Will this tent work for both veg and flower?

I would think two of those Mars Hydro's would be perfect for that tent.
A 3000 would work but be a little short of light.
You can use the tent for clone, veg and flowering and still use the same two TS3000's
Just adjust the intensity of the lights according to the stage you are in.

 

Wouldnt have been my first choice but you should be able to grow some weed with it. Just a few ounces and it will have paid for itself.

 

Man it really depends on what kind of space you have to work with. I really like the Covert brand tents on the hydrobuilder website due to the height- 86''. That extra 6'' makes a world of difference.



This is my last big 4 plant grow in my 5x5 covert tent.

The day i flipped to flower

Harvest


I run 1000w DE HPS in a sunsystem air cooled de hood.


If i was starting over from scratch I think i would run 4 315w CMH lights. Start seeds with 1, veg with 2, flower with 4 but run 2 sets of 2 for 8 hours each with a 4 hour overlap so they get a sunrise, midday, and sunset.

 

I don't know the light you mentioned but I have grown very good pot with just a 250W HPS. I Upgraded to a 400W that preforms better. Then a few years later I got a extremely high quality LED full spectrum light. With the 400W and the LED both I have grown much better weed. My new plan is to use a MH conversion bulb in the HPS light for Veg. Then when I start flowering I'll switch bulbs back. Because indoor growing limits height of plants, I never felt early flowering was good for quality. 30 years ago I began bending the stalks so the were horizontal. Allowing light to hit along the main stalk allowing bigger tops to grow. It also increased my yield a good deal.
Ideally a mother to clone is the bast way, the older a plant is the better in my experience. I once read in high times how the growers of Maui would drive trucks with huge flood light through their field at night. Bathing the plants with enough light to keep their Veg stage going until the sun began staying up long enough to continue the veg stage until the second fall then allow them to bud. I never had room but I may be able to now with a tent.

 

It will work, one side for flowering and one side for cloning/veggin.
Man they are proud of that setup, that is high compared to buying pieces to make it.
I think you will be a bit short on lights, one will do ok in veg, but when it comes to flowering, you will need 2 of those lights at least.
I think you can buy pieces from Amazon and ebay to make that setup for about 2/3 the price, maybe cheaper

 

I mean its just 4 plants with a trellis spreading them out/holding them up. All grow lights put off heat and have a fire risk. If you live in a warm place or somewhere with really high electric costs, then go for LED. For me i just do one grow in the winter so yeah the HPS puts off a lot of heat but when its its below freezing 4-5 months out of the year, that heat just helps heat the house and keep the grow area in the right temp range. Keep in mind you really want your grow area to be like 80-83 when running LED which for a lot of people means running an additional heater so whatever efficiency they save by running LED is negated by the extra heat they have to run. Electric heaters are as much of a fire risk as any grow light. I get over a gram per watt growing in organic soil. Done right you should be able to pull even more from DWC and faster. But as most will agree, the best terpenes come from soil grows. I would rather a half gram per watt of the best weed on earth than 3 grams per watt of hydro that just doesnt have the flavor/smell. Ive also been playing with a 2.5x5 tent with two 315 cmh lights. Im seeing differences but im not sure its worth buying 4 more lights to replace my HPS. Another winter of testing should give me a better idea.

 

HPS produces quality flower. Its well proven. As far as tent size goes, are you planning on going inside your tent? Most people never actually go in the tent..... It should be full of plants. That is where the 1000w HPS is a pretty damn good fit for a 5x5. Get a tent with 3 doors so you can access all sides when you need to. I started with a single end 1000w HPS in an air cooled hood. It was plenty of light running it boosted to 1150w but in the never ending search for bigger and better, i upgraded to the double ended HPS sun system air cooled hood. I got it used for 100$. another 100 for new bulb and 150 for new ballast. A quality led that puts out the same amount of light is going to run you a grand easily. If you wanted to go a little smaller, you could do a 4x4 tent with one of the dual 315 lights that is one fixture with two bulbs.


Lots of options out there.