Quote Originally Posted by mobay
a helpful note to everyone.

A 250 watt fixture will supply enough light to cover a 2.5 foot by 2.5 foot grow area. (6 plants or less)
A 400 watt fixture will supply enough light to cover a 4 foot by 4 foot grow area. (12 plants or less)
A 600 watt fixture will supply enough light to cover a 5 foot by 5 foot grow area. (18 plants or less)
A 1000 watt fixture will supply enough light to cover a 8 foot by 8 foot grow area. (30 plants or less)

1000 watts.. 8 x 8..... ?

I prefer 1000 watts MINIMUM for 4x4...

and 2000 watts for MINIMUM for 4x8 (with lightmover 4X12)


And really the foot print size for me never changes for 400, 600, 1000 watt HID's.

All the HID's should all be the same distance away from the gardens canopy.. Thus, more watts means LARGER YIELD.. not larger fot print.

It is miminmum 1 HID per 4x4 area.. increased wattage to me means BIGGER BUDS.. NOT necessarily more area..


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I am not disagreeing with you MOBAY.. just a different school of thought and practice..

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