Quote Originally Posted by keylime
Well my friend, first off, you're not gonna get as good a product using t5s than HPS light(s). I'm assuming that you are aware of that. I would not put them in different areas of the room simply because if you put lights next to each other (at proper distances) there will be plants between the lights that will benefit from both lights. You would not get that if you had 4 lights in 4 different areas.

glowbug
I have to comment at this point. It's true that with the higher output of a HPS you can get bigger and better yields, but I have to say from my experience that used correctly a t5 HO array can supply enough light to do a pretty fair job at producing buds and the SCRog method is perfect for this application. The whole idea of a scrog is to produce an even canopy so that the light can be brought in to a closer range, with florescents that being about 4", and it works great! This is how to make a T5 HO really perform!

I also want to clear up something else here... its commonly said that in a SCRog you get smaller buds, but more of them. All the SCRog is doing is training part of the plant to grow horizontally so that instead of large vertical bud masses at the ends of the branches, you end up with the same buds, but half of each started out horizontal and then had its individual parts grow vertically, seemingly independent from the main cola at the end of the branch. I submit however, it is the same bud that you would have gotten if done in the vertical plane, it is just presented to you a bit differently as separated buds instead of one large cola. Then because of the advantages of the even canopy already discussed above along with the increased side growth and production from the lower limbs in a SCRog because of the horizontal training, I believe that the SCRog if done correctly should almost always outperform a standard vertical grow given the same light.

Emmie