CO Finest's help with T5HO foot print

CO Finest;2284910 said:

60cal;2284289 said:

Thanks CO Finest, that was a great read about scrog,lighting & node spacing. I hope you took some "me" time after your big harvest.
Question: T5-HO in veg, can you please tell me what a good foot print is for a 4' 2 bulb, 4' 4 bulb, 4' 6 blub & a 4' 8 bulb? I like the idea of just using T5-HO for veg.
Question: I plan on having 4 plants in a smaller tent for one month, 2'X4' tent, what size T5 should I use? I would then move the 4 plants to a 4'X4' tent to veg for another month before putting these 4 plants in to a 5'X5' flower tent under a scrog, What size T5-HO should I use for this 4'X4' veg tent?
Question: When I put my 4 plants in the flower tent under a scrog and start to spread them out will the HPS light be okay at the beginning or due I need to put in the MH bulb first?
I will be using top feed, Rockwool mini cubes with a reservoir on a timer.
Sorry to take up so much of your time CO Finest, I will be printing your reply for future reference.

Thank you Sir.

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2 bulb about 2x5 feet
4 bulb about 3x5 feet
6 Bulb about 4x5feet
8 bulb about 5x5feet
In a 2x4 tent with that many plants I would run a 4 bulb to make sure it keeps them all for stretching
With only two plants then run a 2bulb
A 6 Bulb will do fine in a 4x4 tent.
Do not run hps when you just put plants in 5x5. That will make them stretch and grow thin main branches for buds and they will under develop. Runs 6500k until they fill net then when all buds sites turn up then run hps.

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