good width for cabinet

i got a 5 x 3.5 x 1.5, is 1.5ft a good width for the plants i plan on topping a few of them aswell is that a good enough width to receive maximum yeild if it even makes a difference n yeild

not if you are topping them

oh okay what would be a good enuff size u think and even if i didnt top can i still get a good yeild

my cab is 4ft wide x 22in deep and my plants are doing ok. your a bit on the small side but if you can make it deeper you should go like 1ft deeper
i wish i would have LOL

damn wish i could but it was pre built hopfully it will be fine im planning on doin 3 plants with a 400 wat hps. i hope the lack of space dosnt effect yeild not sure if it really matters though, if i top one will it outgro the width though

mjb121877 said:

my cab is 4ft wide x 22in deep and my plants are doing ok. your a bit on the small side but if you can make it deeper you should go like 1ft deeper
i wish i would have LOL

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Echo that. Also, try to keep the cab the same width and depth as possible, the plants grow evenly in all directions, and narrow cabs can affect yields greatly.

Good luck...but dude...you are going to run into space issue. That light could do so much more! They might seem fine at the beginning, but once flowering starts...watch out. You are either going to have to going for big Colas on each plant of cutting down your amount. Your might even run into mold issues if they are all smacking into each other.

In my opinion, that is too many going for that size space unless you wanna get crazy. Go for two and make them nice. Three you are way outta space.

Just my 2 cents....like my Pappy says "Growing Grass is like masturbating....there is a general idea, but everyone does it different"

3.5 feet gets a little tight if your ducting the light

Finding an aircooled hood to fit in that space will be fun. I use the Super Sun 2 because it has the smallest physical foot print of any of the aircooled hoods I came across and cool tubes are LONG.

Just a thought because you will also have heat issues in that space if you don't get adequate ventilation.

You might want to think about posting these kinds of questions in the "Grow room design" section of the forum as you will get alot of answers and help.