Question about light wattage and amount of plants.

[coolguy122333]

Hiya. I have two gelato OG plants vegging right now. I also have a wedding cake plant that I've just been letting sit in a window sill and I was considering putting it into the veg room. I heard from somewhere that if I do I'll need new lights if I add the other plant.

I'm worried that if I do bring the WC plant into the veg room it will take away the light from the other two gelato plants and then they will deteriorate or something. I have three 25 W bulbs and one 100 W LED. Any tips? I don't want to throw this WC plant out and I cannot afford more lights.

[Xena]

I was told as a rule of thumb, 35w per sq ft veg, 60w per sq ft bloom.

[bboyfromwayback]

I’m only concerned with the amount of light during flower. Unless you’re concerned with the speed to which a plant grows during veg all that matters is that the plant is kept alive and in the vegetative state

[Gluteous]

Adding a plant will take away light? Whaaaat? Like Xena said, 35 watts per sq is good. 50 is better. Go ahead and throw her in there.

[coolguy122333]

Will the other two plants grow slower? I just want fast vegetative growth.

[JDU]

No they won't grow any slower for having an xtra plant.

[coolguy122333]

Did I supercrop my plants too hard? They tops are very loose and floppy, also where I topped it it's all dark.

[ChadWestport]

Thats not good, maybe an infected site. Can you upload pics?

[SoOrbudgal]

Huh i don't see anything

[ChadWestport]

Plants won't steal light unless they are blocking the other plants from receiving it. Plants blocking plants has a physical response on the plants called "shade response". If there is too much shade response, your yields can suffer.