First time grow-help please

[oren27]

Hello everyone!

I am starting my first growing project.
I have this little closet I was thinking was my best option of growing.
It is 18*15*31 inches, It has a lock and is located in my music room.
First thing I did was to paint the whole interior white.

I really don't want to spend a lot of cash on it so i was thinking to go with plain fluorescents.

I really need help on the following subjects:
*lighting - what kind of cheap lighting OR fluorescents are best? Should i get or build some kind of timer for the 12\12 stage?
* ventilation - I was thinking of installing a computer fan on the back side of the closet. how efficient is that?
*I have a relatively tiny growing space, how much plants should I start with and what options do I have because it is only 18 inches tall.

I would be very happy to get as much help as I could so feel free to suggest anything, and meanwhile I will keep on reading the forum.
Thanks you very much guys!

oren27 Reviewed by oren27 on 01-14-2011. First time grow-help please Hello everyone! I am starting my first growing project. I have this little closet I was thinking was my best option of growing. It is 18*15*31 inches, It has a lock and is located in my music room. First thing I did was to paint the whole interior white. I really don't want to spend a lot of cash on it so i was thinking to go with plain fluorescents. I really need help on the following subjects: Rating: 5

[tevfik]

I really need help on the following subjects:
*lighting - what kind of cheap lighting OR fluorescents are best? Should i get or build some kind of timer for the 12\12 stage?
* ventilation - I was thinking of installing a computer fan on the back side of the closet. how efficient is that?
*I have a relatively tiny growing space, how much plants should I start with and what options do I have because it is only 18 inches tall.

I would be very happy to get as much help as I could so feel free to suggest anything, and meanwhile I will keep on reading the forum.
Thanks you very much guys!

*lighting: "PL-L four pin 2G11 base L type florescent" is most effective and the cheapest way. Their length depends on their wattage. Four or six 55w or 80w you can use (aprox. 22" in length). You can buy them ready with fixtures or you can do it yourself. T5 also can be used but only 24w T5 fits in your space (22"). Which needs more bulbs and ballasts to make equal wattage with PL-L. This nearly doubles your expense. If you use T8 plants stretch. If you use CFL costs more and you loose some more space in height.
Total 200-300w of light is enough.
*ventilation: PC fans are OK for fluorescent setup. You can use one or two from the both sides (15" sides) as intake and one on up middle of 31" side as outtake. If you use two for intake, make sure you have same amount of air outtake. You can keep intakes in low speed by using low power adapter or speed controller. Or you can choose silent fans, they work slower. Or you can use bigger fan for outtake.
* Two plans with good training (LST/topping/SCROG) can grow well in there. You can use short but wide pots. Those long balcony pots can be good idea. Also grow some short length strains.

Hope this helps.

[oren27]

Hi!
Thank you for the help!

This is whats going on so far..
they are about 8-9 days old.

[tevfik]

Looks good :thumbsup:
Get rid of that thermometer. It's not a safe thing to play around. Use some digital or some others like speedometer

[oren27]

Hello!
Another update..
what do you think?
I have no idea what strain it is but the seeds were from an outdoor grown medical weed.

Just hopping to get 1-2 females cuz the the space is really tight

[tikiroom]

Looking good so far.

[oren27]

Hey,

they are now starting week 4 from seed.
I topped them today I hope I did it right.

I want to start LST or scrog but nut sure what is best in my situation.

[Dexter007]

they are looking nice and healtygood luck with your grow:thumbsup:

[canniwhatsis]

Hey,

they are now starting week 4 from seed.
I topped them today I hope I did it right.

I want to start LST or scrog but nut sure what is best in my situation.

I'd go SCROG with that space. But I'm biased since I do most of my grows SCROG imp:

[oren27]

Hey thank you guys!
I have just done my first LST yesterday and they look good.
The topping looks good to...

I think ill go to 12/12 in about a week..

By the way i have 2 cfl 23W 6500k in there. and i'm planning on using 2-3 2700k cfl's for flowering.

some pics...