CFL Growbox - Planning Stage

alkota

Active Member
Got a 30L X 19W X 35.8 box at Home Depot. Im currently lining the box w/ reflective material.

I have a few questions. Im set on using CFLs for vegging and flowering.

Questions:
1. To ventilate this area, how many PC fans should I run? For intake and outake.

2. For this sized area, what # of plants could I support? Further, what is the optimal wattage per plant I should aim for. Id like to veg/flower 6. Just need to know how many bulbs to get initially.
 
Well for that size box you could probably fit 4 comfortably. You'd probably initially need 2 cfls per plant and add more when they get bigger to atleast 4 per plant...It's better to have more exhaust than intake. But i'd say depending on where you live and how hot the ambient temps are in your room then go for 2 exhaust and one intake and maybe keep a 6in fan inside the box to blow on your plants....since I'm in the south i got 2 intake and 2 exausts. One intake is hooked inside a cooler that I keep frozen bottles of water in to keep the temps down.
 
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