• I have a 3'X3'X'5H area.
• I have 3 indica dominant or pure indica strains available.
• 400W HPS

Looking at square pots, weighing 6"x6" vs 7"x7" vs 8"x8"

There's even a 9.6" square thats 11" deep and 3.1 gallons. I could only fit 9 of the biggest 9.6" pots vs 36 of the 6". I don't think 6" is big enough, at least 36 is too many for 9 sq ft, but what do you think?

I've heard 1 sq ft per plant & 4 plants per sq ft as well. Which will it be?

you can run 4 per sqft in SOG but i think its a bit crowded in my 3 x 3 i run 4 rows of 4 pots for 16 plants

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maybe 2 per sq ft....but looks like your height might limit you. 5 ft high is not high considering the light and pots both take away from that...i would do a small dwc sys

5ft is plenty of height for SOG as only minimal veg time is given and you can control height anyway! To answer the original Q. I would advise 16 plants total in a 3' by 3' area with 400 watter. GL

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ok well sog is usally done with clones because you need the same gentics so that all plants act alike and grow the same so what you need to do is just pick one of your seeds and grow it out to make it yor big ole' mama plant and just clone her and fill you flowering room up with little baby clones

use 14-18 plants in that area with a 400watt.. when the clones are rooted and you see new growth just veg them for a week then put into flowering..

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Thanks everyone for your input, gotta love RIU and all the awesome people out here!

Rep+ for everyone

If I go with the 9"x9" or smaller pots I can fit 16 plants, and have close to 3 gallons of soil per plant.

THANKS AGAIN!

yeah so im 1 week into 8 clones i took from my seeds from dr. chroic. im going to clone each of those like 4 times and get a big ass sog started in three sections so i can have a perpetual grow going. i have a flowering room thats thats like 4 ft wide by 4 ft deep and 400w hps

7 inch pots 5 per row @ 25 per 3x3 tray for a No Veg SOG with pruning.

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Believe me when I say that it's up to you and depends on your strain. I am fully aware that many believe you should remain at 4. When you see the room highlighted in SeeMoreBuds' video, where the guy crammed 300 plants into a 4x6 room, you will understand what I mean.

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