How many plants in a 5'x5' grow tent?

Id Put soil into the equation to
4 or 9 plants I'd do keep it tidy and square

I run ~20 plants in 1 gal pots SOG style in my 5x3 space

So many options in a 5x5

I have a few more questions:
1. First I was thinking of buying Spider Farmer tent, but found a pretty good deal for Vivosun too. So is Vivosun better quality as it costs a little bit more? Also they market their tents for hydroponics, so what makes them better for that use? Or can they as well be used when growing in soil?
2. I was going to buy used Spider Farmer SE7000 (730W LED), but luckily found out it was scam just 2 hours before I was going to transfer money to seller. So now I'm not going to take a risk and buy it straight from a store. So my question is that now I have 1x200W LED light and was planning to get 3x200W LEDs more (not all right away). So is there some down/upsides for using 4x200W vs. Single 800W light? One downside I can think is if I need to replace them with single light I lose money in the long run, but I don't mind that. I want to get some more plants growing as soon as possible

aavi420 said:

I have a few more questions:
1. First I was thinking of buying Spider Farmer tent, but found a pretty good deal for Vivosun too. So is Vivosun better quality as it costs a little bit more? Also they market their tents for hydroponics, so what makes them better for that use? Or can they as well be used when growing in soil?
2. I was going to buy used Spider Farmer SE7000 (730W LED), but luckily found out it was scam just 2 hours before I was going to transfer money to seller. So now I'm not going to take a risk and buy it straight from a store. So my question is that now I have 1x200W LED light and was planning to get 3x200W LEDs more (not all right away). So is there some down/upsides for using 4x200W vs. Single 800W light? One downside I can think is if I need to replace them with single light I lose money in the long run, but I don't mind that. I want to get some more plants growing as soon as possible

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Upside of more lower powered lights, creates a more even/adjustable light distubution, you have the option of using some as side lighting, if one light gose you still have light and are not scrambling to replace on the spot, smaller fixtures generaly cost less per watt.

Upside of one light, one plug

I havd no clue how one would design a tent differently for different grow mediums, makes no sense in my head unless it has like an insulation pouch for the resivour or guide lines/straps for circulation tubes no reason why that would stop you from using soil.

I have no complaints about my vivosun tent, but i prefer my yuxian, much cheaper, uses thicker metal for the support bars and comes with side bars for added support and gives you more options for hanging and adjusting your scrog net. I have not used a spider farmer tent but they seem quality. Best of my understanding is gorilla is the gold standard for grow tents

Store where I'm going to order has Secret Jardin, Mammoth, Green Qube and Vivosun tents for size that I want, so basically those are my options, what do you think would be best of those?

aavi420 said:

Store where I'm going to order has Secret Jardin, Mammoth, Green Qube and Vivosun tents for size that I want, so basically those are my options, what do you think would be best of those?

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My humble opinion, a tent is a tent, as long as it has placement/size of holes for your vent fans/filters to fit your needs the cheapest one. You want to spend money on having nice things put it to your lights, meters and envioirmental controls

Depends on how long you want to veg and how big your containers are. You could fill it corner to corner with one scrogged or you could do one per sqft with no veg time.

aavi420 said:

Store where I'm going to order has Secret Jardin, Mammoth, Green Qube and Vivosun tents for size that I want, so basically those are my options, what do you think would be best of those?

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the new vivosun tents are surprisingly well built compared to their older ones. I’ve had a secret jardin and it was a piece of shit, crappy zippers, weak stitching, many pinholes. Right now I have a gorilla 2x4 tent, and a vivosun 2x3.

25 in a 4x4, photo clones in 2 gallon grow bags, 600W HPS in an air cooled hood. Manifold training and good airflow. 2lbs.
Tents get wrecked, I always go for the middle price point. Vivosun is a solid mid-range brand.