sadface
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lumens are important too. you want 1,000-3,000 lumens per sq foot, you tent is 6.76 sq feet, so you'll want at least 6,760 total lumens. the package your light bulbs came in should tell you how many lumens they produce. the father away the plants are from the light, the less lumens they get, so fluorescent lights are good cuz they can be very close, but hid's are better cuz they give off much more lumens (a 400 watt mh will give off like 32,000 lumens and a 400 watt hps will give off like 50,000 lumens)
are your lights able to be raised/lowered? if your going fluorescent then a 5' tent should be ok cuz you can keep the lights right next to them, if they can be adjusted. i have 9 fluorescent tubes in rubbermaid tubs and im growing 2 plants right now. ive had a couple successful harvests and i get a lil more than an oz per plant with my set up. i plan on getting a tent that is 3x3x6.5, with a 400w mh/hps cool tube reflector hood w/digital ballast, exhaust fan w/carbon filter and possibly an intake fan but i think the cool tube will keep my temps down. fluorescent lights work fine but hid's work better, and if your spending money why not spend a lil more now cuz itll def pay off later.
you'll need an exhaust fan at least, probably a good idea to get one with a carbon filter otherwise (if you grow it right) your house with stink of weed.
Thanks for the posts!
Just ordered tent and also decided to get the fan with filter as well (http://www.ebay.com/itm/280876968539?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649); smell is the only thing that would get me caught so rather be safe then sorry. From what i was reading this fan should be more then enough to get clear the air so got the speed control as well. So I was thinking of having a passive intake, I can always add a fan in the intake if needed.
Also decided to go all out auto flower for first grow then switch to photo for 2nd since Ill have a stash to get me though the wait.
As for lighting plan was to have 4 reflector clamps on the four corners of tent which can be adjusted as much as needed. Then also get a pulley system with some more lights directly over them. Was going to start with 8 6500k, then when they start to flower switch out 4 of them with 4 23watt 2700k. That is ~13200 during "veg" and ~13400 during bloom (almost 50/50% split in color). I was not sure what the best ratio of color spectrum would be for an auto flower blooming (or vegging)
http://www.1000bulbs.com/product/36858/FC23-S65.html - 6500k bulbs was going to get
http://www.1000bulbs.com/product/1583/FC23-23W27K4PK.html - 2700k bulbs
Now need to think about nutes and soil as well as schedule for them. Any tips and feedback is appreciated as always