How many plants?

loquacious

loquacious

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How many plants do you think I could grow in a 4'x4'x6'6 tent, with a 600 watt HPS, in three gallon pots?
 
zack66

zack66

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I would say 9 if you move them around every day. Also depends on strain. Indicas don't seem to mind being close to one another.
 
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bigsteve

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I don't think 9 3-gallon pots will even fit in your tent. I think you can squeeze 4 pots in there.
Set the pots on the tent floor to see how much room they take up, go for there.

BigSteve.
 
zack66

zack66

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I run 9 5gl buckets in a 3x3 area. It's tight but it works. I also chop the bottom third off my plants concentrating on 6 or so main colas. I average 2 zips per plant with a 5-6 week veg period.
 
hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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The wattage is enough for 9 but your tent size makes me say do four and do them right. Suggest SCROG even then.
 
WattSaver

WattSaver

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I work a 4x4 area and have tried 9 - 2gal, and 6-3gal, in the end I found it much easier to run 3 to 4 3gal, and I get a better yield with 4 plants than any other amount of plants.
 
Bigby

Bigby

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I've tried packing my tent, and giving my girls room. Giving them room has won for me. You have the same tent as me, I've got 6 in mine at the moment and they are happy as can be. Most I've done in there was 9 and that was too many in my opinion. Good luck!
 
zack66

zack66

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I think it's kind of like feeding nutes. Less is more. I am going back to running 6 in my room instead of 9. The plants not so crowded are much denser and the quality is better overall.
 
Bigby

Bigby

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zack66 said:
I think it's kind of like feeding nutes. Less is more. I am going back to running 6 in my room instead of 9. The plants not so crowded are much denser and the quality is better overall.
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That's the same result I'm seeing from doing exactly the same thing. I even chose the same strains so the comparison would be fairer. More room equals happier girls :-)
 
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