2nd Grow, 1st Cab Grow. . .

I'm just coming off of my first grow & harvest which I just did in my closet on a table. Got a yield of about 18 grams/ 18" plant, very good pot surprisingly considering the seeds came out of a bag of shitty schwag. I decided my next grow will be in a cab I built throughout the first grow, with 3 clones of the now-revegging best-of-the-crop. Let me lay out my cab and let me know what can be improved:

It's 32" x 32" x 12". I've got 2 25W CFLs currently on the sides with plans of adding two more. I put two 24 inch 20w CFLs above. I was in a hurry and bought "aquarium and plant" light, which to my surprise were 2700K, 600 lumens. Will 2 of these overhead with 100w of side lighting be good to grow 3 18" clones?

I've also got an intake/exhaust window fan built into the back for ventilation. The inside is painted white already. What do you think?

Hey JC,

Is your fan the kind with 2 fans so you can set 1 to blow in and 1 to blow out? If not, just make sure you've got enough intake for the size of your exhaust. I tried those plant & aquarium lights and I don't think they put out much light. You might think about using Warm White or Kitchen & Bath CFLs or tubes depending on your fixtures. They're about the same color (3000k) but they put out way more lumens. I found space blankets at Long's (Sorry, don't know if they are where you are) in the sporting goods dept. for $2.99 or $3.29. It should only take 1 to line your cab. I'm harvesting in a couple weeks and I'm gonna use those in my closet. Way reflective :thumbsup: Grow big, sounds like you are right on track.

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If you are veggin go with Cool or daylight if possible try for 6500k, the kitchen and bath bulbs have more red in them for flowering (3000k). I'm sorry if I misunderstood the stage you are in....S

yeah, 2 6" fans, one blowing in, one blowing out. I'm doing the whole cycle in the cab, so I will be getting more 6500K lights for now which I will swap with my 2700K lights in flowering. 157W of light total. I will work on getting mylar sheets also. . . anything else?