Indoor New Grow Setup/Research

[Darth Vapour]

Hey guys, I've been planning a new grow setup for my upcoming indoor season. I plan on growing 4 plants at a time and using extensive LST. I'll set up 5 poles to train the plants along in a SCROG type fashion without a net. Here's a quick little sketch of what I have in mind

My future setup includes

Grow Tent - 4' x 2' (must be this size)
Lights - This is where I could use some input...

2 - Apollo 4 LED (130W draw) units @ $150 each

or

1- Apollo 8 (260 draw) unit @ $305

I'm leaning toward hanging the 2 - Apollo 4 units so I have greater ability to adjust them at different angles instead of 1 larger fixed unit

I'm trying to stay around $300 for my light. Total setup trying to stay under $800 including restocking a few items.

Ventilation -4" inline fan and carbon scrubber + 6" clip on fan for a slight breeze and passive air intake

Medium - Promix HP, 3 gallon fabric pots (Geopots with square profile)

Nutrients - Dutch Nutrient Formula Grow A and B plus Bloom A and B, Botanicare Calmag, DNF Bloom Fortifier and Grow Fortifier

I'm open to comments for improvement on my setup, I'm aiming to have everything setup and dialed in so I can begin indoor for September, maybe even start them a bit earlier.

In the early stages I'll start them in my little cab with T5's for about 3 weeks than transfer them over to the larger LED tent and have a perpetual harvest. Basically just before I start cleansing the LED/Bloom tent I'll begin germinating the seeds for my Veg cab, so say I cleanse/flush for 2 weeks, dry for 1, by that time the veg girls will be 3 weeks old and repeat the cycle until I need more beans!

 

[pop22]

Hey guys, I've been planning a new grow setup for my upcoming indoor season. I plan on growing 4 plants at a time and using extensive LST. I'll set up 5 poles to train the plants along in a SCROG type fashion without a net. Here's a quick little sketch of what I have in mind

My future setup includes

Grow Tent - 4' x 2' (must be this size)
Lights - This is where I could use some input...

2 - Apollo 4 LED (130W draw) units @ $150 each

or

1- Apollo 8 (260 draw) unit @ $305

I'm leaning toward hanging the 2 - Apollo 4 units so I have greater ability to adjust them at different angles instead of 1 larger fixed unit

I'm trying to stay around $300 for my light. Total setup trying to stay under $800 including restocking a few items.

Ventilation -4" inline fan and carbon scrubber + 6" clip on fan for a slight breeze and passive air intake

Medium - Promix HP, 3 gallon fabric pots (Geopots with square profile)

Nutrients - Dutch Nutrient Formula Grow A and B plus Bloom A and B, Botanicare Calmag, DNF Bloom Fortifier and Grow Fortifier

I'm open to comments for improvement on my setup, I'm aiming to have everything setup and dialed in so I can begin indoor for September, maybe even start them a bit earlier.

In the early stages I'll start them in my little cab with T5's for about 3 weeks than transfer them over to the larger LED tent and have a perpetual harvest. Basically just before I start cleansing the LED/Bloom tent I'll begin germinating the seeds for my Veg cab, so say I cleanse/flush for 2 weeks, dry for 1, by that time the veg girls will be 3 weeks old and repeat the cycle until I need more beans!

Sounds like a nice setup! I'd go with the Apollo 4's also IMO. Look forward to see this when its time! :Sharing One:

 

[Darth Vapour]

Cheers pop, actually I just got a message from medi (thanks bro) about the TOPled reflector series...this light with shipping would be $310 plus more wattage than the apollo units

http://www.topledgrowlight.com/reflector-led-grow-light-144x3w.html

 

[Bilbo]

Or how about one of these VIPAR Reflector V600 (120X5W) LED Grow Light for $248

 

[Darth Vapour]

Cheers bilbo, Hmm that looks pretty sweet also, seems like it would be perfect for a square tent

I'm still leaning towards the topled now since it will cover the 4' length of the tent with its rectangular shape

 

[Darth Vapour]

Just curious to hear other peeps experience with their LEDs in a 4x2 ft tent (1.2 x.6 metres)

Aiming for 4 plants, lots of LST, hoping for 2 oz per plant, more would be welcome tho lol

 

[Johney]

i have 2 of these http://www.ebay.com/itm/151318275104?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
and one of these http://www.ebay.com/itm/230863017043 best offer $125
My setup is 4 ft utility shelving so about 4' by 1.5'

 

[Muddy]

Make sure you do something to raise those fabric pots an inch or so off the floor so you get air circulation below the pot. Your roots will thank you.

 

[Darth Vapour]

i have 2 of these http://www.ebay.com/itm/151318275104?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
and one of these http://www.ebay.com/itm/230863017043 best offer $125
My setup is 4 ft utility shelving so about 4' by 1.5'
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Nice looking setup johnny, thanks for the input! I'll take a closer look at those LEDs and your grow.

Make sure you do something to raise those fabric pots an inch or so off the floor so you get air circulation below the pot. Your roots will thank you.

Thanks muddy, yup I've used dish drying racks in the past to get them off the floor of my current cab which is way smaller, micro grow setup.

I was just thinking about using square plastic pots possibly instead to I have something sturdy to support my horizontal poles/canes

 

[Johney]

Its inexpensive and seems to be doing the job, I have 2 kush plants flowering under them. https://www.autoflower.org/f44/kush-baby-33576-3.html

My next grow will be a better test, these were grown by a friend and have had no nutes. and photo period