Quote Originally Posted by icon77
how many plants can i grow with a 400w hps? and keep them healthy with room to grow and yield a decent amount? is a 1000w hps really worth it for a 6by 3 closet grow?
I personally Grew at one time around 36 Plants under one light while I was saving money for an upgrade lol.This was about a week ago actually.They are all doing very well and though not budding quite yet are thicker than a Sharpy and dont show sign's of stopping. If you do rotate the plants Manually, swap the placement to that short plants have better lighting to catch the bigger ones, keep temps down as a 400 HPS bulb will shine pretty hot man. I had to run AC to keep the room a constant 78-84 F. I also cracked about 15 Seedlings in a high humidity tank under the same light with the other 36, they are now all very healthy and around 10 inch's tall alrdy.
1k will run VERY hot so be warned ull need a fan and make sure the lights 2 feet away from the plants to prevent heat exhaustion... Trust me I lost a Purple Kush and 2 Master Bubba's to that...