We use those hoods, and Hortilux HPS bulbs. 2 of those will optimally blast a 4 x 8 area, and also give you a little room to work in, and also will help by not overcrowding them. We dont have ours in a tent, and use fresh air and cross ventilation, and a bunch if fans. I like to always have the plants moving a small amount. We use both basements, and bedrooms.
Also we grow big plants in large 20 containers usually. Promix BX because we are in a no-no state, so plant count is paramount. We also bend our plants, and make them grow horizontally into a hedge. Like a Forsythia Bush We grow plants that stretch a good bit, 3x-5x, so one doesnt have to veg as long. Mr Nice Super Silver Haze has high yielding, potent, fast growing, big stretch phenos, and is an easy strain to find. Nothing beats a good SSH for plant structure.
We also do not top, and train all the side branching when we bend the plants over. SSH is a very branchy plant, and every branch turns into a main cola, if given enough light, food/water, and soil. We get 20oz per plant/per 1000w Hortilux, and the plant/clone vegged for 7-8 weeks, starting in 5 gallons soil, then transplanted into 20 gallons, all the while being Bent, and Trained. We can only get 4 plants in a 4 x 8 rea, and 20 gallon containers, but we can sneak 3-4 smaller 5 gallon containers around the garden where there is some excess, wasted light on the edges. On a good run we get 47oz from 2 1000w Hortilux in 4 x 8.
Heres 1 branch ( 56 Grams Trimmed/Dried ) from a plant that got 24oz. This is a Kosher Kush. 1 plant took up the whole 4 x 4 and 1000w HID, and was 4ft tall at finish.
