Attempting to create a multi-level grow. Minimum heights?

I'm pretty sure my plants are going to out grow my current tent so I'm looking at upgrading before they do.

I have a 5'x2'x8' closet available. I was hoping I could use this space as 2 different tents.

To do this my plan was to split the closet into 2 light sealed sections. The bottom section would be 5' tall, the top section would be 3'. I believe 3' would be plenty to veg with T5s or CFLS. However, I feel like 5' will be too short for a proper flower tent.

Would that actually work?

If it wouldn't is 4' tall enough for a scrog? The other option I was thinking was to run 2 scrog grows on top of eachother, 4' tall each.

It depends on how long you veg, how you train them. Three foot would be more than adequate for these.

You can keep a scrog pretty low.
You can get pots that are wider then they are tall. And have your mesh 6”-8” above the pot. Should be able to keep the top of your canopy 24-30” total height quite easily.

I assume you would want to run leds?


You might be better doing a 2x4x8 then have a 2x1x8 beside it. Split that in half and have a veg space and room for fans and controllers