How many plants in a 3x3 with an led

1 plant 10 gallon pot. Big yield. I did 6 5 gallons under 4 600hps air cooled hoods and it's crowded. I was going for maximum light coverage and I have achieved that. So I'm expanding my room by 4 ft wider after this harvest and now I have 6 in 10 gallon pots. They have been vexing for about 3 months now and they are huge. Can't wait to flip them

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can i please see a pic, so few plants under so much light, i bet their sexy little bitches

 

In 3 x 3, your area is limited to start with. Also, with an LED, you only get coverage straight down under the light...with no reflection outward...so I would start with 1 plant. You can get more from 1 plant that gets all it needs than you can by crowding 3 or 4 into that same space. With crowding comes shading and nothing will develop really good below the canopy. And....if you're going with LED's, be very careful of what you choose to spend your money on. Research the lights and those who make them. Deal with people who make a good quality product because there are just too many points of possible problems with an LED light to buy from people who won't stand behind their product....and it's often difficult to get your warranty covered if it's from China...and that's where all the cheaper lighting is made. A good American made LED light is going to cost you some real bucks, but I wouldn't even think of going with anything else myself. They grow beautiful buds, but they just don't provide the coverage you need to grow multiple plants under them. I was looking at a 700 watt KIND LED the other day at the hydro store...and KIND is a very good brand of lighting...but they wanted $1,250 for it (at least I think that's the price they quoted me). You can always find your lights cheaper on the web, so always shop there and growershouse.com is an excellent grow house out west that I deal with on a regular basis if you're in the market for a good place to shop. A big tip....do as much research on learning HOW to grow these plants as you do deciding on the setup you plan to use to grow with. There are basics that every grower needs to know about this plant and it'll make your experience a much more enjoyable one the more you understand the process. Read the "sticky's" in the new grower threads for beginners. They contain a wealth of information that all new growers need. Good luck! TWW

 

hid raises my leccy aboot £1.30 a day which is aboot 2 yankee bucks

 

They blew away my expectations..! Day 54 veg. 2 hybrids + one fat indica. Under one p300 in a 2x2(x4') tent. SCROG'd

 

My p300 in TWO x TWO PERFECT

 

I have a hard time believing an LED pulling 180W would equal a 400W HPS. I might be wrong, but it sounds like a marketing trick.

 

"marketing trick" like those wizzards trying to sell you phones without wires

 

Because exaggerated claims are unheard of. What an awful analogy btw, just terrible.

 

There really saying it's equivalent. Or "works as well as" - due to its perfect spectrum for photo. And not so JUS much orange red and yellow from a HPS. The actual ratio of wattage to par is so much more efficient on LED lights in general. I'd love to try hid. But it's not in my possibilities. LEDs will be fine for me tiniest small outside tops. Their really packing on weight my tent is central AC cooked n exhausted w a 390cfm apollo

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2 Yankee dollars a day with what wattage hps lights brother?

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Well the thing is on these forums you read reply after reply of people basically saying that "oh well if your using an led it's not strong and it's not going to yield as much" but you see thousands of grows where people are using one or two of the LEDs lights the guys trash on and they are growing beautiful fat thick buds

 

just finished my first indoor grow in a 3x3,
I grew 3 plants under one SF1000 set to 100watts
and 4 23w CFL's in the cornors 6500k for veg, 2700 for flower
one OG Kush and 2 Purple Kush
I flipped the plants at 5 weeks so they were about
18inches tall with 6 or 8 nodes cant remember.
The two purple kush are still going I harvested the OG
2 weeks ago and got 53g of dry trimmed but and around
38g of nice trim
pretty sure I will pull more then 6oz out of the tent as the purple kush buds
are bigger.
I do need more light but I question the recommended 35 to 50w per sq foot with these new
qb style leds
I will probably pick up a hlg 135 to add to my tent
This next grow I will run 2 plants and veg a little longer
3 was wall to wall

 

It’s not enough light to fill a 3x3 and flower.
The reason leds Can use less wattage is because they use a watt much more efciently. But most leds atm are bullshit with their claims. Never trust one that advertises at a watt but then you have to go digging for the actual watts draw.
When you think led you need to be thinking quantum board and not blurple.

when you have sufficient light for your tent it doesn’t matter how many plants. Less plants just means less veg.

heres my last;

3x3, bio-bizz, 1 plant

 

I use (2) 1000w led's..plus 1 600w led in my 3×3

 

If you veg long to fill out the tent, 1 big plant, max 2.
If you veg short, 6 small plants.

Its debatable that yield could be more just cause theres more plants in a 3x3. 1 big plant filling out a tent can be equal to 6 small plants filling out the same square footage. Depends on light penetration, training, healthy plants, you name it.

Would love to try SOG some day. Currently prefer minimal plants, maximum veg to fill out square footage.

 

ya, i. using 2x180 real watts now, 2x es180....your 1000w and 600w leds are not real watts