Quote Originally Posted by the yeag
install in the top of your case three cfl's 2 6500k 26wt. 1 3000k 42wt.....wallmart...lowes...homedepot. line everything with mylar...cheap spaceblankets found at wallmart.2 dollars in sporting goods section. make a homemade scrog screen...just bend a hanger to the shape of the perimiter of your box. then secure to the sides take fishing line or thread and make a checkerboard on the coat hanger frame. insall it 3/4 of the way up to your lights. when you go to flower your plant will be up to the screen weave it in and flower..it will work great as long as you use good soil and have proper temps.
I originally planned to install 2 50wt CFL's but I always take adivise of wiser people. Also, the mylar wont reflect too much light? For such a small space I was considering lining it with just something white, since its such a small area. But I will do the mylar. Thanks for the scrog screen suggestion, I will be using that.

Just one more last question. For a grow like this, how far away should I keep them away from the plant at all times? Are you sure it should be 1/4 of the space away from the bud, considering CFL's are rather weak? I always thought that the light should be like 4 inches away from the plant?

So throught the grow I should keep the lights on top at all times and use the scrog screen method to keep the plant atleast 1/4 of the distance away from the CFLs?

Also, when reading the temperature, should I have two temp readers? One to put at the top and one to put at the bottom?