Hey guys first I apologize if this is the wrong section for this but here it is. I plan on starting a 4x4 or 5x5 tent in the near future when I move and can get set up. I will prob start simple with ffof soil and 33 to 40 percent perlite as I have had good luck with this in the past and the last time I did hydro I had multiple power outages and I don' want to deal with that this time. Plan to use 5,7 or 10 gal smart pots with 4 to 5 plants at a time and maybe a small box for a jump on veg for the next go round. I also want to go led again but may stick with hps/mh 600. Any insight on container size, go green led and if one of there 6 cob lights will run a 4x4 in flower or I can start with one and in a few weeks buy another to add before flower as I feel I may need to. Go green vs hps? Any help with set up would be appreciated. Any changes I should make to this? I have plenty of experience growing but that is mostly due to LOTS of reseach and trial and error over the years and lots of help from forums like this! Thanks in advance guys can' wait to be up and running again!!
Go 5x5 over any 4x4.....Trust me on this. You'll be happier!
If you ever decide to try a SOG, in an ebb tray and use rockwool.....A 5x5 will fit a 4x4 tray setup perfectly! Backing up your elec. with a generator is always a wise move (If you own the home).
You can SOG in soil too. Just use Plant Warrior #1 pots, and flip at 8-10 inch's.... Your talking 64 plants in that 5x5...... Yield will shock the shit out of you!
Of course you need to know your growing pretty good to be successful at it.....Always a possibility down the road .. eh?
Look, skip the "smart pots" and go classic nursery pots or spend a little bit more on Plant Warrior pots... The return on those "smart pots" is not worth the cost of them up front (in my book, and I tested them for the first makers.) They dry out to fast and have "wetting" problems - if you don't know what your doing with them....
#5 nursery pots would be about the limit for
multi plant runs in a 4x or 5x tent.
Single plants trained or SCROGed will need bigger pots....
You
can learn to do amazing things with simply #3's and "pushing" for potentials in a tent that size.....
COB LEDs in a tent of that size = perfect selection. Costly up front but, they'll pay for them selves in heat reduction and plant quality, quickly!
Settle for
only good solid COB's and skip the fly by night and over priced LED "banks"! AB-SO-FUCKING-LUTELY
NO cheap "blurple" LED's!
If you have to go HID......1K or forget it!..Something else to do for HID...
Square hood for a square tent! Maximize's the light delivery to the space. Look at "BLOCKBUSTER 6" hoods!.. Skip the DE HID systems for tents! They are best for tall ceilings for heat reason's.....
Good luck!
