Closet Grow - Need Input

So I live in an apartment building and was considering a PC Grow in my room, but was hesitant because of the low yield. Smoking with my friends one day, though, it came up and now I have a closet space to grow in.

The closet is 2 feet deep, 40 inches wide. Comes to a little over 6 square feet of usable space. It's very tall (prob 10 feet), but there's a metal rack in it around 5'6" up that is perfect for hanging a light. So that's my usable space.

Setup:

• Hang a 400W HPS Bulb (is it worth a conversion MH for vegging?) on the rack giving my approximately 5 feet for growing.
• 5 gal planting bags (Cause I'm cheap) giving my plants a max height of around 4' (I think that's plenty)
• I'll have the bags in some sort of plastic container to catch water because its carpeted and it will evaporate from there I imagine.
• This leaves around 4 feet of space above the light (maybe closer to 3) thats empty for wiring and ventilation.
• The walls will be covered with Mylar and because it isn't my room and I can't babysit it all the time, I will use velcro strips to mount another mylar sheet across the door (That way if it gets opened during their sleepy time they won't go hermi on me)
• Also, I will be using a small bucket of yeast/water/sugar with an oxygen stone to produce excess CO2. I figure this will protect me against too much heat build up if there's a problem and it can't hurt the plants until it gets around 2400ppm so I should be OK.
• I will also add blackstrap molasses during flowering because I've heard it does good things.

Questions:
I know I need odor control. The room always smells like weed and no one's going to come knocking, but I still can't have it smell horrible. Obviously I'm going to go with a carbon scrubber (probably DIY). I also have super activated carbon from the lab I work in (I don't use it, but am curious if it can be used or if I should just use sheets)

• The problem is that I can't get any sort of ventilation out into the room because its contained. There's a door and its not "ours" per se and I can't drill a hole in it. I was thinking about venting to the top area and using a carbon scrubber there (maybe some ona gel for good measure). So any ideas on that?
• I need a good soil mix. I have no idea what to look for exactly (Yea I know NPK and all), but if someone could recommend something to me I'm sure it would work. I've heard good things about pro-mix, but I can't seem to find it here.
• Last question, also the most important. How many plants can I do in this area with a 400W? I know its a question everyone asks and no one can answer for sure, but I was thinking at least 4. I'm buying a pack of 5 femmed seeds from Nirvana so feasibly 5 if they all work out. Is this realistic?
• Bonus question: What strain should I go for? I want something Sativa-ish because most stuff around here is indica, but I haven't got a clue as to what strain to pick; they all have such lovely names

Check out my thread and look up my videos on youtube under MMJSpots https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/297258-stealth-closet-aeroponics-grow-5-a.html

I have almost the same size closet minus using dirt

MMJSpots said:

Check out my thread and look up my videos on youtube under MMJSpots https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/297258-stealth-closet-aeroponics-grow-5-a.html

I have almost the same size closet minus using dirt

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Those are beautiful. Why did you choose to grow 5 separate strains at once though? I've heard its not necessarily a good idea since different strains have different needs.

Looks like you have a hole at the top to vent the air out, which is something I don't have... I think its my biggest concern at the moment since the whole thing is sealed pretty well except for the door. Could I maybe vent out of the bottom or top of the door? Idk how that setup would look though.

The carbon filter, to the fan, to the light, to the attic is how my cleaning and exhaust is done. The fresh air is brought through in the front of the closet where the slice is. I usually just keep it open and put a fan in front. I keep the scrubber on 24/7 and it has a adjustment knob that I can dial down when the light is off. Your right about growing multiple strains. It sucks because they all grow different and many people often have problems trying to get a nice "medium" nutrient soup dialed in so all strains are happy. This is not a problem for me though. My biggest problem is the height of the plants which has MADE me look into various methods of keeping them short. I supercrop all of them when needed which helps tremendously. The up side? You don't get bored with 1 strain and your tolerance wont go up so high. Smoking 1 strain for a long time will almost make you immune to it. You could even smoke crappy weed and get more stoned than the "killer" weed you grew. Its because our tolerance goes up pretty quick.. If you don't smoke too often then this is not a concern.. but for us "smoke two joints before I smoke two joints" kinda guys, this should be addressed Sorry to go into so much crap, and thank you for your comments!

I have a similar closet that I grow in. Im using a 400 watt HPS for flowering. I bought a cabinet at Walmart for around $60, mounted some CFL's and put a small bubble cloner in there too.
In the Veg cabinet I have a mother plant Hasplant x Haze and cuttings from her rooting and a few rooted and vegging. I have a couple cuttings of DNA Genetics Kushberry x Skunk in the cloner rooting as well. I also have feminized seedlings Barneys Farm Violator Kush, and GHSC The Church. I'll be saving 1 of each as a mother plant and clone them as well.

Flowering I have a strain that Ive been growing for a little bit, Skunk #1, Hashplant x Haze, DNA Genetics LA Woman, DNA Genetics Kushberry x Skunk. All the other strains will be entering the closet once mature enough to flower also. I wanna run a few strains because I want variety. Smoking the same stuff gets old after a while. By growing perpetually I plan to harvest 2 medium sized plants a week.

Check out my grow in my sig, it shows my little setup.