hows my 250w cfl cabinet?

just looking for some feedback. will take all advice into consideration. its a 2x2x3 cabinet fully mylared on the inside with an adjustable hood rocking a 250w cfl i have 4 pc fans running. yah let me know

Looks nice bro what are the temps like?

love the 5V fans. That looks like $1 wrapping paper which works well.

tom__420 said:

Looks nice bro what are the temps like?

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thanks man temps are between 78-82 lights on and low 70s to high 60s off.

kasper87 said:

love the 5V fans. That looks like $1 wrapping paper which works well.

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yah the four 12v pc fans work great i have them wired to a 12v adapter which lets me pic a voltage range from 1.5v to 12v thus giving me speed control for the fans. as for your wrapping paper comment it is mylar believe it of not i did a pretty butcher job putting it in there but it seems to work well.

bump... bump...

looks good, you'll wanna add some more cfls for side lighting when they get a bit bigger.

darkdestruction420 said:

looks good, you'll wanna add some more cfls for side lighting when they get a bit bigger.

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thanks man, as for the side lighting im planning to LST and keep everything at an even canopy so would i maybe not need side lighting seeing all the bud sited will be at the same level? keep in mind this 250w cfl gives off 14200 lumens and is adjustable by chain for any height...

is that how high its all the time??? u should lower it, alot. and still put sum more cfls on the side or maybe down lower! is that in the blue spectrum??? wat r u gunna use to flower?? but all and all i LOVE the set up, u should consider a 150hps fer in there for flower. they dont get hot.

i raised it for the photo its normaly 6 inches above the plants which has given me very tight node growth probly 1/4 inch between each node. for flowering i have a 250w cfl red spectrum which puts out 14200 lumens.

do a screen of green. first use topping/fimming and lst to get a bunch of main growth points. put up a screen and then just push the plants back under it when they try to grow up above the screen to fill up the screen with what will become bud sites, then when you switch to flower you'll have a solid canopy of top colas

you still should add a few more cfls and put em up above the tops then

darkdestruction420 said:

you still should add a few more cfls and put em up above the tops then

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alright i will look into that bro thanks for the advice.

darkdestruction420 said:

do a screen of green. first use topping/fimming and lst to get a bunch of main growth points. put up a screen and then just push the plants back under it when they try to grow up above the screen to fill up the screen with what will become bud sites, then when you switch to flower you'll have a solid canopy of top colas

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thanks for the suggestion dark i will definitly look into it. i dont think ill add much extra light this grow just to see how the one will do and next grow i will adjust according to results. thanks for all the imput

You gonna paint the pots white? How's about painting the PC fans white too... and why are they standing on a black surface??

You have done a blinding job laying that "mylar", a very nice job indeed.

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I wish my first cabinet looked like that. Pretty mint man.

Only thing I'd criticize is the outlets on the floor. Chinese proverb = "Power up, water down".

Leave the black parts alone, don't listen to these fools.

Looking good!

I would try and get temps down a few degrees it will get warmer when you have plants in there. very nice stealthy grow set up I very clean.