how many plants can i veg under 2 600w mh,

paddyk420

New Member
so im setting up a grow i already got everything i need except mh lights, im just wondering how many plants can i veg with 2 600w mh, im going to have a 3 stage setup with 2 1000w hps over 40 plants, plan on getting 2lb every 5 weeks when all set up, im going to pick up lights tomorrow but not sure how many ill need
 

bigsteve

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Jorge Cervantes says that 2 600W bulbs are ideal to cover an 8 x 8 room. So however many plants that you can sucessfuly veg depends also on how many you have room to flower too. Got to think down the line, eh? Doesn't do you much good to veg 50 plants if you only got room to flower a dozen. BigSteve.
 

paddyk420

New Member
yes i have several times, my buddy got the same set up running 2 1000w hps with 20 plants under each light getting 3/4 oz of each one, im just not sure how many watts ill need to veg 40 plants
 

MedicatedGrow

Active Member
Sounds silly to put that many plants under 2 lights.

I'm sure you can grow less plants with those lights with equals more room and bigger plants which equal bigger harvest
If I pull almost 6Oz off one plant under a 400W I'm sure 2lbs is easy with 2 1000Ws
 

Twitch

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yes you can easily pull 2 lbs off 2 1000s but every 5 weeks i do not see that happening sorry. i have been setting up perpetual grows for awhile and unless you have a strain that finishes in 5 weeks or another set of 2 lights that you have staggered the time they went into flowering. you will pull 2 pounds every 2 months

and what size pots is your friend using, sea of green i guess
 

jondamon

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yes i have several times, my buddy got the same set up running 2 1000w hps with 20 plants under each light getting 3/4 oz of each one, im just not sure how many watts ill need to veg 40 plants
So your buddy is pulling around 15oz from a 1000w. If that's with 5 weeks of flowering then your buddy is seriously growing some immature buds and could probably pull a hell of a lot more with a damn sight more potency if he actually finished them properly.


I pull +15oz from my 400w setup. I veg and flower in the same area though so I'm not perpetual.


Cash croppers who don't grow a plant until its ready do my fucking head in.


In answer to your question though 2x600w MH lamps could veg 1-2 plants or 50-100 plants depends on size, veg time, training methods, pot size etc etc.

Too little info to actually give you a more concise answer.



J
 

Kanaplya

Member
How big are you planning on letting them get? You can veg 100 under those lights if you're just doing a short SOG grow. But if you let them get big you will have space issues. I made that mistake once...
 

SpaaaceCowboy

Well-Known Member
40 plants, and only 2 pounds ???? Are they some kind of runt strain ? lol

If I was to grow 40 plants at a time I would shoot for a lot higher number than 2 pounds.
 

paddyk420

New Member
and not to mention my other buddy has a 3 stage set up and he vegs 15 plants under 600w mh then switches to 1000w hps for flower and he pulls 3/4 lb every month and half with perfect nugs, its a fast growing strain, from everyone iv spoken to every one says i wont have a problem getting 2 lbs
 

Greenthumbskunk

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Im setting up some rooms right now. I haven't decided on the size of my flowering room since I will be running 36 clones to start. They will be 1 ft tall when they will start 12/12.
I want to be a perpetual grow as well but I'm thinking 2400 watts. Room as already 12 ft wide and 8.5 foot tall 24 ft long. Just got to think about how big I want it. 36 clones to start with right off the bat and I will introduce some more into the room every week.

I will be running some different kinds with Wonder Woman, Madusa, Tutankhamen, critical mass being mothers.

My critical mass did not yield as much as it should have outside, the Wonder Woman was very impressive. Tut and Madusa I'm interesting in finding out.
If these don't fair well then I have about 60 other varieties to chose from.

I just need a trimmer more than anything.
 

jondamon

Well-Known Member
if you dont no the answer why would you waste your time typing that, go spread your negativity els where
I like how you come back here to slate others responses or to tell us that your buddy does this that and the other.

When those of us who actually gave you an answer but said that there was too little info to give you a precise answer you just seem to have ignored.


J
 

paddyk420

New Member
I like how you come back here to slate others responses or to tell us that your buddy does this that and the other.

When those of us who actually gave you an answer but said that there was too little info to give you a precise answer you just seem to have ignored.


J

i guess i came to the wrong place for support, nothing but a bunch of downers here waiting for people to post stuff to start drama and put in there 2 cents in when really half you people probley dont have a clue what your talking about,
 

jondamon

Well-Known Member
i guess i came to the wrong place for support, nothing but a bunch of downers here waiting for people to post stuff to start drama and put in there 2 cents in when really half you people probley dont have a clue what your talking about,

Well with attitude like that I'm not surprised you feel hard done by.

I honestly thought you would have a valid response for me to be able to help you further.


But I guess not.


J
 

dadio161

Well-Known Member
Okay then. 2 600w lights. I would put 6 plants under each light. Vegg until 20" to 24" tall then flower. Give plenty of elbow room. Growing 2 lbs is going to take a lot of drying room and give off a lot of odor for people to smell . This will be a full time job of trimming alone. This kind of operation will attract attention. High risk of getting narced.
 
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