How many plants can I fit in a 4x4 grow tent comfortably?

DirtyNerd said:

I would recommend less is best give them the time to veg and you will be rewarded more then just packing it with as many plants as you can i did a run last time in a 4.5-4.5 tent with 9 plant and it was packed and some plants didn't like it being in the corner i would say with a 4x4 i would on max do 5

2 top 1 middle 2 bottom and a net lay over the time spread them out and you will still have a great yield packing more is not always good using your skills and bring the most out of less is the best but at the end of the day whatever you end up doing i hope you have a good run and you start a log so we can all watch good or bad its great to document your grow it helps you learn as a grower good luck bro

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I agree with this i do 8 plants in a 4.5x8 in 10gal pots with 5-6 week veg. Unless you can grow as any plants as you want then i think sog is the most efficient

mo841 said:

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.

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ww had a long flowering time so it's a perfect strain to work with if you have short veg time.

zchopper420 said:

I agree with this i do 8 plants in a 4.5x8 in 10gal pots with 5-6 week veg. Unless you can grow as any plants as you want then i think sog is the most efficient

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how do you arrange the 8? 2x4? leaving room to work with? is your lamp offset in the tent?

strainbank said:

how do you arrange the 8? 2x4? leaving room to work with? is your lamp offset in the tent?

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Yep 2 sets of 4 with 2 hoods on for each side. There really isn't any room inside but they make tents that open on all side for access. Floor space is a hot commodity so i try to use it all. Here is a link to my grow if you want to check out the set up
https://www.rollitup.org/t/rare-darkness-con-cheese-exodus-cheese.864917/page-4#post-11714304

Prety much cut what i got in half. So 1 hood with 4 plants under it

zchopper420 said:

Yep 2 sets of 4 with 2 hoods on for each side. There really isn't any room inside but they make tents that open on all side for access. Floor space is a hot commodity so i try to use it all. Here is a link to my grow if you want to check out the set up
https://www.rollitup.org/t/rare-darkness-con-cheese-exodus-cheese.864917/page-4#post-11714304

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these look great, what strain? looks like a sativa hybrid?

I would either do 4 in ScroG, or 9 natural (short veg), or 16+ SoG

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12-12 from seed about 26x 28" or some crap 8plants with a random indica in the bottom right for 9..it wasnt the best idea

Thanks you guys

qwizoking said:

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12-12 from seed about 26x 28" or some crap 8plants with a random indica in the bottom right for 9..it wasnt the best idea

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Looks good to me, you filled the bucket with soil or do you have pots in there?

I'm thinking of flipping my tote over like yours and add another one on top with cfl's in it until I get a tent. Only can fit 1 in there now

Theres a bag o dirt in there, about 3" of it. Yea they eventually came about 8" out the top of the second tote, them sativas got super tall

I have 5 in 5 gallon pots under a 600w. vegged for 5 weeks and now they're 2 weeks into flower. Unless i was going to veg for a shorter amount of time i wouldnt do any more than that since the tent is getting pretty full.

5 plants. Lay them out in the pattern like the 5 on a dice. Do not run more than this in a 4 x 4. Do 5 & grow them right & you will do better than doing 9 just mediocre. I have tried it. Very hard to control environment in a space that small with 9 or more plants. They throw off a lot of heat & humidity. You will get better bud by doing just 5, & yield will not be off by much (my yields are higher when I run fewer plants. Use the "mainlining" technique.

You also want to group them as close to the center as you can...as many plants in the sweet spot as possible. As they grow you will have to separate them more. But at any given point, you want them as close to the sweet spot as possible. Some people like to rotate the plants in & out of the sweet spot.

Unless you want to grow sog style, I would take just 5 & do a scrog. Top 3-4 times per plant, LST & mainline & you will have plenty to fill out a 4x4. However, once you fill out the scrog, you can no longer rotate the plants around.

Scrogs suck to work around (in my opinion) but for yield & quality in a small space I think it's the way to go.

My 4x4 tent grows have been good so far, I'm on my 3rd grow all organic all coco, very relaxing any questions I'll be here

Peacepipetokr8 said:

My 4x4 tent grows have been good so far, I'm on my 3rd grow all organic all coco, very relaxing any questions I'll be here

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I’m just starting out with growing and have my mind set on the coco coir with indica dominant in a 4x4 and want to yield as much as I can. How has your experience been with the coco?

Hustlepuff said:

I’m just starting out with growing and have my mind set on the coco coir with indica dominant in a 4x4 and want to yield as much as I can. How has your experience been with the coco?

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hey man, coco is the way to go for sure very easy to control ph and nutrients, 70/30 with perlite. Im currently running 4 autos in 3 gallon pots in my 4x4 and tbh i couldnt fit another plant, getting close to wall to wall in flower, 5 would be crazy packed... plus need room for humidifer fan w.e else.

I always have 6 plants in my 4×4 but to be honest 4 would probably produce the same yield, the more space they have the bigger they get.

I run 5, get 1+ g/w under two 315W CMH both vertical and horizontal.
At present I am doing a 24 plant SOG, my first and probably last. Too much mass for me.

4,6,9,12,36,7..... really depends on grow style and what strain(s).

I usually run 9 2 gallon coco fabric pots per 4x4 under a 1k hps. If I run less plants I train more. More plants I flower earlier.