A little advice?
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racerboy71
bud bootlegger
a four hundy? i think you are ok with the light and the amount of plants that your growing.. i use a two fifty, and i can squeeze in about five at most, so i would say your probably right around the most that you will want to squezze in.. unless you are doing something like sog or scrog, than i would say that you should be able to get a few more..
like i said though, i don't have a four hundy.. maybe someone with one can give you a more definitive answer..
like i said though, i don't have a four hundy.. maybe someone with one can give you a more definitive answer..
drrasta47
Well-Known Member
Yeah, I'm not running SOG. I did top the plants, so there are about 30 chutes packed in there. I'm just curious as to whether once they start flowering, if it will be too dense in there for some of the plants to get light. Would switching the plants into a different larger tub harm the roots too much?
turdnugget420
Active Member
I think you'll be fine, just spin that bin and move it around once a day so that you ensure light is indeed hitting all plants w/ a good average. I don't think you'll have a problem just because you haven't made them into some serious bushes...
I can't really tell what size that tub is, it appears to be about 2'x 2' and about 3" or 4" inches deep - with all of your roots grown together into one rootmass.
If that's about right, you're too crowded and there's not much you can do about it! If you have all 11 plants squeezed into 4 sq.ft., that's only 1/2 the area a 400 watt HPS is meant to cover. And 3" or 4" of depth isn't near enough. Your roots have already grown into a solid mat. If you want to repot, individually, the only thing you can do is cut the soil "like a birthday cake" and hope for the best.
You are doing a SOG, whether it is intentional or not, is another question! Your undergrowth will be so crowded that you will "only" have a canopy - until you run out of depth and start to strangle. What I am telling you is a "Wost Case Scenario", of course!
What I would do, is cut the bottom off your container and "Double Stack" it onto a much deeper one, full of additional soil. Then start some "Serious" LST (Low Stress Training), to try and spread those "Puppies" out to a full 8 or 9 sq. ft. canopy. Good luck!
If that's about right, you're too crowded and there's not much you can do about it! If you have all 11 plants squeezed into 4 sq.ft., that's only 1/2 the area a 400 watt HPS is meant to cover. And 3" or 4" of depth isn't near enough. Your roots have already grown into a solid mat. If you want to repot, individually, the only thing you can do is cut the soil "like a birthday cake" and hope for the best.
You are doing a SOG, whether it is intentional or not, is another question! Your undergrowth will be so crowded that you will "only" have a canopy - until you run out of depth and start to strangle. What I am telling you is a "Wost Case Scenario", of course!
What I would do, is cut the bottom off your container and "Double Stack" it onto a much deeper one, full of additional soil. Then start some "Serious" LST (Low Stress Training), to try and spread those "Puppies" out to a full 8 or 9 sq. ft. canopy. Good luck!
drrasta47
Well-Known Member
Yeah, I definitely want to be able to do that, but unfortunately, the closet they are in just doesn't allow for it :-/. The tub is 3' by 2', so I am actually working with 6 sq ft, but that still isn't enough. Quite a pickle I'm in here, lol. I guess I'll just have to hope for the best, and if things start getting bad, I'll resort to some sort of desperate measure.