Quote Originally Posted by Gro-Maverick
Hi, I have been a medical marijuana user for some years now and I am trying to grow for myself because one I enjoy it, and two, because of the price of buying it all the time. I have a 4 1/2 X 2 closet that I would to like to run using the SOG method using clones from the club. I just want to grow 6 clones in SOG so I stay within the legal limits but still have enough for me to last until the next harvest and I was wondering if there is anything I need to run this system. My materials I currently own are as follows:

400watt HPS w/reflective shield
6" containers
More than enough hydroton
3 inch grodan rockwool cubes
drip system with hosing and 291 gph pump
10" oscilating fan
Dyna-Gro Grow and Bloom nutrients
Superthrive
Cloonex rooting solution
1 digital timer for water pump
2 standard timers for light and fan
PH Up & Down
10 gallon resevoir
4X2 plant tray with drainage back to resevoir

Do I need exhaust and intake fans as well as my oscilating fan?
Any suggestions to improve my grow area while still staying low cost would be awesome.

Here are some pics:

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1...s33/hydro3.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1...s33/hydro2.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1...s33/hydro1.jpg

Well you have been offered some very good advice so far. Your hood should be air-cooled with a glass bottom. The fan at the top pointing down will force hot air down on top of your plants and they will not like that.

Try to get your tray as low as possible like take out one brick and use a 2x4 or try laying them on their side but get it as close to the holding tank as you can so you can have max head room. You will want some pond liner or something to cover the exposed area in the tray. Alga will grow in no time with out covering the area. Light will kill your roots too that will hang out the grow cups you are using.

With large Rockwool like that you may want to start with a feeding schedule and not have a full on drip. Like start with 15 on every 30 to 45 min to start but it may need to change as the plant grows. And it will change with lights on and lights off too. Lights off you can water 15 on every 90 min or so and be fine. As they grow that may need to change too so keep an eye on them they will tell you how you are doing.

The white is fine but Mylar is always better.

You need to have a fan lower to move the air around from the underside of the plant. A small desk fan from Wal-Mart is fine it does not need to oscillate bouncing off the wall is enough.

You may want to think of a screen too just in case.

You may need to have bushmaster in your list of additives just in case too. That will keep them from growing to big.

If you can get some real nutrients and a ph/tds pen you are better off. You need to monitor your ph twice a day at least and change out your nutrients every 7 to 10 dayâ??s and use only RO water with calmag plus and good quality nutrients they will grow big and fast.

Last there is an FAQ you should look at. I think everyone who grows in contained areas need to keep a close eye on the temperature under the light and at the top of the plant canopy at all times.

http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=40868

I hope that helps you some.

Happy growing
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