depending upon the type of growing you are doing id say as many as 50, though that number is only for a sog method. If you are just looking for the best harvest look at https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/116859-harvest-pound-every-three-weeks.html and adapt it to your needs, if i were you id do 2 of his vegging aro systems side by side. stinkbud is a guru