Question on indoor growing.

Hey guys, i have never grown indoors in my life. And i am looking to set up a tent of some size, not sure yet what size.
I know some people will say this is a stupid question but im wondering what kinda yield a person can pull on different tent sizes. And how many plants a person should run. I'm looking at a 48x48x78 with a 600 watt light..
Or a 78x78x78 with a 1000 watt.
Any input would be great + rep

my tent is 4' 9 " x 4' 9". i have put up to 45 one gallon grow bags and 20 2 gallon bags. i average 17, 3 gallon bags. it's crowded but i like it like that. you could do 12 to 16 easily if you do soil. some think it's too many. i laugh at them.

i'm averaging 17 oz per grow with a 600 watt and that's without doing anything special and pretty much ignoring them.

Is it the grow lab tent. I can't even make up my mind on the brand let alone size...lol
Great info though thanks alot, this is the kinda of info im needing. + rep

tristynhawk said:

Is it the grow lab tent. I can't even make up my mind on the brand let alone size...lol
Great info though thanks alot, this is the kinda of info im needing. + rep

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yep, growlab. it's a good one. very well made. i have a smaller one too but i never use it.

check it out, 45 one gallon bags.



i forget why i made some of them smaller by folding them. huh.

Is temps easily controlled. I was looking at that exact tent just a min ago. Just wasn't sure if i wanted bigger. Growlab is a little more expensive then some. But i'd pay extra if others were junk. Growace has some decent priced ones, but was leary because they were so cheap. What about ballast and light brands is there any to avoid.

actually those might be one gallon and 1/2 gallon bags. all seedlings. i ended up with 32 females.

fatboyOGOF said:

check it out, 45 one gallon bags.

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i forget why i made some of them smaller by folding them. huh.

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How tall do you usaully grow them.
Sorry if it sounds dumb, but this will be my first time indoors. Did some cfl this year in closet for outdoor clones, and fell in love with plants around me at all times. Decided i want a grow room/tent.

I think they sell that light at GrowAce.
It's a yieldmaster right

Nope i'm wrong just looked theirs is Yield Lab.

tristynhawk said:

Is temps easily controlled. I was looking at that exact tent just a min ago. Just wasn't sure if i wanted bigger. Growlab is a little more expensive then some. But i'd pay extra if others were junk. Growace has some decent priced ones, but was leary because they were so cheap. What about ballast and light brands is there any to avoid.

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in my opinion, the best ballasts are nextgen! the purple ballasts, i forget their name SUCK! i had a 250 watt that died after a few months! after reading up on them, this happens a lot. avoid them. the best filter is Phresh! a good fan is Can fan and a decent light.

i have the tent in a spare bedroom so i don't close it up when the lights are on. if i was closing it up, i would hook up my fan and filter inside the tent instead of in the room, and the temps would be fine.

you're going to use this tent over and over again. get a good one. cheap is cheap for a reason!

people here would tell you to get a 1000 watt light in the size tent i have. don't listen to them. it's too hard to keep cool.

tristynhawk said:

How tall do you usaully grow them.
Sorry if it sounds dumb, but this will be my first time indoors. Did some cfl this year in closet for outdoor clones, and fell in love with plants around me at all times. Decided i want a grow room/tent.

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i typically tie them down and they average 3 foot tall with several decent sized colas. too many variables outside. bugs, scumbags, animals.

Man i'm excited. I can't wait to get this plan off the and running.

This winter it will be in a garage with no heat so out side temps might be 30's during day and teens at night.
How would this effect it i could always get a heater of some sort, the lights would warm it some, room it's in would be maybe 12x12

tristynhawk said:

This winter it will be in a garage with no heat so out side temps might be 30's during day and teens at night.
How would this effect it i could always get a heater of some sort, the lights would warm it some, room it's in would be maybe 12x12

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i'm in a desert! very cold here is 40 degrees. lol.

that's way too cold for pot plants. when you turn the lights off, you'd have to heat the area. you could squeeze in 2 or 3 - 90 day grows before the cold hit. i used to do 4 grows a year, 90 days each. pot can handle heat better than cold.