Hi,
After reading about 500+ posts, I decided to start one of my own. This is my first time growing, and I'm trying a 2.5' x 1.5' x 1.5' mini-fridge with a 150W hps light and 2 6500k 23w cfls. The heat duty is already an issue, and I'm certainly gunna have to design a cooltube...but for now i just have to leave the door hanging open (not ideal). To help, i gutted out all of the insulation. So far I have 7 plants (5 --> 3 weeks old, 2 -->1 week old), and I'd like to trying flowering with 4 separate scrogs in each corner (4 plants total), separated by plexiglass. Or I could do the SOG technique by taking lots of clones and flowering them right away. Ultimately, my goal is to yield 2 oz for each harvest in order to meet my personal desire. I chose the mini-fridge because it locks, its mostly light proof, and it doesn't attract attention due to slight humming (the fans). But, i'm gunna need another cab (mini-fridge or something more clever) to achieve a perpetual grow.
My main question though is.....does anyone think the 150W hps light is sufficient? I recently read that you need at least 250W in order to produce quality buds, but I was hoping that since my set-up is so small, 150W would provide enough lumens. 250W might be possible but the heat duty will be tough to deal with.
I'm growing in fox farm ocean forest and about to start feeding with the ff trio (might be delivered today!). I might want to design a hydroponic system later. I'm going to put a lot of effort into this project because I'm tired of having to wait on lazy SOB's to take my money. Thanks to anyone that reads this! I'm looking for any/all advice....will post pictures if anyone wants to take a look.
After reading about 500+ posts, I decided to start one of my own. This is my first time growing, and I'm trying a 2.5' x 1.5' x 1.5' mini-fridge with a 150W hps light and 2 6500k 23w cfls. The heat duty is already an issue, and I'm certainly gunna have to design a cooltube...but for now i just have to leave the door hanging open (not ideal). To help, i gutted out all of the insulation. So far I have 7 plants (5 --> 3 weeks old, 2 -->1 week old), and I'd like to trying flowering with 4 separate scrogs in each corner (4 plants total), separated by plexiglass. Or I could do the SOG technique by taking lots of clones and flowering them right away. Ultimately, my goal is to yield 2 oz for each harvest in order to meet my personal desire. I chose the mini-fridge because it locks, its mostly light proof, and it doesn't attract attention due to slight humming (the fans). But, i'm gunna need another cab (mini-fridge or something more clever) to achieve a perpetual grow.
My main question though is.....does anyone think the 150W hps light is sufficient? I recently read that you need at least 250W in order to produce quality buds, but I was hoping that since my set-up is so small, 150W would provide enough lumens. 250W might be possible but the heat duty will be tough to deal with.
I'm growing in fox farm ocean forest and about to start feeding with the ff trio (might be delivered today!). I might want to design a hydroponic system later. I'm going to put a lot of effort into this project because I'm tired of having to wait on lazy SOB's to take my money. Thanks to anyone that reads this! I'm looking for any/all advice....will post pictures if anyone wants to take a look.