@PurpNGold74@The_Chef@CurrDogg420 I guess I just look at my floor space with 4 7gal pots plus a floor fan and a humidity wick bucket and think to myself a 20 gal container is 3 of my 7’s put together for one plant then double that with another 20 gal. Just those 2 eat up a lot of square footage. Then add to that 4-6 additional 7 gal containers he said??? I guess I just need to see it in reality lol.
@FromTheSoil Please post a pic of your tent once you have everything in it. That’ll be the real test.
I can’t help myself
A 20 gallon pot with a diameter of 21" has an area of 346 sq inches X 2 = lets call it 700
Likewise a 7 gallon pot takes up 176 sq inches X 4 = 700 (X6 = 1056)
total pots alone 1400 or 1750 if 6 autos
the floor space of a 48x48" tent is 2300
You will probably want saucers under at least the 7 g bags. They take up even more space.
No concern with the roots getting bound? I always used big pots. My uncle used 5 gal buckets and many times the roots would come through the holes he would cut in the bottom of the buckets. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge by the way. It is appreciated.
You’re going to get more going with hlg. Difference in customer service alone is pretty significant, regardless of price. I agree that checking refurb availability can help with price too. You don’t need the uv bar to run a successful grow, if budget is being pressed i would omit. You can always add it later.
I aslo agree that 3-5 gallon pots indoors is plenty. If you’re worried about getting root bound just use fabric pots. This will allow roots to grow through pot and air prune themselves.
So this would be my ideal light set up in my 4x4 tent? Can I start with the lights i currently have and switch to the HLG set up when I get it? It will be about a month before I can procure this HLG set up.
Id go with the multiple fixtures as well. The adjustability alone is worth its weight in gold. When growing a sativa and an indica side by side, u find the need
After the advice of the group and much research, I have decided to return the cheap lights and get myself an Hlg rspec with Uva supplement and 7 gallon pots all around. I only wish I had joined the group sooner, would have saved me some time. This pushes my start time back a few weeks but I figure if I am going to do it, I might as well do it right. I am also getting a taller 7ft tent. Thank you all for the advice, it is much appreciated.
Do you think I will need a dehumidifier, or once I get air circulating in there with the fans and such the humidity will drop? It has been between 65% (open) and up to 75% closed for the past 24 hours.
@FromTheSoil Welcome! You are definitely set up and ready to rock! Your Sour Diesels are gonna love it in there! What are your tent dimensions? Once you’ve got an established grow plus fans and an exhaust the climate may be different. 65% is sweet for seedlings and early veg imo. I actually have 2 buckets of water wicking humidity in my tent lol, it’s a struggle with the negative pressure environment I set up to stay above 45-50% rh.
