First time growing - Here is my ready cabinet

Still waiting for the seeds, but its home is ready

Smell was a big worry for me, as you can see, the cabinet has an activated charcoal intake filter. The filter I used is 15mm thick and has about 400g of activated charcoal /m².
The exhaust I'm using are 4 120mm computers fans wrapped together, running at 9v (with a fan control), and before each fan, there is a filter (so, 4 in total).
To test for negative pressure it was easy, as the cabinet is mostly made of cloth it slightly bends inward when it's closed and the fans are on.

For lighting I've got 2 30w 6400k cfl lamps. From what I've searched in the flowering stage it's better to use 2700k right? I'm probably going to get some of those before the seeds arrive.
I'm also still in doubt of the pot size I should use. I can't have it growing too big, the inside dimensions of the cabinet are 87cm tall, but the lamps are on top, and 28 by 35cm wide. I got a 2 liter pot, and I'm going to grow an Auto Durban Poison, should I get a 4 liter pot?

Nicely done...

4 liters wouldn't hurt, although if it gets stretchy or you don't scrog, it might hit the top.

A lovely scrog in 4L's would bring smiles especially with an auto, can fill up Fast-like .

2700k is good for Flower. 6500k in veg, might not be enough red, even in veg, they need some, Not just blue....I suggest 5000k if you can.


This is my flower spectrum [45% 2700k/ 35% 3000k/ 20% 5000k]

Good luck to you!

Abiqua said:

Nicely done...

4 liters wouldn't hurt, although if it gets stretchy or you don't scrog, it might hit the top.

A lovely scrog in 4L's would bring smiles especially with an auto, can fill up Fast-like .

2700k is good for Flower. 6500k in veg, might not be enough red, even in veg, they need some, Not just blue....I suggest 5000k if you can.


This is my flower spectrum [45% 2700k/ 35% 3000k/ 20% 5000k]

Good luck to you!

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I'll stick to the 2 liter pot at least in the first time then and get a bigger one next time if it grows too little
5000k lamps are not easy to find around here, and would cost more to get online. What if I used an additional 2700k during the entire grow, like a 15w or 20w, would that be good enough?

Got some shorter lamps and a 2700k one. 2 25W 6500k and one 18w 2700k. I'll leave it like that during the entire grow.


The carbon filter is covered so it doesn't absorve the acetic acid from the silicone curing, which I used to glue the additional (and all) light sockets