advice on lighting please

gedbhoy

gedbhoy

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i have my plants under a cool daylight cfl 23w one light above each plant and all seems to be going well im goin to veg them for another 5-7 weeks then put them into flower.........i have an area of 66 inches in height 33 wide and 20 breadth i have a 400w ballast a 400w MH and a 400w HPS bulbs and was told to use Mh first then HPS for flowering but feel this will be too hot as i do not have an air intake and unsure what to use.....any sugestions on lighting??? i was thinking of a dual spectrum or red spectrum cfl 400w as this will not give off much heat(ive been told)...i have a carbon filter outside my "grow room" connected to a 4 inch extractor fan 2 6 inch desk fans and a nine inch desk fan the extractor is constantly on but only have fans on when lights are on to keep temp at 25c humidity varies between 60 and 70.....any suggestions would be greatly appreciated​
that is them all tied down and looking gd bt lifted light up as they are not very tall and want them to grow upward......theyll b 4 weeks old tomorrowthe plant in pic 3 has nut burns(i think)on 1st few leaves should i b concerned??
 
fir3dragon

fir3dragon

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gedbhoy said:
i have my plants under a cool daylight cfl 23w one light above each plant and all seems to be going well im goin to veg them for another 5-7 weeks then put them into flower.........i have an area of 66 inches in height 33 wide and 20 breadth i have a 400w ballast a 400w MH and a 400w HPS bulbs and was told to use Mh first then HPS for flowering but feel this will be too hot as i do not have an air intake and unsure what to use.....any sugestions on lighting??? i was thinking of a dual spectrum or red spectrum cfl 400w as this will not give off much heat(ive been told)...i have a carbon filter outside my "grow room" connected to a 4 inch extractor fan 2 6 inch desk fans and a nine inch desk fan the extractor is constantly on but only have fans on when lights are on to keep temp at 25c humidity varies between 60 and 70.....any suggestions would be greatly appreciated​
that is them all tied down and looking gd bt lifted light up as they are not very tall and want them to grow upward......theyll b 4 weeks old tomorrowthe plant in pic 3 has nut burns(i think)on 1st few leaves should i b concerned??
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use a inline duct booster fan for a intake. use the mh for veg, hps for flower. put the carbon filter and inline fan inside your grow room where your plants are. run the ducting either out the wall, roof, floor or in another room. i got my cabinet in a closet, i just keep the doors cracked open and the window ac unit on and have the ducting on the wall blowing out the crack of the door. works good. temps are at 70's
 
fir3dragon

fir3dragon

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with the carbon filter inside the tent or room, it should remove all heat in under 5 minutes if not, you need a bigger one.
 
gedbhoy

gedbhoy

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ill put pics of the wardrobe ive converted into a grow room up in a cpl of hours and u can c what u think and any suggestions on how to improve it would be appreciated
 
gedbhoy

gedbhoy

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i have an area of 66 inches in height 33 wide and 20 breadth have took out 3 cfls and put MH on about half an hour ago goin to go and check temp humidity in 20 mins or so......but have had to keep carbon filter outside wardrobe as there is not enough room
 
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