how much wattage

Discussion in 'Growing Marijuana Indoors' started by canoguy, Jan 2, 2007.

  1. hi all well after growing my first grow im ginna switch my veg room from flourescents to hps. my veg room is about 5 feet long, 4 feet wide and about 11 feet tall. i was just wondering how many plants could i get in there and what wattage i should go for. im thinking of getting a 600 watt. what do u guys think. thanks in advance for helping
     
  2. sorry i meant my flowering room. im smoking some of my first crop.
     
  3. I have about the same space, I fit 8 plants without issue. I use 2 400w hps, with 430w son agro bulbs, a friend happened to have the bulbs so just used em and they work well.
     
  4. sounds good cheers
     
  5. thats 20 sq. feet... u could technically fit about 15 plants in the whole space, but u would definitely need 2 or 3 600w HPS lights... if u used 2 400w HPS u could do about 8 plants
     
  6. I think one 600w would be pretty lightweight for that space. Get a 1000w or two 400w. (Would two 600w be an option? That might work best of all)

    Going by the one-plant-per-square-foot rule you could get 20 in there, but then you wouldl have no room to move around, plus you may not get full light penetration out to the edges. I think 8-12 plants is realistic for that space.
     
  7. im still kinda new to indoor growing. i think im gina try a 600 watt but wow i was thinking 6 plants in that space would be pushing it. ive got some northern lights that just popped the soil so i have about a month to consider it thanks for all ur replies cheers
     
  8. so far im thinking of getting a 600 watt and when im more experianced to move up to hydro i can get another 600 watts
     

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