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1000w DE bulbs are crazy intense, 6 of them mounted way up high is MORE than enough light for the entire room imho.
And as for hydro blocks, I wouldn't stack them. They are designed with height in mind as the water table in the block is always going to be at the same level. If making the block bigger it's always best to go wider/longer rather than taller.
FWIW, I am buddies with guys who run a large LP in Canada and they do 16 plants per 4x4 and use a single 6x6" cube for each plant. You dont need more root space than that unless your plants are going to be larger.
Thanks for your quick reply. I'll definitely take that into consideration about the stacking ill prob just run the single 6x6. I definitely agree with you on the lighting I'll just run 6 as well
Wow those blocks are huge actually seeing them on a table. Fortunately I got my tables down to just 7.5" off the ground so I have remarkable canopy space. Running a 6 inch cube I will be able to put 4 foot tall veg plants in the flower room, feed them through trellis to bring height down and will be able to safely have up to 5.8 foot tall plants with still maintaining 3 feet canopy space between lightsThat's 15 plants in hugos on a 4 x 8 flipped small no cube stacking topped once in veg at the 4th node.
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edit: Usually when you stack rockwool its for long veg times or to reduce the number of plants on your tables to grow them bigger. 12-15 in 3 rows is usually the setup for 3 x 6's
I like light movers but I want maximum light spread at all times. Fortunately we already have all 6 gavitas and if it is slightly too much light for the room I have the option to turn down the output on the ballasts.Perhaps a little late to your party @Lawnstar but wouldnt a light mover on a rail have been an ideal solution to maximize light here and saved a few sheckles into the bargain?! It would certainly have ensured edge to edge without the need for so much power draw due to the amount of lights you have.
Still, a fantastic set up for sure..
The only caution about using single 4x4 blocks for flower I will give you is there is zero room for error. If you miss 1 watering with big plants in small cubes it will fry the room. Even hugos can get like that when the plants get bigger. The other reason I use 6in cubes is in veg when growing bigger plants in 4x4 you have the problem of plants falling over sometimes and if you are dripping that can cause havoc. I ran 4x4 for about a year before I went to 6in's since I keep my moms in the same blocks that I flower in and rotate them. Just a tip to also keep your moms in rockwool cause cloning and the first week stall after transplant will be the most smooth if they are already trained to that medium since it feeds a lot different then other mediums on wet/dry cycles. Getting the transplant from clone dialed is prob the most important thing in rockwool. It's a little easier in 4in then 6in.
I will say tho running 4x4's is nice since you get a bunch of blocks in a case vs the 64 per case in hugo's. With your original idea about stacking cubes. 4in to slabs also works good. Honestly though that end's up being more money then just running 6in cubes with about the same yield and growth.
Wicked setup man. I really really like it. If I had more space and money I would love to set up like this... Its gonna be bright as hell in there.
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