How many plants can I fit in a 4x4 grow tent comfortably?
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passdadutch
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Just bag seed to get tent dialed in as far as heat, exchange etc. Never have worked in a small confined space like this so different for me. I have auto and a bunch of fem seeds I bought. Nutes and medium I get for free and as far as lights They been under cfl for now which doesn't cost me really anything to run.
strainbank
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what lamp are you using? what ive read is that it matters what lights youre using.
strainbank
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would you recommend arranging the 5 like a dice or just a strip of plants in a row? i ask bc most lamps are rectangular in shape as far as the hoods.
Budzbuddha
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Run some indicas to SCROG up and you'll have plenty of Budsites to harvest. 
or SuperCrop / LST some Sativas like this.
or SuperCrop / LST some Sativas like this.
strainbank
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@Budzbuddha i agree, run some indica dominant strains with tight node structures. we have a girl scout cookies and gdp that have super tight nodes and fat leaves.
strainbank
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bag seeds are the best! totally free and some can be super plump and fat giving off huge shaq like plants lol.
Budzbuddha
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Bag seeds can produce some decent smoke. As everybody knows BAGWEED has seeds and the weed that is STREET SWAG are sometimes harvested early and cured like shit. But grew some very tasty weed by going the distance and MOST IMPORTANTLY giving the harvest a " proper " curing. That Mexican red hair or afghani Kush that is on the street corners can be pretty good.
East Coast
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BDOGKush
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Yea, I arrange them like 5 on dice. Whether using my two 400w LED panels or my 600W HPS cool tube.
When he asks how many he can comfortably fit, I'm not thinking what's the max he can shove in that tent; I'm thinking of grower comfort, ease of watering, tending to the lower growth ect.
It's all grower preference, I personally rather grow 5 four to five foot plants in 5 gal pots with a longer veg time than a ton of smaller plants that cramp each other and have to be moved around all the time to tend to.
Lo Budget
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I run four plants in 5Gal buckets, soil. By the time they get big the tent (4'x4'x7' also) is pretty full, and if you're going to lst or anything you'll need room for that too.
A 5Gal bucket is typically a foot in diameter so it's easy to think "Hey, I can get 16 5Gals in there". And you can, they just can't get more than about 12" wide. Getting to the middle ones could be a pita, even w/ side windows. And even lighting is difficult, so you might have to rotate plants around.
You don't want to pack them in too tight, remember you'll need good air flow & circulation especially in a small tent, no matter what style you use.
That's been my experience so far, using 5g pails of dirt. As many have said, it all depends on how you want to do it. In other words, about a pound.
G/L, like everything thing else related to this hobby, there's never a single answer, and the answers you do get might be 180 degrees apart. And they might all be correct, depending on who/what/when/where/why. Occam's razor is useful until you get your chops down.
A 5Gal bucket is typically a foot in diameter so it's easy to think "Hey, I can get 16 5Gals in there". And you can, they just can't get more than about 12" wide. Getting to the middle ones could be a pita, even w/ side windows. And even lighting is difficult, so you might have to rotate plants around.
You don't want to pack them in too tight, remember you'll need good air flow & circulation especially in a small tent, no matter what style you use.
That's been my experience so far, using 5g pails of dirt. As many have said, it all depends on how you want to do it. In other words, about a pound.
G/L, like everything thing else related to this hobby, there's never a single answer, and the answers you do get might be 180 degrees apart. And they might all be correct, depending on who/what/when/where/why. Occam's razor is useful until you get your chops down.
strainbank
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how do you figure this many?
strainbank
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i like the idea of having 4 huge plants, easier to care for. maybe start with 6 and pick the best ones to grow so you get some fatties.
mo841
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I use two 600w air cooled hoods that are 2'x2'.
strainbank
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strainbank
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wow buddy those looks amazing! what nutes do you use? white widow is one of my favorites, have you ever tried black widow? it's another pheno of ww i think.
mo841
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I use gro fine veg and bloom nutes. they were like $3 a bag each. Only problem I have with these nutes is magnesium deficiencies so I just
throw some epsom salt in with it
every now n then. I use some organic soil that has turkey shit in it I found at menards like $5 a bag. I have only grown WW and WWBB so far. The WW is pretty good and much denser than WWBB. one day ill have to try some differant strains. I got these running on a two month perpetual.
