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I'd go with the 400w HPS. I've got a 3x3 space and I use a 400 and it works really well.

I think you're much better off with the single 600w. I'm assuming it's HPS you're talking about. A 600w is fine for a 4x4 room. If you were to use 4 150w bulbs it would end up costing much more to buy the equipment as well as more in electricity. The 600w are the most efficient HPS bulbs. The...

Good point. What's the reason for needing the fan between the cooltubes?

You need a ballast. Buying lighting kits is usually the handiest. You will also need something to fit the bulb into, like a reflector.

...just try it and see! :blalol: I don't think it will cause a problem at all, you'd better off sticking a few inches of ducting between them if you really are worried though.

Don't use them. They're a complete waste of electricity and will do barely anything for your plant.

Yeah a 250 will heat the room. You will need vents though, even if you stay with your current light. Plants need constant fresh air. The air should be replenished in your grow room every 2-5 minutes. With no fresh air your plants won't get enough co2 and will not grow well at all.

Training your plant by topping or LSTing is a great idea.

can't really help there. u could get 5g, u could get 50g, u could get 100g ???

Hi. Yea that should be enough. 400 watt hps give out about 55000 lumens. You have 12 square feet on growing area, which gives about 4500 lumens per square foot. You need a minimum of about 3000. 4500 is good, but you can add more if you like. At this stage it is more important to make sure you...

A 400 watt system will do for 4 plants. You might want to get the 600 if you think you'll grow more than 4 at a later stage or if your electric bill doesn't matter. The glass hood will waste a small percentage of your lumen output, so if you aren't actually cooling it then it's just wasting...

8ft is a lot of space. The burmese kush probably won't grow more than 3-4ft and the trainwreck won't hit 8ft indoors unless you're planning on vegging it for a long time. 8ft should be more than enough. There are ways to keep plants small and bushy such as topping or LST.

I always prefer to harvest full buds. You could cut the top part of the bud off, the worst that could happen is that the growth in the lower half would slow down. Either way you will get perfect bud from the top, so give it a try.

You could harvest the top half and give the lower half of your plants an extra couple of days to become fully ripe.

It all depends on how much time and space you have. If height space is a problem then you should grow the burmese kush, I'm pretty sure that it grows small and bushy like an indica. Trainwreck grows more like a sativa (tall and lanky). If you veg the burmese kush until it's about 2ft then it...