First time poster here, just looking for advice. I've grown soil and DWC (bubbler) setups before, and wanted to try a setup similar to Al B. Fuct's setup he posted about.

So basically I'm looking to start a closet SoG op using flood and drain.

The grow area will be 2' x 4', in which I plan on having about 15 plants in 7-8" square pots. I want to use 4x 4' t5 3000K bulbs. This will very evenly distribute about 20,000 lumens over the 8 sq ft growing area (2,500 lumens/sq ft). I also plan on having a couple mothers in a separated area of the closet, either in flood/drain or maybe a simple bubbler. My questions are thus:

ventilation is obviously an issue here, and while the heat of the fluoros doesnt bother me much, should i be concerned about CO2 intake? is there a safe (and cheap) way to raise CO2 in such a small area?

I know fluoro doesnt penetrate much, but its SoG so im not worried, but will mothers grow decently under them? (probably stick some cfls over the moms)

Also, how big of a nute tank would you suggest?

any other comments/suggestions?

thanks

For The Set-up This Is What I'm Starting To Do As Well.

I Have Been Using The Yest-sugar-water Method For The Co2, I Don't Have A Meter To Test How Much Is Beening Made But Its Better Than Not.

And Have A Osco.fan 24/7 Will Help.

http://www.rollitup.org/view.php?pg=...article&id=286

thanks for the replies, ill definitely be using that

You would be better off, in my opinion, with the space limit you have to grow all of one crop, and be done with that crop. Keep a mother, topped etc. About 4 weeks before harvest take the necessary clones from the mother and get them ready to go in your system when the others come out. May not sound as cool, it will be a lot less work. VV

Hey Vv,
I Just Got Done Reading Your J. Its Going Really Well.