Quote Originally Posted by Huntsman
Ok so I can place two clusters of 12 plants at each end of the tent under the T5's with an aisle in between them at the center of the tent? Won't the get too crowded for the leaves to get adequate light?
As each grow site that everyone has grows, it is generally up to the farmer to make the decisions regarding crowding as the plants are growing. It is almost impossible for anyone on here to tell you what will be best for your specific grow site because we can't see it and don't know all environmental factors. For instance, if you succesfully fit 24 5-gallon buckets into your grow area, we cannot see your specific ventilation or how close to the edges of the tent your buckets will be. You will have to make the determination on whether or not your space (and wallet) can sustain that many plants in regards to feeding (water/light/nutrients), ventilation (air movement from fans and intake/exhaust of fresh air), and just growth space in general (indicas vs sativas). That's why it's always a good idea to do all this research ahead of time, which it seems you are doing! Think about how frustrating it would be to raise 24 plants for a month or two in vegetative growth, only to realize that they had a massive growth spurt and they're bigger than you thought they would be. You would then have to chop some down, potentially creating suspicious trash, making a dirty mess, and wasting all that valuable time, energy, money, and SPACE in your tent that your other plants could've used for better air flow.

I think you should draw it out on a piece of paper. Plan on each plant taking up another 8-12" of space all the way around each container that you will be finishing in, for leaves when they are growing. Then, you may be able to (more realistically) see what kind of space limitations you are facing and how many plants you can healthily raise.

Remember: I don't think this site is for people to just hop on, learn a quick way of growing half-ass plants, then try to cash in as much as possible. The knowledge that people are passing on to us n00bies should be respected, not abused :rasta: