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igrowgrass

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I just built a box inside my closet 2ft by 2ft by 5ft. Have 8 4ft f40 t12 vertically around the side. Rigging up my 26watt cfl's now. Probably have 8-10 placed throughout. I usually grow outdoors, does this sound suitable for a grow of 2-4 plants.
 
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igrowgrass said:
I just built a box inside my closet 2ft by 2ft by 5ft. Have 8 4ft f40 t12 vertically around the side. Rigging up my 26watt cfl's now. Probably have 8-10 placed throughout. I usually grow outdoors, does this sound suitable for a grow of 2-4 plants.
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I forgot to mention my closet is right next to an unused flu I have my exhaust fan ran into the flu. Does anyone foresee any problems with this?
 
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Had to take it down from eight to six tubes because of a bad ballast. Got my seeds germinated just waiting on them to sprout.
 

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Dr.StickyFingers said:
Depends... are you planning to start seeds/veg with that? o_O
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Yes. Got seeds ready to sprout any time now. Also a bud of mine gona giv me a clone to grow out. Haven't put too much thought into how I'm going to grow it out tho. Whether I'll train them or any other method. How would you grow out yours in a spot like mine. I'm an experienced outdoor grower. Have very limited indoor experience.
 
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igrowgrass said:
Yes. Got seeds ready to sprout any time now. Also a bud of mine gona giv me a clone to grow out. Haven't put too much thought into how I'm going to grow it out tho. Whether I'll train them or any other method. How would you grow out yours in a spot like mine. I'm an experienced outdoor grower. Have very limited indoor experience.
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thats a good friend... you're using a lot of light in the red spectrum... you want almost a majority of blue light 5500k-6500k up until flowering if not entirely blue...

If I was you I would FIM and LST tie them down or maybe scrog but you really dont have to if you dont want you could leave it as is especially if your adding another one or two plants and kinda just do a SoG. You got a lot of vertical space and i see its on a table so idk what you're planning on. Other than that... I dont see any ventilation set up or fans...
 
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Dr.StickyFingers said:
thats a good friend... you're using a lot of light in the red spectrum... you want almost a majority of blue light 5500k-6500k up until flowering if not entirely blue...

If I was you I would FIM and LST tie them down or maybe scrog but you really dont have to if you dont want you could leave it as is especially if your adding another one or two plants and kinda just do a SoG. You got a lot of vertical space and i see its on a table so idk what you're planning on. Other than that... I dont see any ventilation set up or fans...
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Above the cfls there is an exhaust fan just out of sight in the pic. It runs into my flu. I'm running it on negative pressure so no need for intake fan. As for a circulation fan it will go in once they are growing. I have it on a stand so it is closer to the lights above. Plan to move on down as they get taller. I thought about doing a sog. Might be the way to go. I'm hoping to be able to end up with at least 2 females. I know for sure I'll have one when I get that clone.
 
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itll work fine! keep those cfl closer to the tops of the plants tho or they will stretch to much. make sure you top them early , like 4th node. you can look at my cfl grows ,click on my signatures down below. I vegged mine for 4 weeks then switched to flower. add as many cfl as you can until heat becomes an issue.good luck!
 
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diamonddav said:
itll work fine! keep those cfl closer to the tops of the plants tho or they will stretch to much. make sure you top them early , like 4th node. you can look at my cfl grows ,click on my signatures down below. I vegged mine for 4 weeks then switched to flower. add as many cfl as you can until heat becomes an issue.good luck!
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All together I have 25000 lumens. 12500 of cfl and 12500 of f40 t12 tubes. I will put it close when they sprout I actually need to get a different stand. It is in the way of shutting my door completely. Thanks for the input. I'll be sure to check yours out.
 
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igrowgrass said:
What are your thoughts on 12/12 from start to finish
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I'm not sure what you mean.. Do you mean 12/12 from seedling? you can do that many people do... but thats means no veg time and your plants will go into flowering as soon as they mature enough and the end result will be a plant without as much bud compared to if you vegged a couple of weeks ...
 
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Dr.StickyFingers said:
I'm not sure what you mean.. Do you mean 12/12 from seedling? you can do that many people do... but thats means no veg time and your plants will go into flowering as soon as they mature enough and the end result will be a plant without as much bud compared to if you vegged a couple of weeks ...
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I guess it would be a shame to waste all that vertical space I have. Might as well fill it out beast I can. I believe I will get good side growth with my vertical lights too.
 
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Was using mg soil started to get nute burn and was getting root bound but I built this bubble box and I think things will start to look up from here.
 

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