would it work if i grew with a 5x5x7 ft tent, (2) 250 watt hps in a single air cooled reflector, 465 cfm blower pulling air out of the tent but from 2 places being the light and the tent environment by using a Y adapter in the ducting?

how many plants should i be able to grow without scrog?


thanks, any help is appreciated

Personally a 600 or 1000 watter would be perfect for that space...

that fan could easily keep the temps perfect for that size space too...

how many plants should i be able to grow well in this space with 2 250 watts? and for 600 and 1000? thanks

What style are you going for?

SOG, SCROG, Vertical, ect???

you can grow quite a few plants in that tent... i would go with 5-gallon buckets, ya they take up a lot of room, but you get the biggest yield

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Sorry just saw that you said above W/O SCROGING...

So SOG...

Ok but what is your system,
ebb and flow table, DWC, SOIL...

my system is dwc 5 gallon buckets, question is how many in this size tent with 600 watt air cooled hps?

well 5 gallon buckets are a foot wide, so theoretically you could fit 25 max, but you are gonna find some problems with the edge ones not getting a whole lotta light..

I would say 16 ina 4X4 config and you are gonna grow great plants....

400 watt light will cover about 4x4
600 watt a 6.5x6.5 space
1000 watt 8x8

This may not be exact but aproximately.

I currently have a 4x4 with a 600 watt I am having troubles keeping heat down with a window hlaf way open but i ordered new fans and will see what they will do. My lights are not air cooled.

Stick to this rule it is much better than the above..

50 watts of HID lighting per sq ft...

so

400 good for 8 sq ft
600 good for 12 sq ft
1000 good for 20 sq ft.

You can stretch this rule just a little and still get great results...

so for your 5X5 Tent I would stick in 16 5 gallon buckets in a 4X4 config..

thats 4 feet by 4 feet of DWC system equaling a total of 16 sq ft,
you could use a 600 watter and do OK....

To me it seems the above post was taken off one of those E-bay auctions advertising thier 1000 watters can light 100 sq ft! hahahah