how large of an area can a 1000w hps illuminate to grow?

Well they say you need at LEAST 50 watts per square foot! So break out your pen and paper or do it your head ( I'm too high, just smoked 2 blunts of some GOOD between 3 people ) and let me know what you come up with.

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It depends on how you want to grow your plants...

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That's a cool avator NO GROW, it would have been better if he had a joint or the words baked under it but never the less still a kick ass avator!

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Thanx man I just got it yesterday...When I seen it I had to have it....I started rollin as soon as I seen it.

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So roughly 20 square feet then. 1000w / 50 w per square foot =20

not quite,

it would be better to go off the lumens, so say you got a 1000hps that produces 140,000 lumens


working on the law of deminishing light

140,000 lumens at 2 foot away is 35,000 lumens

so at 2 foot away how well can you spread that light, your reflector is going to play a huge part in this, as the reflector directs the light.

the bulb on its own though could light a very large area, althought be less suitable for growing

Roughly 6' x 6'.

Wouldnt that be 36 square feet?

Its not wise to use watts per square foot as a guide as it's a very unreliable way of telling light requirements due to the different lumen levels different lights output. To get the most from your plants ideally you need to look at its lumen output and calculate what kind of lumen levels you require for the space you have available.

Light is vitally important to these plants and it's important to give them the correct levels.