So i'm planning on making a box for inside the closet in my apartment. I'm planning on low stress training the plants, and doing 4 plants in a box about 2 x 2.5 x 3 feet tall. The volume of soil for each plant will be a rectangle 12 inches by 9.5 inches by 6 inches deep.
The frame of the box is going to be made with like 1/2 x 1/2 pieces of wood, and i'm going to hang plexiglass as the walls so that i can easily remove any wall i want to at any time. This plexi is gonna have reflective sheeting on the inside so i don't lose any light. And as of now for lighting i'm looking at these:
New Wave T5 Fluorescent Grow Light 2ft 4 Bulb 96W so i'll have 96 watts of lighting and i was planning on just getting the 6500k for now and buying 4-3000k for vegetation, because it seems like it'd be more efficient than goign two and two and it's delaying the expense. I'm going to have vent holes at the opposite end of the box from the fan and run the 4 inch duct-fan from home depot that has about 80 cfm through a homemade activated carbon filter as seen on this site.
That's the plan as of now, what do you guys think?
The lights are giong to be dangling from a 1 x 4 going across the top of the box, and i'm going to be able to slide the lights side to side to enable to water the plants. I also am going to have about 4-6 inches of extra room past the 4 plots of land for the 4 plants in order to have seedlings/clones start. As of now i'm just planting some rego's seeds that i have and trying to perfect my technique and whatnot, and i'd like to buy some femenized white widow to grow/clone continuously in it. I'm starting the seeds right now just in my room on the desk with some desk lamps, just trying to get a little jumpstart before i build it and get everything set up.
My main questions are what soil to use and how far should the incandesants be away from the seedlings right now?
The frame of the box is going to be made with like 1/2 x 1/2 pieces of wood, and i'm going to hang plexiglass as the walls so that i can easily remove any wall i want to at any time. This plexi is gonna have reflective sheeting on the inside so i don't lose any light. And as of now for lighting i'm looking at these:
New Wave T5 Fluorescent Grow Light 2ft 4 Bulb 96W so i'll have 96 watts of lighting and i was planning on just getting the 6500k for now and buying 4-3000k for vegetation, because it seems like it'd be more efficient than goign two and two and it's delaying the expense. I'm going to have vent holes at the opposite end of the box from the fan and run the 4 inch duct-fan from home depot that has about 80 cfm through a homemade activated carbon filter as seen on this site.
That's the plan as of now, what do you guys think?
The lights are giong to be dangling from a 1 x 4 going across the top of the box, and i'm going to be able to slide the lights side to side to enable to water the plants. I also am going to have about 4-6 inches of extra room past the 4 plots of land for the 4 plants in order to have seedlings/clones start. As of now i'm just planting some rego's seeds that i have and trying to perfect my technique and whatnot, and i'd like to buy some femenized white widow to grow/clone continuously in it. I'm starting the seeds right now just in my room on the desk with some desk lamps, just trying to get a little jumpstart before i build it and get everything set up.
My main questions are what soil to use and how far should the incandesants be away from the seedlings right now?