im ready to grow?

[evertking]

you know i would get a fire extinguisher... you never know.. your grow or what ever... my girl friend was cooking and caught some shit on fire one time and we HAD to call the fire dept.. they were ALL in the house. i was shitting bricks.. but if i had a fire extinguisher it would have been avoided.... just my 2 cents. Good luck with your grow!

and yes DO NOT skimp on ventilation

[Weedhound]

That is an EXCELLENT suggestion EK....should be standard on the list....something nobody thinks about.

HID lights put out some STRONG heat.....I have 1 1kw in a 16x16 room (approx) and even with cental A/C the room cooked. I stuck an ADDITIONAL room ac in there....couldn't touch it. The only thing that I can think of is a good air-cooled reflector for your light. Cool tubes are also something to think about...they hold the heat in very well. That of course is seperate from a system that brings fresh air into the room and removes the old air.

[aheadatime]

hmm does anyone know of any one room air conditioners that dont require a window? pls leave a link no matter what the price is

[PharmaCan]

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[4x5]

It sounds like you are ready to go. I would also recommend CFLs during the vegetive stage, HPS are red lights, and this is excellent for flowering. But CFL's are an efficient use of energy, plus the blue light is ecspecially good for stem and root growth, and this is useful during the vegetive stages. As for advice I would say your best bet if you want to really fine tune a grow area is just to make a simple investment in a Grow book, like the Cannabis Grow Bible by Greg Green from a bookstore and sit down and read. And always learn from experience. It wouldn't hurt to have a thermometer, and try to aim for 74-78 range, for optimal photosynthesis. Hope your grow goes well. and Jah bless :rastasmoke:

But if all you have is a HPS for veg, why not, bigger faster vegging, plenty of people here use them all the way through.

[4x5]

thanks for the advice guys
yeah im going to buy a full spec 95 watt flour to help out with the HPS system.
and as for temps, im gonna have 2 fans and poke some holes in my door (im growing in a closet =]). hmm, i was wondering for anyone out there whos actually finished a plant or two, how much can i get from four plants using 500 watts? i wanna get at least a dry OZ from each plant but i dunno, some ppl are saying to get a good amount is the hardest part of growing =/
and yeah, i agree that experience is key but i dont wana waste my money with these seeds lol i have dutch passion power plant and dutch passion super haze =]

500w of pure hps could net you 1.5oz dried per plant(start vegging 8; you'll end up with 3-4 plants max at finish), in a few more experience gaining grows from now, you'll hit that number; and be able to do it again on command.