Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
You do not want to go less than 2500 Lumens, even for one
plant. You want to get the best so you need to hit the 45000 mark or
more. In general one light that casts 45000 lumens is enough to cover
a workspace of about 3 feet by 3 feet. This is quite an average space
and you will probably get anything between 6 - 9 plants in that area.
Again we must keep in mind the strain that we are growing. One large
Sativa plant can cover a 9 square foot grow area in no time. Short
Indica plants are different. You can get maybe 12 plants into a 9
square foot grow area. If you really want to pump up your plants then
you may consider a lamp that casts 100,000 Lumens or more. If you
want a bigger grow area then you may consider 2 lamps that cast
100,000 Lumens each. All is relative to how much you want to grow
and the size of your grow room.
Let's say for the record that we would like to grow 4 plants.
Then what we should aim for is a light that casts 45000 Lumens. This
means we should buy a 600-Watt HID system. Let's say we want to
pump up our available light to around 60,000 Lumens. This means we
should buy a 1000-Watt HID system. If our area is bigger we might
need 2 or more 1000-watt HID lights to achieve this. It is all very
respective to the 3 elements we mentioned above.
There is nothing wrong if you want to use a 1000-watt HID
light on 2 plants. They will grow bigger and better. The only thing is,
do we really want to spend all that money on the light and the
electricity bill? HID lights range anywhere between $220/£200 and
$700/£670 for a full kit. You may be able to buy the parts and build
your own, but this is only recommended if you have some experience
