Hey guys, first timer here, I have a few questions about lighting for my tiny grow closet.
Here are the specs on the enclosure.
19.5" (inch) wide and long, 5' (feet) tall, with 3 solid walls, one accessible for maintenance and all that jazz.
I'm still undecided between soil and DWC, but leaning towards DWC, since I have such small space and want to maximize yield.
Since I will be growing from clones (Vanilla Kush), I was thinking putting two plants in opposing ends of the floor, using LST, and SCROG to maximize output also.
I want to veg the plants using CFL for between 30-60 days, whenever I reach 50% full before I switch to LED flowering. How many CFL's (@ 6500k) should I put in the room for maximum vegging? I was thinking 4-6 23W bulbs?
When my friend and I grew HPS, the plant grew an extra 50% in flowering, this is why I want to stop vegging at 50% capacity. Will LED's, slow the vegging down since I am providing it with 85% Red (660nm)? Or will growth still occur at a similar rate?
Now, for LED lamps, I see I have a HUGE range of options, and clearly some are less than optimal for budding.
Since I have a (very) small room, I was thinking throwing in a few of these bulbs here:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Red-Blue-LED...318?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e5f18affe
(16 Watt flowering bulb).
Or, from what I can see on the LED section, and from what I can find for bang for the buck (I want to do this for as cheap as possible but not compromise on plant quality too much..) it seems that the Blackstar 240W LED system is the winner.
Should I add CFL's (2700k) for flowering on top of the LED's?
Now, here comes the big questions, if I were to use DWC, can I put two clones in such a small base? (room 19.5"x19.5"x5')
What about with dirt?
What is the difference in the quality of the final product? Are the buds as tight with LED's than with HPS?
Thank's for stopping by and and for all your insight.
Cheers!
PD
Here are the specs on the enclosure.
19.5" (inch) wide and long, 5' (feet) tall, with 3 solid walls, one accessible for maintenance and all that jazz.
I'm still undecided between soil and DWC, but leaning towards DWC, since I have such small space and want to maximize yield.
Since I will be growing from clones (Vanilla Kush), I was thinking putting two plants in opposing ends of the floor, using LST, and SCROG to maximize output also.
I want to veg the plants using CFL for between 30-60 days, whenever I reach 50% full before I switch to LED flowering. How many CFL's (@ 6500k) should I put in the room for maximum vegging? I was thinking 4-6 23W bulbs?
When my friend and I grew HPS, the plant grew an extra 50% in flowering, this is why I want to stop vegging at 50% capacity. Will LED's, slow the vegging down since I am providing it with 85% Red (660nm)? Or will growth still occur at a similar rate?
Now, for LED lamps, I see I have a HUGE range of options, and clearly some are less than optimal for budding.
Since I have a (very) small room, I was thinking throwing in a few of these bulbs here:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Red-Blue-LED...318?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e5f18affe
(16 Watt flowering bulb).
Or, from what I can see on the LED section, and from what I can find for bang for the buck (I want to do this for as cheap as possible but not compromise on plant quality too much..) it seems that the Blackstar 240W LED system is the winner.
Should I add CFL's (2700k) for flowering on top of the LED's?
Now, here comes the big questions, if I were to use DWC, can I put two clones in such a small base? (room 19.5"x19.5"x5')
What about with dirt?
What is the difference in the quality of the final product? Are the buds as tight with LED's than with HPS?
Thank's for stopping by and and for all your insight.
Cheers!
PD