My first closet grow help appreciated!

[tinytoon]

heat off that Halogen is gonna be pretty high, I 2nd the motion on going back to the CFL.

[hudson88]

That light is going to suck.
Cant be cheap with the lighting.
Go back to the CFL idea and read some more.

heat off that Halogen is gonna be pretty high, I 2nd the motion on going back to the CFL.

Make that 3 of us!

Here's what stinkyattic says about halogens

Not what you're looking for for cannabis. Wrong spectrum, very ineffecient, too much heat.

e2a stinky's quote is from this thread if you wanna look.http://boards.cannabis.com/growing-i...1-halogen.html

[azuldainer]

alright thanks guys, my closet i would say is 2 feet deep, four feet long and about four feet tall how many of those 30 watter cfls should i be looking for that area

[Opie Yutts]

i heard that a good way of deciding how far to keep your lights away from the plants is by putting the back of your hand to the lights by the plants and if its to hot for your hand than its to hot for the plants and if someone could verify that that would be awesome thanks guys

This is not a good way to decide. My hand feels perfectly comfortable at 90 degrees, but your leaves should not be over 80 degrees. Above that transpiration slows or stops. You'll need a laser thermometer to measure leaf temps, which are around $35. Otherwise you can get a $5 thermometer and position it at canopy level and try to keep the reading under 83. You should spend as much money on ventilation as you do on lighting.

5000 lumens per plant is best, but I've had decent grows with half that much. The key is the correct colors, of which halogen is not.

[hudson88]

alright thanks guys, my closet i would say is 2 feet deep, four feet long and about four feet tall how many of those 30 watter cfls should i be looking for that area

It's tricky to say, for instance i can't predict how many females you're gonna get and have to flower.

I'd say you're gonna want 3 or 4 of those lights per plant when they're flowering

Check out some cfl grow logs and you'll be able to see how many watts they use and the results they get.

Good luck!