light or space??? which is better??? poll

what would yeild more??? two 1000s on a 5x5 area or two 5x5 areas with 1000 on each??? plz vote and/or explain y....

*edit* jus to clearify thing cuz sum1 didnt get the idea.. lets take a sog style example with 50 plants in each 5x5 area... u have set-up 1 which is 50 plants under 2 1000w in a 5x5.... or set up 2 which is 2 5x5 areas with 50 plant in each (totaling 100 plants) with a 1000w over each 5x5/set of 50 plants

good ?'s set it up and lets see

newb101 said:

good ?'s set it up and lets see

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thats y im asking... i have the space but if i dont need it then i wont use it... my room has flaws to my original plan due to a doorway, so gettin what i want is a lil trickier then i planned...plus, if i dont need another system in my room and can achevie the same with the1 set up and double lights then i will go that route... so if lights will yeild more, then space is erelivent

lol it all depends, if you have more plants in the two areas it will produce more, if you have an equal # of plants in one area would be better!!

if you have the space id set up one as a veg room and the other as a flowering room, I think that is the best idea!

JN811 said:

lol it all depends, if you have more plants in the two areas it will produce more, if you have an equal # of plants in one area would be better!!

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ur not seeing the point... obviously ude have more plants with with the 2 areas... and more plants doesnt always mean more buds... i obviously didnt mean 2 plants with 2 1000s over it and 1 plant under each 1000... totaling the same in each situation... if it was u, would u do that??? u would obvioulsy make more of ur space(s) by filling each space... lets say in a SOG set up, 50 plants in each 5x5... so the 50 with 2 1000s or the 100 with 2 1000s(2 sets with 50 in each and a 1000 over each)

JN811 said:

if you have the space id set up one as a veg room and the other as a flowering room, I think that is the best idea!

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well i have a 19x8 room to work with.. i think i ill be able to squeeze a veg room in there as well but i dunno know... what do u think??? *sarcasim to its fullest*

any1 wanna vote???

Highlanders cave said:

No. The answer seems rather obvious to me

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u would think, but is it corect???

The answer is indeed obvious. You will most certainly achieve a higher yield with two 5 x 5 areas with 2 x 1000w lights vs. one 5 x 5 area with 2 x lights. Even though cannabis is a light loving plant, it does have it's limits. 2000 watts in a 5x5 area would be 80w/sq.ft., where 50w/sq.ft. is plenty. Plants also having genetic limitations, IOW buds will only grow so big, having twice the space allows for twice the buds. Think about it.

highpsi said:

The answer is indeed obvious. You will most certainly achieve a higher yield with two 5 x 5 areas with 2 x 1000w lights vs. one 5 x 5 area with 2 x lights. Even though cannabis is a light loving plant, it does have it's limits. 2000 watts in a 5x5 area would be 80w/sq.ft., where 50w/sq.ft. is plenty. Plants also having genetic limitations, IOW buds will only grow so big, having twice the space allows for twice the buds. Think about it.

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dont get me wrong, thats my answer as well but i was jus curious as to the truth... it started from a thread i made earlier in the night about light over kill... so u think 80w/sqft is over kill??? what about 4x8??? 2 1000 over a 4x8 or 2 4x8s withh a 100 over each... 1000 is not enuff to cover a 4x8 properly so???

agreed 2 5x5 with a 1k in each my friend

Here's HTG's light coverage chart...



They also go on to say you can't have too much light...

Please note this is just a basic recommendation and depending on your particular garden or plants (and even reflector style) you may be able to use this light in a smaller or larger area than the suggested area of coverage. As a general rule, a garden cannot have "too much light". Meeting the plants demands for water, nutrients and CO2 must be met with increased light intensity to achieve optimium plant growth. Heat is often also a concern in any indoor garden and growers must be prepared to deal with ventilating the heat generated by a lighting system (and humidity produced by the plants). Different reflector styles also lend themselves to different sized gardens. Extra-Large reflectors like the SunSoaker or AiroFlow are designed to accomodate a large garden area while the MaxWing and others are best for modest, medium sized gardens. Using Air Cooled Reflectors is also suggested as they greatly facilitate containing and removing the heat generated by the lamp/bulb.

As a general rule, a garden cannot have "too much light". Meeting the plants demands for water, nutrients and CO2 must be met with increased light intensity to achieve optimium plant growth.

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And here is the crux of the problem, CO2 is usually the limiting factor in most peoples grow rooms, unless you supplement CO2 with a burner or tank. I have aircooled lights, so I can get them pretty close without heat being a issue, however, I can't get them much closer than 14" or so because the tops of the center plants (plants right under the bulb) start to bleach out. I run 50w per sq.ft. and it seems that without CO2 enrichment, this is about where the point of deminishing returns begin. Even with CO2 enrichment there is a limit that can be reached, it's probably closer to 100w/sq.ft. but it's there none the less.