Heres what I have to work with, what can I do?

[Buckshot]

I ended up with 2.75 Sq ft of grow area. I realize I used the wrong wattages, sorry.

Ill end up with somthing like 21,000 lumens with both lights.

7640 Lm/Sq Ft.. I don't think thats too bad..

[justaseed]

no prob, i knew what you meant. it can get confusing sometimes when figuring out how many for a space. they shouldn't even put the high 1 on the package. my cfl cab was 4sqft, with a space that small or smaller, especially with cfl's, scrog is your best option. realisticly you could yeild almost 5oz in 2 sqft with some practice. (2.4oz/sqft) you could not even get close to that growing tradition in such a small space. here is my old scrog thread to get an idea of how to do it. it is so easy!!!!!!!!!!!http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=52326
good luck

[Buckshot]

Did you LST to get all your nodes headed north, then train them to the chicken wire, or grow them normal and train them to the chicken wire??


Ill get pics tonight of what I plan to get set up, and show you guys...

[Buckshot]

Uh, got one pic, of an unassembled HPS light, and my cam died. Shit. Lol

[justaseed]

yes i started topping/ lst right from the start with clones or at about the 4th node with seed plants. i also used wire with only 1inch holes to be able to train the plants more precisely. the thread i linked above shows everything i did and used from start to finish although the pics don't start till early flower. good luck

[Buckshot]

Hey guys, I',m kinda rethinking this whole thing... I have seeds that are germed so it needs to be fairly quick... Should I use a wider-shorted cab, or a narrower-taller cab? I gotta get somthing set up pretty quick here or my germed seeds are gonna hate me, lol.

[Cyclonite]

Just so you know a 400 watt HPS puts out 40,000-52,000 lumens depending on the bulb....thats the way to go

[rottenPauL]

im with cyclonite

[Volker]

Just so you know a 400 watt HPS puts out 40,000-52,000 lumens depending on the bulb....thats the way to go

Agreed. If I had a grow ROOM instead of a grow CLOSET, I'd defo go w/a 400W HPS. But instead I have ~250W of CFT flouro for about 18000L covering about 2 ft². Total cost for my closet to date has been $5 for mylar gift wrap & $7 on my first CFT way back when. (new bulbs are "donations" [I have a stoner buddy at Home Depot that I try not to abuse], fixtures are salvage) But at cost, bulbs woulda been ~$90.- + tax. It's $12.95 for either a single 42W 2700K or a 2-pack of 27W 6500K. About the same as a 90W HPS security light. (at Home Depot)

[JackdaWack]

You def. want more head room. you can always lst your plants but you will want the extra room up top for flowering. And going cheep on lighting will give you cheep results. the only advice i can give is get the most lumens you can with what ever you choose to use. everything else is pretty much covered in here. Im assuming you know which bulbs to buy, blue spec. for veg, red spec for flower, other then that its preference and what fits/works. CFLs are cheap and produce very very little heat, in a small cab there a must.