Double your yield, with double the plants

[420boogie]

[BassBong]

Looking good can't wait to get to that stage

[grow4ever]

Live to learn :-) interesting idea.

[nbk380]

Originally Posted by 420boogie

..but i dont understand how people measure lighting this way. If the light is bright then it will work. some claim u need like 40w per ft

interesting question..

since every type of light is different those wattage equations don't sit right with me. if you were to put 40w per ft, would it be square ft or cubic feet? i think cubic feet since plants grow up in height a foot or more as well. the same 40w area is different now when using a cfl then it is a hps system.

you have factor in the way the light is projected and then it's really complicated. a cfl bulb will lose 1/4 of it's 'luminosity' after only traveling 12" and keeps dropping so you have to keep the bulbs close to the plants to get the same effect as the hps from yards away which holds it wavelengths more efficiently. so depending on the type of bulb you can get way different results even if they are the same wattage putting out the same lumens.

it get even deeper from there so i'll leave it at that and you can see what i mean by wikipedia'ng the word 'lumen'.

[BWC BayArea]

Originally Posted by 420boogie

just create a wall so u dont have to move plants. WAY easier. move the light. like have like a closet pole or something that the light slides across threw a lil' hole to the other grow space

Click the follow my grow (completed) link in my signature. I constructed a wall that was used a whole flowering cycle in a similar fashion. check it out and c if its what u may have had in mind.