sounds really good man. I am currently using a 2.5 sq. ft grow area in a box wrapped with alum. foil. only using 4 26 watt cfl's and my babies are doin fine and anymore light seems like it wouldnt matter. It's super bright inside and I have 12 flowers all in dixie cups side by side in a square formation and they are alll really bushy and short and doing just fine. I think people over estimate the amount of lights needed in such well reflective little boxes such as yours and mine. I have the box tipped over slightly creating a 2 to 3 inch opening on one side with a fan that blows air in and pushes air out of a vent hole on top. lots of air flow and my temps stay around 90 degrees at the tops of the plants and less as you go lower. I started flowering at 3 weeks and I'm at 4.5 weeks now total age from seed and they are doin very well. No stretching and very bushy. I am hoping to be left with about 6 females and I plan to replace 2 of the cfl's with the 150w equiv. bulbs. I know that I wont be getting a ridiculous amnt of product from each flower but I figure for their size I won't be doin too bad. I love these little grow boxes and its all about a light to area ratio. No need for crazy amounts of lights as all my flowers have a cfl directly on top of them and to the side within 2 inches. keep itup and I will start a grow log soon. I've taken over 50 pics since day one.
smallgrow1 Reviewed by smallgrow1 on . 2.25 sq ft cardboard cab hey fellas, readin about all of these cardboard cabs has my wheels spinning.........currently experimenting with a 18"x18"x48" cardboard cab running 4 6500k cfls with a total of 5600 lumens. I have 2 clones at the moment underneath. using the cheapo set up with splitters etc. walls lined with mylar. is this the best lighting setup for this space?? anymore seems to just be inefficient as i don't want to run the cfl's vertical....i want that bit of an angle that the splitters provide. I also Rating: 5