somedumbjerk
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To me, panda film is expensive. I prefer the rigid Styro insulation sheets, in white specifically, so I don't have to pain or anything like that. If you can afford to run three 600s then awesome, otherwise you may want to consider trying the 315cMH (ceramic metal halide) or LED. I have only used fluoros, metal halide and HPS, but I'm seeing many amazing grows with LED.
The space you mention, 4'x8', seems narrow to me, but if you can work in that space, great.
In my old basement grow space, I had to drop the ceiling (used the rigid Styro) and add a temperature controlled exhaust fan, oversized on purpose, in order to get environmental parameters a little tighter. Cold during winter was a BIG problem, but during summer holy cow did it get hot in there! So no summer growing for me. The cold was why I dropped the ceiling.
I'm so sorry you got laid off.
Did you know that mealworms can not only eat Styro, but they grow and stuff and the frass is still good frass? Completely blew my mind! The thinner Styro will let light through, I ended up backing mine with black poly, construction grade stuff. I didn't bother taping the seams since I backed the exterior of the room. Does that make sense? One wall was comprised of the house wall, so I just slapped up the Styro, the other walls were freestanding within the basement, so those got covered and that was taped.
As for dimensions, my advice comes with a caveat--I am a TERRIBLE klutz. If it can be walked into, bumped, or tripped over, I absolutely will. I often fail to negotiate the curve (aka the corner where the walls meet) walking from one room to another. My butt'll knock it right over! So, I need room to work. Others usually don't have my problems. I blame it on my super-low cortisol levels. :D
I was just gonna ask if you could just lay some concrete over it. I think we're in agreement! :D I hear you on the raising of the plants. I went and got myself some sturdy plastic shelving at the Lowe's down. Had to keep the plants much shorter but that was fine as I was doing sea of green, 1-2gal pots, all single colas topped and flipped at 12" tall.Any thoughts on a gravel floor? i'd rather not dig all of it up. I think i might lay some crete over it so it's easier to clean up when i trim. should help keep the room a little more stable as well. It's eight foot ceilings, so i've got plenty of clearance, but want to keep the height as much as possible. would love to raise the plants a bit so i don't have to stoop as much... bah! too many ideas, not enough focus.
CMH scares me. i defoliate so i work on the plants with the lights on. i also have vitaligo (Michael Jackson disease, makes you white not touch kids) and short wave UV can do serious stuff. they used it for treatment on my face causing acute sunburn like radiation burns. scary scary. everything else about them sounds great though. question on the heat output: i use 6" vented hood(about to be hoods). Those have to put out some heat. I'm hoping to not buy an AC unit for a while and use cooling for the lights...Screw hid and led, CMH ftmfw!
Much less heat, less power used, less ac usage, hugely better light output and longetivity, and much better growth.
Sorry about being laid off. Sucks balls. Glad I'm self employed. Screw big business and greedy business owners.
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