Hey,
I've been browsing around on this forum, reading everything I can the past 2 weeks, as well as spending time to read an excellent book called "Greg Green - The Cannabis Grow Bible (4th Edition)".

I'm looking to do an indoor grow, more specifically in a closet. Privacy or security isn't a problem for me, but a closet just seemed ideal, since it's very easy to access to me, and I'm only looking to grow one or two plants for now.

Money isn't that big of an issue, especially since I'm only looking to grow one or two plants -- so my question is, what kind of lighting should you suggest for something like this? Since it's a closet, heat and space are factors, but I have no problem adding a small fan and ozone machine to help ventilate.

I heard you can grow with JUST CFL's, or use those for a week or two, then switch to MH, then HPS. I want a strong plant, with as much resin/thc content as possible from the lighting. I've seen things about UVB light, as well as other lights to help increase resin production, but I'm not entirely sure.

So, what do you all suggest?
Also, with everything stated above, what would be a strain thats prefect for a first time grow, for the closet, along with being very potent (or as potent as possible! haha).

Thanks, I GREATLY appreciate any kind of feed back, not just on lighting :]!

go with an air cooled 600w MH/HPS with digital ballast. i got two and they are sweet.

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600 watts might be a bit much for just 2 plants, i currently have 15 plants under 400 watt hps, and i will be adding another 150 watt hps tommorow

you would be good with a 150-200 watt hps for just 2 plants...... but the 600 watt is probally not much more expensive, so if power consumtion and heat are not a concern, go for it, and when u decide to grow more, you wont need to upgrade lights!

ozone generator gets rid of the smell, and i hear they are kind of dangerous..... you will need a vent with some sort of fan bringing air in and out of the closet or else humidity and heat will become a problem. also a carbon filter is good for the smell, although i personally love it

600w is straight and yeah you dont want to buy a 250w that you will never use once you want to grow bigger. and the 600w's are pretty cheap so besides energy usage, which isnt that much more, and heat its a solid buy. in my opinion if youre going to go HID go no less than 600w digital.

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Wow thanks for the quick responses guys =p So as I understand, you guys suggest just a single HPS light, for all 3 stages?

Edit: I don't know if Ill ever want to grow a shit load of plants. Eventually but not now, I'm just looking to grow some personals. 4 Plants max

Im in the same boat you are 4-6 plant's max. I have my eye on a HPS 250watter from HTG supply. Plus i'll have a 4-T-12 flouros running along side that for flowering. I just don't want anything to big.

Hank.

they are all about the same size depending on whch reflector you buy. get a ood reflector whatever you get since you want the light you are using to be spread out among your plants the best you can and se all those lumens you are paying for. since it isnt that much more money (i use 2 600w HPS for my flowering setup) to get a 600 over a 250 you ight want to look into it. a 250, when you get into bigger grows, even double that size, will be unusable for a list of reasons. including heat. get an air cooled reflector. make sure you can get the lights close to the plants without burning them so air cooled is the only way to go for me. any closer without air cooled and you will burn them no matter what wattage HPS you are using. i dont know, if you want to go with a 250 just get an air cooled reflector, i like the air-o-flow since it is pretty big and has good light distribution. ive heard good things about t-5s too so you might want to check those out.

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i am looking to do the same grow 3-4 plants and i am also looking for the best cheapest setup can i use a 250-300watt hps throughout my whole grow or would i have to switch lighting at all

you can use it throughout but many people will say you are lacking blue light which helps the plant grow in vegetative state. so throw in some cfls and your straight.

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