2 Plant CFL Cupboard Grow

Hey everyone,



Myself and my brother have just set up a 2 plant grow in a cupboard on our closed balcony.

This is our first attempt at anything indoors but we've done a decent amount of research and are busy flowering another plant outdoors on the same balcony. Because of the small nature of our grow we chose to use CFL's. I've attached some photos and was wondering if anyone would possibly be able to offer any feedback, especially on ventilation options (the balcony itself can have good air flow when open, currently we're using a standard house fan blowing into the slightly opened cupboard door. The plants have been on an 18/6 schedule for 4 days and have already grown a decent amount, including a bit of new growth.



Current our set-up is as follows:



Plants: 2 cheese clones (same as the one flowering on the balcony) with potting soil, worm castings and Kelpak (growing medium)


Room: 45x60x120cm (the walls are painted a flat white)


Lights: 4 x 23w CFL (Cool White) and 2 x 45w CFL (Daylight). Producing a total of around 182


The lights are around 2 - 4 inches away from the plants.



Will keep updating with photos as we go along, but some advice or any general help would be really appreciated.

looks good, but remember, those babies are gonna take once you start flowering. what kind of venting do you have it there, temps?

At the moment we just use a standard house fan blowing into the room, it's super cold where we are at the moment, so it's definitely not getting too hot. But I definitely think we need to sort something out. What would you recommend?

Thanks a ton

well, if you're able to, you might have to cut an intake and an exhaust hole to mount a couple small fans to. the intake should be down low and can be passive with no fan and an exhaust hole up high with a fan sucking the air out on the opposite side. that way it will draw the air across the plants and cool the cabinet. its always nice not to have heat problems, LoL.

With that much height you should be able to get much more juicy leaves etc, try position your bulbs close as possible...
Im guessing your lossing alot of light from on top of the bulbs I recommend you take foil try like this... http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=bbq+foil+try&FORM=HDRSC2#view=detail&id=5120CE36F36A25BE3369E51F35BF53E4AC411D5E&selectedIndex=43
drill 3 holes from the inside and house your fixtures in those holes - in turn creating a hood to bounce most lost light lost from the top of your current bulbs.

- Stay High -

One advantage of cold temps is it lets you add more lights without having to worry about heat Should take advantage of that if you have the opportunity, I battle heat XD