Grow Room Lumatek Zeus 600 Pro vs GeekBeast Pro 630 with Sweet Seeds selection (Pre-diary advice)

[SAPFO]

So I’ve had to change my grow location, and will be in a 240x120x180, so less head room, so my Gavitas are now redundant...

A while back I got myself a Lumatek Zeus Pro from & @diyleduk, and then needed to pair it with something equivalent, but I just couldn’t stretch to another £800, so took a shot at a GeekBeast Pro 630, which Migro has tested, & seems okay.

This will be my first Auto run, I’ve done many photos in the past, and I’m gonna need your advice along the way. We’ve got the chance to put 2 of the top spec LEDs against each here, so gonna need all the help to do them both justice.

My first dilemma is extraction. I have an 8” from my previous location, but I’m guessing that’s overkill in that space now, so 6” be okay you reckon with those lights?

Second dilemma is how many plants. I purchased 25 Sweet Seeds, but they’ve given me 36. I have a Rhizosystem run to waste, than can fit 18 bases in that space (9 per side), but of so, what size fabric pots? 11 or 15?

Or an alternative is to sack off bases, and run more than 18 in 11ltrs on the IWS dripper..

Any advice welcome..

 

[SAPFO]

On day 1, I’ll start a journal. This is for the preliminary advice

 

[JSH1973]

Nice one from Sweet Seeds

 

[SAPFO]

 

[JSH1973]

I only recently bought some Bloody Skunk for my next grow from Sweet Seeds and they arrived in under a week, they seem like a good crowd

 

[SAPFO]

They were rapid. Under a week for me too. Takes long from the banks in my own country.

 

[SAPFO]

So what do you guys reckon? Crack the 36 beans and hope for the best, or run 18 in 11 ltrs?

 

[Trichome farmer]

So what do you guys reckon? Crack the 36 beans and hope for the best, or run 18 in 11 ltrs?

18 in 11L pots sounds good to me

 

[elcoloan]

On day 1, I’ll start a journal. This is for the preliminary advice

Oh i'll sub to that!

 

[SAPFO]

I usually run a Rhizosystem. Basically, a run to waste on an IWS dripper. Because in now in the loft, snd I don’t want 2 tanks up there, plus the fact the runoff bases take up 10cm, I’m thinking of just drip to pot, with minimum run off caught by the deep trays?. Anyone reckon that’ll be okay?