is this grow box even vaguely acceptable?

tooandrew

Active Member
hello, this is my first post here, and hopefully the first successful attempt at growing.
i have a total of 2400 lumens at the moment, a ventilation system, there's an air filter and a duct on the outside, i'm about to add an intake fan, and replace the paper and duct tape with mylar. also, presumably, add more lightbulbs. but as it is right now, could i grow a dwarfed plant in here?

the bulbs are cfls, 120watt equivalent, but they use 23 watts, and put out 1200 lumens. of course, its a cfl spiral inside of the lightbulb so the flood light is like a reflector somewhat. help me out man :weed:
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EDIT: keep in mind, i built this in 3 hours with shit i had laying around the house
 

B0X

Member
well you could still get away with an auto-flower strain in there, they usually stay pretty short
 

tooandrew

Active Member
think you could give me some applicable strain names? i am doing purp ultra atm, but if i could avoid re building it'd be great
 

B0X

Member
If you already have something growing id say look up LST methods to keep it short or Topping methods.
For the future if you can't get one of these techniques to work I would suggest Attitude Seed Bank. Search categories and go to the Short Stuff Auto-Flowering Seeds.
 

hoss12781

Well-Known Member
Short stuff is legit. You are lacking the necessary lumens for a full grow man. I'd upgrade your CFL's. You'll want at the very min around 5k lumens.
 
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