setup advice and other advice needed

I've never grown a plant before of any sort. Always been interested in growing marijuana but just recently decided to try. Ive read and read and read everything i can on the web buteverytime i think ive got something down i read the opposite on some other site.

So... what i want to know is.

1. What is a good setup for me to start with? i want something resonably simple but something that still produces high quality stuff.

2. Since im growing in my closet is there anything special that it will require for me to succeed.

3. how important is humidity/temp ive read things that could go either way so its up in the air for me.

4. hydro or soil?

I only want to grow about 5 or 6 plants and the eqip. i already have is
3 20inch flouecent lights (and everything to hang them)
1 humidifier
1 light timer
1 electronic temp/humidity gauge
and out of bag seeds
1 bag of MG soil
1 bag of perlite
1 bag of vermiculite

im sure you'll probably need to know more so ask me anything else about it you need to know. Thanks to all who reply and hopefuly im not a noob for long.

well # 1 those fluro lights are only good until the plants are a week or two old max. I you could establish a budget That would help with the suggestions.......

about 150 bucks

ok well youve got soil and enough light for your 6 plants untill they are a couple of weeks old, hydrogmeter+humidifier but things you dont have #1 pots for your plants (I would start in beer cups then 2 weeks after they break soil right to 5gal buckets) #2 you need to have an area to grow!!! any details on grow area/box/closet/cabinet

Its going to be in my closet. ITs about 15sq feet. 10 foots ceelings. white walls.
This is what i have so far for plants
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My light
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr309/colbyfreeman918/PIC-0022.jpg

And a light fixture that i made at work that id like to put HO compact fluorescent bulbs in.
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr309/colbyfreeman918/PIC-0018.jpg (Of course adding a reflector...ect.)
And thats my next question. CAn i grow good quality plants with fluorescent lights. I plan on making anothier identicle fixture if its worth it all in all giving me 6 compact fluorescent lights for about 4 plants or less depending on how many females i get.

advice? anyone?

#1 put the light closer and when you repot put the soil level 1" from the bottom of leaves ( I can see some stretching) Your light fixture is good but I would putmore sockets.... at least 4 anyway 3 is ok. and make another. Also in order to fit that light with 10ft ceilings ur space is much bigger than 15sq ft. what aree the dimensions 10ftX?X?

with the size of your closet I would say to buy 1 400w hps light in order to take full advantage of the space and produce high end bud.

I had a grow in a 12x20x8 ft room using 50 4ft 4 bulb fluro ballast the same as urs but with 4 fluro tubes in each and was thouroghly dissapointed.. buds were not dense at all and werent very potent. That 3 CFL fixture in a contained box with your 3 lil plants would produce better bud .

ok the closet is kind of weird shapped. it makes somewhat of a L shape. the part of the closet where the plants will be is (and i actually got out the tape measure ) 8'x39"x32" so its actually smaller that i thought. and after looking at the cfl grow threads i had planned on just using something like 2 extesion cords with 4 sockets each with cfl bulbs and each at about 2000 lumens..... will that work anybetter?

my brother, ive been on this site for a year i just had a stroke and cant remember how to start a thread or post. Can you please help me. Victor. 1/11 tycoon777

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my brother, ive been on this site for a year i just had a stroke and cant remember how to start a thread or post. Can you please help me. Victor. 1/11 tycoon777

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no prob the site has change recently the new thread tab is in the same spot as before only on the right hand side.. choose gerneral mj grow, Indoor, newbie central, whichever forum you need and look to the upper right hand side.. good luck bro and srry to here the news my mom had a stroke at 34 yrs old it was a life changer for me.... try and apply for medical MJ!!!!!

ok well heres a suggestion get that plant in ur cler container out or cover the container with somthin so light cant touch the roots(roots hate light might stunt plant growth) and for better veg u should get atleast 4-6 23w cfls

OK this size is good for one nice sized plant or all three if you keep em small but what i suggest is to keep growing what you got in order to find the nicest female once that is established get rid of the others. Plant your prized plant in a 5gal bucket or bigger but 5gal should be fine. mount your fluro tubes on the walls and have your 6 CFLS above the plant. I would suggest getting some t5 fluro tubes/ ballasts for the walls but this will be once the plant is getting to a substantial size so basically using fluro ballasts like you have now in the end you will have hopefully 2 ballasts per wall 4 fluro bulbs per wall for a total of 16 fluro bulbs and your six CFLS above . this setup should produce decent quality bud off one plant the more fluros the better. also its best to enclose your grow area so separate your 39"x32"x8ft using a sheet of mylar or a white peice of wood or whatever you can think of this will make it easier to control climate and dust/dirt(you dont want dirty buds)

Ok so i made a new lights setup. should this be a reasonable cfl grow light if i use 2 way socket adapters so i'll have 12 lights?

The light
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr309/colbyfreeman918/PIC-0024.jpg

That is better. 12 CFLS could potentialy grow some solid buds!! Now as for your choice of CFLS I would Get 6 of these http://www.walmart.ca/wps-portal/storelocator/Canada-Hardware.jsp?selection=listingDetails&tabId=21&singledept=null&lang=&assetId=30257&imageId=42951&suggestedItem=&priceType=1&page=null&departmentId=20&categoryId=920&tabId=21
and 6 of these http://www.walmart.ca/wps-portal/storelocator/Canada-Hardware.jsp?selection=listingDetails&tabId=21&singledept=null&lang=&assetId=30256&imageId=42949&suggestedItem=&priceType=1&page=null&departmentId=20&categoryId=920&tabId=21

These are the best CFLS. but for 12 it'll cost nearly $200cdn almost the same as a small HID(mh or hps)

anyway since that is over your budget for lighting I would buy a 4 pack of 23w Cfl cool white for $13 and one of each of the 40w CFL then as the plant grows buy more 40w CFLS until youve filled your sockets.
Hint: also with cfls they can be helpful if placed not only above your plants. but surrounding them.

Your on the right track. keep tabs on the humidity 50-70% for veg. 45-50% for flowering

JonKollar, thanks for the info on setting up thread and post.My life is all fuked up and this is not my body.I did apply for med-m. Thank-you Victor. 1/14 tycoon777