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Magnum XXXL hoods are badass, I have some, but if you're canopy is only 4' you're wasting light as the XXXL and the Raptor will easy cover a 5x5 area, IMO.
With a canopy the size of 4x20 I would run 6 reflectors but I over light shit, my 5x10 bed has 3 magnums over the top of it. With this amount of light you get the amount of watts per sq ft and that extra overlapping light to have yourself an exceptional harvest. 1-1.5 per 1K is easily doable.
Check this thread out, super old and the poster is long gone. Check out his reflectors and his 5'x15' beds!
https://www.thcfarmer.com/community/threads/soil-sog-grower-needs-mentor-to-switch-to-hydro.25499/
I refer allot of people here, allot of good knowledge.
If you want a hood that dissipates heat and covers a large area the Adjust a wings are WAY better then the vertizontal hoods, I don't know the actual science behind it, but I've heard from so many people the vertizontals don't work as good as a horizontal bulb in a high quality hood. A large A-wing with a 1k will cover a 6x4 area really good. IMO if you need to air cool then go with XXXL's, but if heat won't be an issue go with A-wings.
I run some vertizontals..they are hard to quit. They work really well for large footprints...like a couple for a small room. If you link them together really tight they will trap the heat (like an umbrella). I like to have at least 12" between verts. The big adjuastawings are bad-ass for stacking in rows tighter.
. If you have the money..get the big sealed hoods. Any small hoods and you might as well run 600 watt bulbs.
Natural when you say if you smaller hoods that i might as well be running 600s, is it due to the light footprint or are the XXXL reflectors just that much better.
I run a soil-perlite-chow mix in 25 to 30 gallon pots. Get them about 5ft tall 4 feet round 1 plant per light unless i decide to run a 6th light in the bloom room.
Also I tie open and trim everything below the top 12 to 18 inches of the canopy.
Yes Large Awings are on the list of considerations as well as XXXL.
TheVertizontal hoodI am looking at is this one
I can hang the bulb horizontally inside the large umbrella type hood. Excuse meif you already knew this but I just wanted to make sure you understood I wasnt planing on running the bulbs vertically inside the hood.
The Awings are attractive as well and I know they spread light, also I am sure I could run 6 over 4x20 space.
My main issue is I know I lose direct lighting by running less lights but considering my canopy shouldnt be deeper than 12 to 18 inches should i focus more on spreading or penitration?
Thanks for everyons input into this thread,the more data I can sift through the better.
I run a soil-perlite-chow mix in 25 to 30 gallon pots. Get them about 5ft tall 4 feet round 1 plant per light unless i decide to run a 6th light in the bloom room.
Also I tie open and trim everything below the top 12 to 18 inches of the canopy.
. The thing is, your style is trees and the next logical step is a bare-vert sealed-room.
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