a new grow room in progress

[bobby]

g'day everyone i am building a grow room for my first try at home grown. my mate reckons that 1.75 meters is what i should go for, im having trouble getting that hieght. i,ve been reading about sog's & scrog's. but i want to try full size first. what hiegt do all you reckon is sufficient. i have 1m x 1m base

any help you give me would be much appreciated

[J DOG 6000]

as far as hieght on an untopped plant...if you have hieght restrictions grow indica.
Veg 24/7 let it grow to about 1 1/2 to 2 feet or until the branches start to alternate. then flower on 12/12.
You're plants will double in size if growing indica...hybrids or sativa's can triple in size...but a mostly indica strain like Northern Lights or Afghani,Romulan.G-13 crosses would be Ideal because the G-13 keeps the plants to a very short finishing hieght(3 feet)
Go here click on Motarebel and check out "G-bolt" and all the other killer strains!
Motarebel (http://www.growshopalien.com/onlineshop/index.html?lang=en-uk&target=d40.html) :thumbsup:Here's his forum for more info (http://www.growshopalien.com/Forum/index.php?showforum=30)

[bobby]

yeah thanks for that i,ve got about 4 feet that should do the trick

[stickygreenlightsabr]

Do you hae 4 feet total including the space needed for the lights and such?

I ran into the same problem, although I had 5 feet to play with. I decided to bend the plant ala LST method. I chose Northern Lights for my strain for the same reasons you did.

This is a pic of my plant. It grew more like a bush than a tree and stayed pretty short.

http://boards.cannabis.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=30933
http://boards.cannabis.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=39038

[bobby]

yeah 4 feet total including lights dirt everything. my buddy said thats not enough. im gonna have to think of something else. i was digging it into the ground. water comes thro at 4 feet. i cant think of anyway to get deeper without water coming thro. i was gonna concrete the bottom.i dont want to grow in my garage cos i want it completely hidden.

[bobby]

i was told to have the light one foot above plants. i have a super spreader on the way, for under the light to not be as hot. maybe i need only 6 inches between plants and light.i havent tried it yet. lights are on the way. i have ordered 600w mh and hps.the mh is supposed to run on hps ballast

[bobby]

i was just looking at your thread, stickylight saber i see you have your pots covered in reflecter. i never thought of that. is it necessary. i might get white pots

[J DOG 6000]

Mylar covering the soil or rockwoll stoppes moss from growing and reflects much needed light back to the bottom branches.

[bobby]

would it be too much to run a 600w hps, 1 fan, 1 exhaust fan (thro carbon filter),two timers and 3 cfl bulbs from one power point

[J DOG 6000]

I'd put the light on one and everything else on another.(Extention cord)