next grow

have 3x3 area, grew 2 afgan kush to about 17 inches about a month outside, took inside grew to about 27 inches under 400 watt HPS in flower, bent over held down with a weight, super croped first 2 weeks, in 2 gal pots, they almost fill whole area, they look great lots of colas, will be done in about 40 days,
QUESTION:
i want to veg less, put in 9 pots, size of pots, and have a nice white 9 square area, possible?
simper fi

veg them 8 inches tall perfect for that 400 watt hps .

what size pots

I use two gallon nursery pots for sog.. they're about a real 1.5 gallon size...
veg for three weeks or so..