Do I have enough light 2 grow a decent crop

bericus

Active Member
:confused:I built a homemade growbox with the dimensions 2ft tall; 2ft wide; 2ft deep, I can fit 8 - 2gal. pots inside of the box, plants can only grow 12" in. tall veg; then I want 2 flower them, I wanted 2 know do I have enough light inside of box 2 grow from start 2 finish using 5 CFL's (4 - 42w. CFL's each suppose 2 produce 1750 lumens & 1 - 40w. CFL with 2600 lumens), 4 a total of 9600 lumens, the (4 - 42w. CFL bulbs suppose 2B = 2 a 150w. incadensent bulb) & the (40w. CFL bulb suppose 2B = 2 a 200w. incadensent bulb) 4 a total of 800w. I wanted 2 know if I can grow from start 2 finish, because I've seen others on this site with same bulbs, getting good results. So having 8 - 12" plants about approximately, how many grams n dried wgt., should I get from a grow of 90 to a 120 days :confused: i have a pic of the grow box n my gallery.
 

foreverjokker

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You need about 3000 lumens per sq. feet of your grow space. but Im afraid to say that the 2x2x2 space isnt going to be big enough. I just recently had a 2x2x4 space for four plants with only 4 42 watt cfls (rated at 150 watt eq and 2600 lumens each) and it was way too hot so I moved to a 4x4x10 space and a 100 watt hps and 250 hps and im doing good.
 

bericus

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I don't have the space, no the privacy 2 grow anywhere else, i have 2 keep it very low key 2 hide from my wife & dwnstairs neighbors & where i hav the growbox hid, no 1 go dwn n the basement cuz it's not n good condition 4 wandering; so i have 2 make way 4 wut i can do & afford. Thanxs 4 the advice. :-?
 

sicknasty

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Tuff situation its been done though, Either LST or flower at like 2 inches or from the start because the lights take up about 4 inches and pots take up space. plant with about 3 inches of soil not filled in the pot and fill up around your plants as they grow up.

It can be done just I would suggest starting with 12/12 light and seeing where you strain finishes up then next grow you can maximize space by vegging a little.

Problem with LST is they still grow up quite a bit, youd have to tie down every branch and that would be a PIA. If you could get the lowryder strain I think that would work best for you.
 

bericus

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I turned off 2 of the bulbs & im putt'n a humidifer nside cuz the air is very dry & anotha 1 of my plants died & im going 2 start over again cuz i overfertilized a few of my plants, so i have2 regroup! :cry:
 
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