hey everyone just a quick question on lighting.. I have 6 clones ryte now in a grow tent. Is a 600 watt mh/hps light too much for 6 plants??? Do you thinkI need less????Or do you think I can fit more plants?????What do you think? Also how much do you think ill yield.. I got them from the club over a month ago.. I plan to vegg for 2 months. I only give them light water ventalation, and starting yesterday fox farm liquid nutrients?
I used to use a 400 watt hps in a small closet with 5 or 6 med size plants and did pretty well. I since have upgraded to a 5ft X 5ft area with a 600 watt HPS and a 400 watt HPS which is 1000 watt total in 25 sq ft with equels out to 6000 lumens per square foot @ 150,000 lumens. I have 16 5 gallon buckets in my area, which I have 16 plants. I could prob do I plant per square foot which would be 25 but they would be to crowded and in turn be small plants. This is my first grow in my new room but what I have found is you need 5000 (min) to 7000 (max) lumens per square foot. This is figured by your amount of lumens divided by square foot of grow space with a good reflective material on the walls. I began this grow with just my new 600 watt hps but I ran across a good deal on a second 400 watt HPS so I added it to my room. I am very new at growing compared to most of the other great people on this forum but I thought I would give you my opinion. Good Luck!