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txponto

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I'm looking to finally invest some money into growing after 2 successful grows in my closet using CFL's.
I'm going to be buying either a 2x2 or a 32"x32" tent within the next few weeks. I'm probably going to keep using my shit CFL reflector I made for the time being. It's running 6 bulbs and I plan to just flower 1 at a time as it's just for personal. What sort of exhaust/intake system do I need? And when I do go to purchase an actual light, is the Mars 300w(just an example) enough for that size tent for 1 or 2 flowering plants, or should I look for something else?
 
moondance

moondance

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Hi how are you today? Lets see what we got here, this section will help alot and the one above it is LED, lots of fine info. https://www.rollitup.org/f/stealth-micro-cab-growing.125/ Now if it were me, I would run a 4" inline in two places for quietness, insulated ducting, activated carbon sock filter (homemade) and the mars light or two large cfl things there like a foot long. 2 plants flat scrogged veged for 1 month and flipped. thats me, what are you going to do? Welcome aboard great to see new growers.
 
714steadyeddie

714steadyeddie

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Go HID over Mars man. Mars is junk. 3w chips won't get you over two zips without a long ass veg. For about the same price you can get an Apollo or ipower hid setup with reflector and ballast (400 watt kit run about 120-140$ usd). On Amazon of course.

As for tent go bigger. 32x32 seems ok. I had 2x2x4 and k was hating myself for going with a small tent about half way into flower ran out of vertical space.

Buy a 6 in inline fan, a carbon filter and you're good to go. Maybe a fan speed controller as well.

Since you have some grows under your belt it shouldn't be too hard of a setup to get use too.
 
moondance

moondance

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714steadyeddie said:
Go HID over Mars man. Mars is junk. 3w chips won't get you over two zips without a long ass veg. For about the same price you can get an Apollo or ipower hid setup with reflector and ballast (400 watt kit run about 120-140$ usd). On Amazon of course.

As for tent go bigger. 32x32 seems ok. I had 2x2x4 and k was hating myself for going with a small tent about half way into flower ran out of vertical space.

Buy a 6 in inline fan, a carbon filter and you're good to go. Maybe a fan speed controller as well.

Since you have some grows under your belt it shouldn't be too hard of a setup to get use too.
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Nice Thank you!
 
vaporz

vaporz

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a 150w HPS would fit pretty nice in a tent that size but the 150w hps from sunsystem I have does not come with any exhaust built into the housing so that might hurt a tent that size if you cant circulate the airflow and vent out the heat somehow

It doesnt put out nowhere as much heat as a 400w hps im guessing but it will raise temps about 5 degrees or so on a really warm day in the summer if you have no air conditioning in your home.

They are running around on different sites for like $50-$60, but keep in mind the model I have comes with built in ballast and ONLY takes a hps bulb out of the box. Maybe with some engineering it could be made to accept a MH bulb but this little light is serving me well so far and maybe after couple grows under my belt, I may upgrade to 400w or 600w down the road. Good Luck!
 
moondance

moondance

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vaporz said:
a 150w HPS would fit pretty nice in a tent that size but the 150w hps from sunsystem I have does not come with any exhaust built into the housing so that might hurt a tent that size if you cant circulate the airflow and vent out the heat somehow

It doesnt put out nowhere as much heat as a 400w hps im guessing but it will raise temps about 5 degrees or so on a really warm day in the summer if you have no air conditioning in your home.

They are running around on different sites for like $50-$60, but keep in mind the model I have comes with built in ballast and ONLY takes a hps bulb out of the box. Maybe with some engineering it could be made to accept a MH bulb but this little light is serving me well so far and maybe after couple grows under my belt, I may upgrade to 400w or 600w down the road. Good Luck!
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Sweet Thanks for the input!
 
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