish that with what you want to do. How high is your ceiling? You want to start flowering at 24". To do that Your plants will attain 6ft when done. Add to that 1ft for the bucket, now you've got the tops at 7ft above the ground. With a 1000w light you will need at least 12 to 18 inches between the bottom of the light and the tops of your bud. Now we are at 8'6", give another foot for the light and you are at 9 to 10 ft from floor to ceiling.
By going from hydroponics to soil, you are lengthening the flowering time by probably a week or more. I have grown for quite a few years, and am friends with someone that has a large grow. He says he's happy to average 1 lb per 1000W light, and so am I. My friend has grown 25+ yrs, and runs a lot of lights..... and grows hydroponically. If say you are flowering for 8 weeks ortwo months you will need 6 1000W lights to come up with 6 lbs every other month. That would give you 36 lbs a year.
Don't forget to add lights for the vegging part, you will have to have 50-60 plants ready to go into the flowering every other month. And they will need to be vegging for at least a month when they might be 12 or 15 inches high.
Have you ever harvested 6 lbs? Do you have any idea how much work that is? It would take me (alone) a week to do at 8 hrs a day. It would take another 2 or 3 days to turn them over, that is, clean the buckets out and put the fresh plants in. Don't forget room for clones you will need a lot. It will be a full time job.
Don't forget the spider mites, and powdery mildew while you are counting your money!
keylime
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