New here and new to growing Mary Jane

[RootsRuler]

@InsaneM

If you plan on staying in the 80cm x 80cm x 160cm tent then yes those 200w quantum boards would be more than sufficient. Also multiple boards is solid advice for another reason as well ... they are easier to locate exactly where you need them. Larger boards tend to have a "fry your plants" high intensity hot spot right in the center of the board. It's not temperature ... it's too much light. You can work around it if you know in advance. Personally, I prefer even lighting across the whole canopy and bar lights do that better than quantum boards. They also usually cost a bit more money. Both work. What works best for you depends on how you intend to grow.

Your tent size is my biggest concern. If your space allows it and if your tent order can be cancelled without penalty, choose a larger tent. If space is a concern, you'll get more plants through with something along the lines of 150cm x 80cm x 200cm or 120cm x 120cm x 200cm size. Even 2 plants can become tight in what you have ordered and it doesn't have much headroom so you could run into problems with heights.

Agreed! The quantam boards are good but I agree that bar lights would probably be your best bet. I also would like to reconfigure my lighting scheme with a bar light setup so that the entire 5 x 5 space gets covered evenly with 2 sets of bar lights to cover the entire area. Any suggestions?

Also agree on tent size. If you can accommodate a larger tent do it especially if you plan on doing a SCROG style grow or are growing sativas that like to stretch.

 

[MIGrampaUSA]

Agreed! The quantam boards are good but I agree that bar lights would probably be your best bet. I also would like to reconfigure my lighting scheme with a bar light setup so that the entire 5 x 5 space gets covered evenly with 2 sets of bar lights to cover the entire area. Any suggestions?

Also agree on tent size. If you can accommodate a larger tent do it especially if you plan on doing a SCROG style grow or are growing sativas that like to stretch.

I mentioned this earlier in this thread ... If you're in the USA and you're wanting to fit a 5 x 5, this is the best price I've seen. I also bought one. I hung it in my 5 x 5 over the weekend and I'll be filling it with clones soon. I started 16 chem dog clones today.

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[InsaneM]

Thank you guys so much for the help, these posts are so helpful down the road. I bought a light on Alibaba that looks exactly like the Viparspectra KS 3000 but with LM281B bulbs at 320 watts, I talked to the store and paid a little more to have the bulbs switched to LM301B, since each light is made to order then ship (too bad they don't carry the newer LM301H). Regarding my tent, I think you guys are right, this will be the limiting factor with my grows, since I'm new and still testing everything out I think this will also be a good starting point. When everything works out great, I can also add bigger tent and stronger lights.

I think with all the seeds I've ordered, the Pineapple Express auto should be okay in this tent size, but the strain Bruce Banner #3 will probably have problems since it states on Herbie's site that it gets huge.