If anyone claims they have the best setup, it may be the best for their situation, but never the best for every situation.īy the way Mayor, The most efficient use of a HID light is in the vertical position, base DOWN, just above and below the plant heights in multiple locations throughout the room, with an almost flat circular hood hanging 6" from the top of the bulb. Vertical lighting has it's place, just like cfl's, Leds, hps horizontals, cool tubes and so on. They usually do this with multiple lights throughout the room, or if they are growing on the walls in tilted pots. May growers use verticals with no reflectors, or a canopy hex reflector. If I were to need to grow more plants, I would certainly give the vertical method a try before spending more money on lights and extra energy.įor now though, I may just add a couple of CFLs as RF suggested, if I need more light at the base. The people who are doing this claim 1-1.5 oz per plant so that's quite a yield when you multiply x 15. I'm not so sure there's a "one size fits all" solution for everyone and I think there's always room for some outside the box thinking.
I can grow 4 to 6 plants (depending on size) with the hood and that's enough for my own personal use. I can only get one, maybe two, decent size plants right under the light though, so any others end up being on the periphery anyway.
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I'm in a cool basement that's probably 24'x40' with full HVAC. My temps stay at 70-75 degrees at all times. I can get the light right down on the plants (10" or so) with just a 6" fan blowing over the top of the plant. Because of location and design of my flower room, heat buildup and space is not an issue. I do understand that Kush302 but for example in my case, I have a 600w HPS in a plain open air hood. Re: Grow Light Position: Horizontal or Vertical ? I'm thinking that for growing larger plants using the "Vertical" method might be a good thing.Īnyone tried this or have other thoughts about it? I noticed that many who scrog must use multiple lights as well in an effort to cover more area. It occurs to me that using a hood might be better for sog/scrog or when you're keeping plants low. He would rotate the plants periodically as well. There would not be 50% reflected light but you'd get direct light from 360 degrees.
The grower claimed to get better results with this setup and better nugs from top to bottom. I've saw what was referred to as a "Vertical" grow on another site where the hood was removed and the light suspended in the middle, with the plants surrounding it. The plants around the edges of get more light from top to bottom so the side branches are bushier and longer, but the top cola gets more stretched. In the short time I've been using these lights, I've noticed that plants directly under the light seem to have a fine upper canopy but the branches get more shade, causing the branches plant to grow slower and more vertically.
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