Hi im doin my first indoor grow, completed a successful one this past summer outdoors now tryin to move indoors... i have a closet thats 5.5 feet high 23 incehs wide and 22 inches deep...i wanna kno wat kinda lights i shud use and wats the best way to get a maxiumum yeild...im growing ice....please help asap

With that short height, you're best to do a flourescent grow. Since it's not even big enough for a 2 footer, unless it's slanted, you'll have to use CFL's. And if you want a good yield, you'll need a bunch of them.

HTH

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how is it big enuff for a 2 footer if the closet is five and a half feet tall wudnt that allow a 4 footer to grow easily?

Sorry, the 2-footer I was talking about is a flourescent tube.

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You could use CFL's for veggin' and possibly a 250 watt HPS for flowerin', but your gunna need some heavy ventilation. Or you could just buy one of those ventilated reflector tubes. They're not cheap, but goddam are they effective!
Happy growin', Sarge

how should i ventilate my closet...i heard opening the doors twice a day is enuff....if not i need sum ideas and advice please help seeds r on there way

...ventilate 50 cfm per 100 watts...as long as the air getting in is at an exceptable temp you should do fine...

...for a space that small i would max out at a 250w hps...tho you could do well with some high output flouro's...consider lining the walls with banks of 20w flouro's and a 95 w compact flouro at the top...
EIP

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If your growing with CFL's alone, opening the closet door should be sufficient. However, if you want any sort of decent yield, you'll incorporate an HID lamp, and for that, ventilation becomes a must. Before designing a ventilation system, take a step back and consider its purpose. When it comes to growing plants, the way i see it, a ventilation system serves 2 major puposes; 1) To maintain a good environment by replacing hot, depleted air, with cool, fresh air. This maintains a stable temperature and provides a constant supply of CO2 to the plants. 2) To facilitate evaporation of waste products from the plants. Plants breathe through their leaves, expelling toxins through them to be evaporated. A lack of moving air causes the stomata to clog (because the toxins arent going anywhere) which in turn means the plants are absorbing less CO2. No CO2, no growth. Very simple. Alright, rounding up for ease of calculation, lets assume your grow space is 6'x2'x2'. This gives us a total cubic footage of 72'. For a space like that a 100CFM(cubic feet/minute) squirrel cage fan would do the trick for ya. They sell usually for around 100-150$ at hydroponics stores. Some people install intake fans aswell, personally i dont as without one, your exhaust system will maintain a negative pressure on the room, which is a good thing from an odour control standpoint. On top of that if odour is an issue for you, you could always pump your exhaust through a carbon scrubber, ionizer, or ozone generator. Beyond your intake/exhaust system, you're going to want a smaller circulatory sub-system. This will consist of a series of small oscillating fans (i use 6" computer fans, they cost me about 5$ a piece) to maintain good air circulation within your grow room. And there you go! Hope this offers a bit of insight, and best of luck with your grow!
Cheers, Sergeant Stoner

...sergant...you are correct...except that the same ventilation requirements also apply to flouro's...a watt is a watt, a btu is a btu and a cubic foot is a cubic foot...tho i believe the smallest squirrel cage is 175cfm
EIP

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since my closet was built and not in the wall would i have to drill holes in my closet to allow the fan to exaust the air out of the closet..its like a big box in my house and need to keep it from smelling cuz i have a roomate upstairs....i have a 250w hps....is this enuf light or shud i add sum other lights to the small room...its 5.5' high and 2' wide and bout 2' deep....ne suggestioins will help please help shud b starting soon and wanna do this right