what would be the best light setup for a scrog grow?

T5 4x2. Over 250

Hps. Dont mess with sissy lights.

Alienwidow said:

Hps. Dont mess with sissy lights.

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so it would be better to scrog 1 plant in a 2x2x6 tent with the 250watt mh/hps light?

Keep in mind that HPS gives you about 130 lumen per watt while very efficient (and expensive) T5 pushes perhaps 90 lm/w. Ordinary cheap tubes or CFL-s might give you about 60 or so. Always remember that power consumption is just a convinient way for comparing lights of the same type (and efficiency), but if you want to compare different lights, you'll have to compare their total light output.

Anyway, if you are saving on the lights in order to afford a tent, my advice would be to go DIY instead and spend the money you've saved on good lights.

hps over t5s any day. The hps will give off a lot more heat witch has to be controlled via cool tube/exhaust fan, especially in a small tent. if you can control the heat go with hps.

I have used a Quantum Bad Boy 4ft @ 8 bulb for a couple years in 2 x 4 tent.

The strain I am growing has really long main and secondary branching. I was forced to snap branches to fit

This grow I am scrogging, but started late. It is def the way to increase yield as it keeps more buds withing the output sweet spot

The problem: bulbs don't last beyond 2 grows, and often one. Worse, there is no way to tell how many lumens are lost without an expensive lumen meter, and good bulbs are >$20. What to do? LEDs. Check out A 51 for a quality panel without breaking the bank. If you can afford a Bentley then Apache Tech. IndaGro EDFL is another quality alternative. You will pay more upfront for LEDs/EDFLs but you will recoup the expense in a few short years

How much bud do you want/need?

~220w LEDs. Probably end up with 4 ozs

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432w HOT5 Mother was over a pound

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I agree with flora led would be perfect if you can spend money. Of course I prefer hid over t5 but sorry widow a 250 falls into the sissy category as well. Lol. If you said 400 then I would have said hid/hps. I have seen good grows with both. Also if your talking yield and area 2x4 is should be better than 2x2. I now run a tent that is 2x3x5 with Area 51 led. Prior had a 400 in a 2x4x8 area.