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    hello all, not only am i a noob to this forum but also in the growing community as well. Ive been out of the marijuana game for a little over 5 years since my joining of the Marine Corps. I just recently got out, got my card, did a ton of research and talking to people and finally decided to give my try at a CFL party cup grow. I was on an extremely low budget seeing as im not employed due to separating from the military. This is my setup as of now and any help/ suggestions would be awesome. I plan on growing a bubba kush clown bought from a local dispensary. Dont mind the light jankyness because thats going to look a bit "cleaner" at the finished product.

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    Exo terrera 17" W by 17" L and its 25" tall.
    150 CFL's
    air purifier
    intake/outake fans (one in upper right corner, other in lower left)
    2 clip fans blowing toward plant
    emergency mylar blanket
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    well for one you need alot more cfl you have enough for a lil over one plant 100 watts min each if you wanna make it worth the time put in if i were you i would do one in that space and just do alot of training an topping you will be happier come harvest more plants dosent mean more harvest it all comes down to how much light you have
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    i meet so many veterans who smoke and grow and i respect you for your service done and wish you the best of luck.

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    Oh sorry i forgot to post my exact intentions. im actually just starting off with one plant at a little over 150W of cfls ( all the light bulbs arent placed in yet, im wating to buy a cheap reflector), im only doing one plant at first so that i can use it to learn more about growing cycles and keeping plants short and bushy. After my first succesful grow that im somewhat satisfied with ill move on to bigger and better things. I live in an apartment complex so i can only grow 3-4 plants anyway.
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    Quote Originally Posted by grorite View Post
    well for one you need alot more cfl you have enough for a lil over one plant 100 watts min each if you wanna make it worth the time put in if i were you i would do one in that space and just do alot of training an topping you will be happier come harvest more plants dosent mean more harvest it all comes down to how much light you have
    im only growing one plant.

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    here is mine under close to 400 actual watts of cfl and lots of lst
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    Looks interesting. Is it lightproof? What are your temps and RH?Do you have ventilation in it like a circulation fan?

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    Quote Originally Posted by grorite View Post
    here is mine under close to 400 actual watts of cfl and lots of lst
    Wow those are gorgeous looking man, someday i hope to be there


    Quote Originally Posted by chipmunkproof View Post
    Looks interesting. Is it lightproof? What are your temps and RH?Do you have ventilation in it like a circulation fan?
    yes ill be using a low powered computer style fan in the upper right hand corner (looking down ontop of tank) and then an axial fan in the lower left hand corner for exhaust. I havnt added any plants yet buy when closed with no ventalation with about 120W cfls it stayed upwards of around 87-90 deg, but thats when it was fully closed with absolutely no vents.
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    also you need to mount those lights from the side , cfls you get more light from the sides of them than from the tops of em imo
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    Get a y splitter for every 2 cfl you are using. that will get the light kinda sideways and the 2 lights will merge their light and intensify it.

    then look up beer can reflector and make 1 for each bulb. You want that plant short like foot or foot and a half tall.

    the cfls should be no further than 2 inches away in flower and also in veg after the first week. I keep them 1 inch away.

    I would veg for 5 weeks or so to get a lot of nodes. 2 gallon pot should be enough.
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