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There really isn't a wrong answer here, it really depends on the style of grow you want to do and how crunched for time you are. The more plants you grow the faster your canopy fills up so less time needed to spend in veg state. More plants also gives insurance in case there are any duds in your batch or bad phenos. More plants also means more work caring for them though. If you plan to SCROG under a net, I probably wouldn't do more than 3. If you want to do a SOG grow in small pots you could probably do 9, maybe 12.

Fastest and cheapest would be 4 plants with little to no vege time. Just go 12/12 from seed, maybe 1 week of vege? It's wise to have some space away from walls, so a slightly smaller than 2'x2' plant prolly takes anywhere from 4-6 weeks of vege to properly fill that tent with 1 plant - depends on grow method as well as genetics. *method being soilless/hydro vs soil.. whether you lst or top shouldn't impact this as long as it's done right. 1 less month of electricity is not a huge amount, but also 1 less month waiting for harvest. plant 6-8 so you can kill any weak or retarded plants. Even if you go with 1 plant, plant 2-3. There are qualitative reasons to go with 1 plant, but as far as cost and productivity, more plants is better. More plants also hedges bets against a turd genotype. when you do get one it's a smaller portion of canopy vs 100% of it. symmetry helps.. symmetrical growth is easier to shape into a square than a rectangle. Trying to make a plant oblong can be the cause of needless excess vege time and extra pruning of wasted growth on the short dimension side. I'd stick to 1 or 4 plants. 9 would be too many in 2x2.

I have in my grow box 60×60×180 two plants. At the moment I wanted to try with two but next time I will try with three plants without using the SOG method. I guess I will use the LST method