more newb questions

[bryced1]

hey i have a couple questions, how tall should i make a grow "room" im growing in my attic so i have to build something else inside the attic so i would like to know how tall should i make it? also i have alot of reptiles so i was curious, i have a uv light laying around, could that be used, then have another flouresent lamp for heating? (i only plan on growin 1-5 plants) i was thinking a 200 W bulb for heating and the uv to act like sunlight. would that work? any help would be great.

[Garden Knowm]

The more vertical space the better.... Less than 3 feet can become a serious challenge.... 5 feet + is a comfortable amount of room.

If your gonna grow, you should get an HPS light.

Attics can get real real hot .. can you manage the heat?

good luck

[bryced1]

i have a very tight budget how much would a complete hps light setup cost (not somethign too huge, just for a couple plants) my plans are i wont be growin in my attic during the summer, just late fall-mid spring when i cant grow outside, but it would be nice to grow indoors year-round, so how could i control the temp? thanks for your help

[sugarmagnolia]

fans will help with the heat. and an HPS is pretty expensive and u said u have a tight budget.

[bryced1]

ok so will this be suffecient? i have a uvb light and a 150W flouresent light that is ment for heating for reptiles and growing plants in the same enclosure. and i am going to use a pc fan to vent. now if i just run the air out into the attic with no filter or anything would it smell inside the house too? and if i ran it outside without a carbon filter or anything, would u be able to tell i was growing?( the place that i could run it outside is on the front of the house on the 3rd floor, so if someoen walked out could they smell it?) thanks again

[NowhereMan]

i have a very tight budget how much would a complete hps light setup cost (not somethign too huge, just for a couple plants) my plans are i wont be growin in my attic during the summer, just late fall-mid spring when i cant grow outside, but it would be nice to grow indoors year-round, so how could i control the temp? thanks for your help


http://www.hydroponics.com/light/index.html

give ya idea
hope it helps

[Garden Knowm]

what's tight? You can get an hps on the web for 100$ ..

then your biggest cost will be electricity... Roughly $40 a month for a 600-1000watt hps.. depends where you live...

Think of it as an investment : )

[lordsoth666]

http://www.overgrow.com/growfaq/1151 150w HPS for $80, I have one, works great for 2 plants. lots of luck to you.


L0rdsOth

[bryced1]

awesome, ill go pick one up this weekend, but now comes to the other question, if i just run a ventaltion system outside with a comp. fan, without a filter, if i were to walk outside could i tell i was growing?

[sugarmagnolia]

no one can really answer the smell question because it varies from strain to strain. U might as well worry about smell later on. U have a good month or two to worrya bout it.