Unbelievably Excited. Finally starting my dream! Help Def Appreciated/Wanted!

Guys I am suppper stoked to finally get the chance to grow! I have this chick friend whos letting me use a closet in her house and I must say it is a decent size. So I decided to try and design a set up that housed 8-10 plants. I ordered my seeds from attitude seedbank (5 auto SnowRyders and received 5 random UFO fem seeds.) So ultimately I plan on growing 2-4 of the reg Seeds and turning the top 1 or 2 into mother plants (and giving the others to my friend) to eventually clone them and the 5 autos.
Im def a newb when it comes to growing as this is my first but I have done tons of in depth reading (Medical Growers BIBLE by Jorge and Oaksterdam Universities course book) so I have a pretty general concept of how things work. I went all out and wasnt too cheap.
I painted the entire closet flat white, hung 4 t-8 Daytime and 2 plantlights.
I bought 4.7 liter containers for each plant and am using Miracle Grow Organic Choice mixed with some perlite at my medium. (I know many bash on MG but my friend who has been growing for years has always used this so I'm just sticking to the familiar.)
I have one about 10 inch fan for air movement (theres a few open spaces for ventilation)
And A small but nifty air purifier.
Im not too positive i did exactly right on starting my seedlings but heres what i did. So far i only planted 4 of the UFOS because in the end i want to make sure i know what im doing so my autos grow. I germinated 2 of them in a wet paper towel with a .5% hydrogen peroxide to help fight bacteria and put the other two directly into the soil itself just because i hear its the real way nature intended for it be grown anyway. So as of right now all 4 seeds are in the ground. Its been about 48 hours for 2 of them and about 12 for the others. The temp is anywhere around 68-78 degrees with the humidity at around 45. The soil/water content PH is a solid 7.
Overall my friend who grows was very impressed with my first little set up and vouched that my plants would grow nicely if i kept up and took care of them.
Im a little intimidated that my plants could eventually die on me and it would all to be in vain (other than the knowledge gained) so what Im asking for here is some insight and help by you fellow growers on things i could possibly do different or any additions to what I already have. I'm including some pictures so you guys have some idea of what I'm working with. Keep in mind this is my FIRST attempt ever.
 

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Mrs. Robinson

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pretty clean and detailed little cubby.I would definately think about your lights.You could have a successful op", but if you want overall superior performance and big nugs, I would upgrade my lights. LUMENS = GROWTH!!!!!!
That shower curtain in front of the door is going to cause an issue with light leaks and plainly just opening the door for problems with growth...
Dont know if its a home thats owned or rented, but you are gonna want to maybe think about odor problems, because you will have them in flowering.

One of the biggest things overlooked I think is Fresh air Intake/ or CO2, and if you go big on a light-Ventilation.Which you should have anyways.
I can feel your enthusiasm, and its good. Dont be discouraged, but most is all learned really with hands on experience.I love to read, and love knowledge, but there is only so much you can read, without doing everything theoretically.....
Looks that you have donated some time to research and with that, it is commendable.
Just looking @ your walls in there...if you decide to keep the Fluorescents, I would try to maximize every bit of light.Mylar is good for the walls, found at any hydro store, oryou can stay cheap and just go to the camping section of Wal-mart and get some space blankets which work great, and are extremely cheap.the Ph, "I" would lower just a little bit to about 6.5

cool.....very rad................good luck with your journey-
 
Very quick and useful insight thank you! What kind of lights do you think i can add in there to make things a little brighter? also how do i lower the ph? thanks again
 

Mrs. Robinson

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Sulphur is used to lower PH.
If you have purchased Advanced quality soil, it will have enough nutes in it to sustain all through the seedling stage.I would not introduce anything on top of that for at least 3 1/2 weeks.
Thing is with the dimensions of that closet, which looks to be around 20x65x 8'. I would definately at least try to get 2- 250 watt side-by-side.This will increase heat, and even with those 48" tubes you got, you will get warm in there in a matter of a few hours.
If you have the means to intruduce fresh air and ventilate it, with out tear'n up the house, I would.
or tear up the house...lol...give the old lady somethin real to bitch about...
 
The room is upstairs where no one resides or even goes. So im not too worried about the smell. and im sorry but im very ignorant when it comes to lighting. what type of lights are the ones are you referring about? are they cfls, hps, or what? Thanks again!
 

Mrs. Robinson

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Search google:

Soil Acidification:how to lower Soil Ph, AGF-507-07
(use equation #2)

when I talk about lights, I mean 250 watt HPS'

Typically, beacause they have an orange/red spectrum these used to be and still are, only used for flowering.
You can use a HPS for ALL phases of growing despite all the talk. OR, you can purchase lights where the unit is interchangeable from MH(for VEG) to HPS(for flowering)...the best of both worlds
 

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hey there subbed up i know how your feeling like your starting on your dream journey i've recently had one auto harvest so far i did pretty well i cant wait to see what the Snowryders turn out like. congrats on begining your first grow come check the thread if you got a chance
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