Hey guys I’m a new grower and just picked up a little 2x2x4 grow tent and was curious if two plants with (1) 300w LED will produce a decent size yield. Is it too much light or too little? Any tips and tricks would help. Thanks!
That size tent you will want to do some training and flip to flower fairly soon or you will have a issue with the size of tent
300 watt led what brand ? most led are mislabeled in watts so it may only pull 150 watts . meaning a 2 foot area i want at least 300 real watts . you need another light . and yes it will pull a good yield. if you need suggestions on led lights that will not kill the bank let us know. i know a few that will work great . you can get best of the best for under 150 bucks to do the entire tent . quantom boards . if you had a taller tent i really want to try this light . this brand been around for a very long time and great results. its to big for your tent but i just wanted to show what talking about . MEIZHI 450W 600W 900W 1000W 1200W LED Grow Light Full Spectrum Indoor Veg Bloom | eBay click on the 1000 watt model . these have the new tech that is currently the best today
so if you have 300wtts and two plants you will not get 600wtts worth of plants. because there is still only 300wtts worth of energy so in reality plant count is irrelivant to plant yield. size of light in wtts is your plants enegy and main size. so having two plants done correctly will give you the same yield roughly as one plant done correctly with a 300wtt light. so id also look at your space whats more convenient. sobid just do two batches at 300wtts thats where you would obtain that 600 wtts worth yield but takes more time. if your looking to do a cycle say one in veg one in bloom one drying then id look at plant count but thats a diff topic.
That 300w led probably only pulls 135 actual watts.......you need 200 actual watts for that space if you use blurples. Good luck and welcome to GC.
Thank you guys for your replies!! That actually helps a lot. Also I want to try one auto flowering strain compared to regular seeds. Experimentation ♀️
merlo of course, what is the method behind both? Considering it’s my first grow I want to get as much learning from this grow as possible
Autos have a pre-determined life cycle.....and will flower automatically regardless of the light schedule. Photos can be vegged for as long as you like and switched to flower when you like. If you're positive that you can grow a perfect plant without any problems on your first grow......then do an auto. Unfortunately almost all new growers have problems which slows down growth......this will have an adverse effect on your yield if you do an auto. Photos give you as much time as you need to work out any problems that might occur. Good luck.
I started this current grow in a 2x2x48 with four plants. Two became males so I was left with the two as you see in the pics. After the third week of doing the 12/12 flip they stretched almost to the top and switched them out into a 4x4x7 tent with two HGL QB V2 100’s. I now use the 2x2 tent for vegging and then the 4x4 for flowering Light in the 2x2 is a 1000w giixer LED with veg/bloom switch. The HLG QB V2 100’s are better in my opinion Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum
Id add to micks post that with a auto they cannot be switched to flower early where a photo can. If you see the tent getting filled up to quickly after say 2-3 weeks you could flip to flower with a photo to try and work with the tent size , where as that auto is gonna flip on its time schedule not yours ... and ive seen people have autos that went as long as 7 weeks before flower started
I strongly disagree with the critiques of autoflowers that have been given here. I grow nothing but autos. They do not have a predetermined life cycle. If you top and train they will take a bit longer. They quickly recover from early problems, and are at least as hardy as photos. Autofems are perfect for new growers. No need to switch to flower. No obsession about light leaks. Just plant them, and let them grow. I have 2 autos in a 2 x 4 ft hydro tent right now, a mephtisto Ripley's OG and a Dinafem Critical+2.0. Plus 4 different strains in another tent. The canopies are completely filled without any topping or training, and just a little leaf tucking. Although autos can be topped, trained, mainlined, etc I choose to do none of those things, because they slow plants down without increasing yield when the canopy is full anyway. It's possible that some photo growers have tried and failed with some poorly bred autos, but most criticisms come from those who haven't actually tried autos.