Help me in my indoor garden

MarieJN88 · Sep 19, 2012

Room Size:
Length: 150cm
Width: 130cm
Height: 80cm

I have a 20cm x 20cm hole for ventilation where i can install my fan..

Am planning to start with CFL's.
How many watts do i need for my grow room? How many watts for each plant?

hotrodharley · Sep 19, 2012

You better concentrate on air flow in that low height space. A 600 watt HID will cover. But heat is going to be huge. Better stick with CFL, best T5 not spirals.

MarieJN88 · Sep 19, 2012

How many T5 do i need and how many watts?

*BUDS · Sep 19, 2012

Concern with the hieght, 2 1/2 feet, 1 foot for light hang, 1 foot clearance from the light and 10 inches or so for the pot itself ,that leaves you no room at all to grow a plant, i answered similar Q the other day. So what was plan B ?

*BUDS · Sep 19, 2012

For that length and width you will need 1000w. 50w per sq/ft.

MarieJN88 · Sep 19, 2012

From what I've seen on here -- people have grown in boxes as short as 2 feet (PC grow boxes)

If i want to use T5 bulbs, i need 20cm for fixture and bulbs, 5cm between lights and plants, and 20cm for the pots.. so i have 35cm for plants to grow..
What do u think?

MarieJN88 · Sep 19, 2012

Am goin to start with fluro. i was cheking and i saw that T8 its like T5, and its not expensive as T5 and work on a temp at 25c, when T5 work on 35c for the best light quality...
how many bulbs do i need for my room?
http://www.hoveyelectric.com/hovey-...w-To-Determine-Which-Light-Is-The-Right-Light

Or i can go with spiral CFL's 3 bulbs for each plant? 2 (6500K) and 1 (2700K)?

Which installion is better?

MarieJN88 · Sep 19, 2012

I can resize my grow room to:
Length: 100cm
Width: 130cm
Height: 80cm

B166ER420 · Sep 19, 2012

Don't waste your money on t8's,we were just speaking about these light sources @ Texas Growers Unite.Make a taller room you'll b glad you did!You got the right idea with cfl's but they do put out HEAT.It seems t5's are the way to go.Check this out https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/358190-led-without-leds-my-first.html.

B166ER420 · Sep 19, 2012

http://www.hoveyelectric.com/hovey-...w-To-Determine-Which-Light-Is-The-Right-Light

Were growing cannabis not just trying to brighten up a room

Japes · Sep 20, 2012

I have to agree with the general consensus here that the the height is way too low unless you are gonna stick to miniature plants or autobud strains. I would say a minimum height for an enclosure should be 150cm.

With regards to lighting in your case, CFL is the way to go to keep extreme heat at bay, HID lamps create a shyte load of heat and LED's in my eyes are still experimental. 105w CFL will work great for two plants.

The big boy on the left is what you are looking for.

HotShot7414 · Sep 20, 2012

This could work actually if you know how to keep a plant under 1 ft (LST 12/12 from seed),smaller pots have the right lighting (MH) but your lights would have to be stationary like mines(can move horizontal though),I only use 3ft of of the 9ft of height i have.

hotrodharley · Sep 20, 2012

MarieJN88 said:
From what I've seen on here -- people have grown in boxes as short as 2 feet (PC grow boxes)

If i want to use T5 bulbs, i need 20cm for fixture and bulbs, 5cm between lights and plants, and 20cm for the pots.. so i have 35cm for plants to grow..
What do u think?

Grow it sideways. Super Silver Haze, no auto. 65" best I can measure. A solid bud almost - a bonus to growing laterally. Check it.

MarieJN88 · Sep 20, 2012

hotrodharley said:
Grow it sideways. Super Silver Haze, no auto. 65" best I can measure. A solid bud almost - a bonus to growing laterally. Check it.

View attachment 2341789

How can i grow it sideways? By bending?

Thanks for your HELP.. Peace

MarieJN88 · Sep 20, 2012

HotShot7414 said:
This could work actually if you know how to keep a plant under 1 ft (LST 12/12 from seed),smaller pots have the right lighting (MH) but your lights would have to be stationary like mines(can move horizontal though),I only use 3ft of of the 9ft of height i have.

Ill check how to keep it under 1 ft.. can u attach some pics for your installation please? maybe it could help a little..

THX

HotShot7414 · Sep 20, 2012

I'll take pics of my setup when the lights come on it's kinda ghetto but it works for me lol

MarieJN88 · Sep 20, 2012

Frank and Rosenthal Cannabis Growing Information:

THE MARIJUANA GROWER'S GUIDE
by Mel Frank and Ed Rosenthal
Typed by Ben Dawson
Revised 1992

http://www.1stmarijuanagrowerspage.com/how-to-grow-marijuana.html

MarieJN88 · Sep 20, 2012

Please tell me if my mixture is good..

I bought potting soil from a local store bag of 10L.. (Pot on the Left)
I want to mix it with local soil from my garden mixed with little cow dung (Pot on the right)

MarieJN88 · Sep 20, 2012

1st photo: The box i want to use to put my setup inside, i want to cover it and put my lights.. It's (100cm length, 40cm width, 80cm height)
2nd photo: The place i want to put my grow box after i clean it, its the same height (80cm) so i can use the small window to put my fans out to the ventilation shaft..
The temperature its (27.6 celsius) now without lighting and fans.

How can I make a good air circulation for my grow box?
How many (watts & Lumens) for lighting if i want to use CFL's?
And what's the best material to cover my box?

MarieJN88 · Sep 21, 2012

I was at the store to see what to use for lighting, i found the aquarium lights for example:
15000K, 40W, 121cm (Tri color)
20000K, 30W, 90cm (Coral blue light)
PL tubes 7100K, 24W
Tl2001 T5 10000K, 8W

Does this lights work for indoor growing? or CFL's is better?

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