New indoor box growers first time ?'s please help!

Heres whats going on, I have a box. 3 feet wide, 2.5 feet long, and 5 feet tall. Its inside of a closet. I have two holes cut to ventilate air, one located at the bottom left hand side wall, and one on top. I can fit 3 five gallon buckets comfortably inside which is essentially what im going for 3 full size healthy females. As far as lighting i have 6 cfl bulbs that I bought from target, and a way to raise or lower them depending. I have a thermometer inside the box, lights on i can maintain about 80 degrees F lights off its anywhere from 68 to 70 degrees F. My first concern is worst case scenario but i want to know if my lights will create a fire hazard with this set up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxVPYB4_TH0 . Secondly i didnt have the money to get a humidity tester should i be concerned? Im using soil obviously and after i germinated several seeds i planted them mostly in halfed plastic soda bottles that were cleaned and disinfected. I used miracle grow seed starting mix from True Value and watered it appropriately. I put them in the box lights out two days ago 11/5. Question 3, when they sprout how long should i let them grow before trasplanting to a bigger pot, and what size pot would you personally recomend? The reason i planted 5 seeds when i only have room for 3 adults is because i thought since im using bag seeds, some might be more aggresive and healthier sprouting first before others etc. So i was just going to take the most progressive 3 out of 5...meh? What are your opinions on that. After transplanting my seedling sprouts to a bigger pot I was planning on using miracle grow regular organic potting mix, and i was going to mix in a bit o blood meal. Should i add anything to that soil mix? I dont have a ph tester yet so im just keeping my fingers crossed that all is well. I have hydrated lime, ph up and ph down but the ph up and down are both in a dry form so i was also wondering if i should mix in a bit of each kind for good equal measure.

Please Help if you can. Ill add more when i have more questions thanks. I really appreciate all constructive criticism first time ive read alot but now i have specific ?'s

ima tell u a secret that was taught to meto tell a plant sex it gets tall enough tie a dark bag around a branch for 12 hrs like flowering for a week and that branch will show its sex that way u wont fuck around throw away the wrong plant shit some plants are late bloomers go check out my new thread those pics bout a week old im in 12/12 with that 1 posted and the other 2 are beast

wit the ph up and down no do not mix the 2

that was in a 3.5 fooit room? how tall is the middle 2. look 3 foot to me. how did you get lights above them if they are as tall as the box? or are those smaller than they appear in the tub

ok illusion sorta..4 inch tiles on wall so looks diff till i saw that

Cannabisworks said:

that was in a 3.5 fooit room? how tall is the middle 2. look 3 foot to me. how did you get lights above them if they are as tall as the box? or are those smaller than they appear in the tub

Click to expand...

The cab was 3.5' in height. The plants in the tub are 2.5-3.2' in height - they were often just to the side of the canopy lights in between the gaps of the X

Between canopy lights:


Here is one that got away from me -


Better perspective -


Yield pictures of the shortest one in the tub:

ya cought that after the fact. sorry dood. decent for cfl./ how many watts total again?

What size pots are you using for your mature plants?

Cannabisworks said:

ya cought that after the fact. sorry dood. decent for cfl./ how many watts total again?

Click to expand...

388 total watts at the end.

classy said:

What size pots are you using for your mature plants?

Click to expand...

My mature plants were in pretty tiny pots - 3liter. That's a bit short of a gallon.

have you thought of running 400 hid?. way way more output for same cost. your yield would double for the same cost to run all them smaller cfl. or is there size and so on restrictions

Cannabisworks said:

have y6iu thought of running 400 hid?. way way more output for same cost. your yield would double for the same cost to run all them smaller cfl. or is there size and so on restrictions

Click to expand...

Not sure if this is addressed to me or the OP but here's what I have to say; I now have more space and am running a 600w - 1000w tent (HID):



However in a small space with limited circulation I would recommend CFLs over an HID. The apartment I had the CFL grow in would get to 90+ in the summer and I was still able to run the cab with no major ventilation aside from the small circular fan in the pictures. My 600w HID turned down to 400w always needs ventilation - even in the winter in a 4x4x6.5' tent (over four times the volume of the CFL cab).

If you are going to be running a high CFM inline fan with a carbon scrubber and ducting then you might as well go with an HID. If you are not setup for ducting, high air exchange, noise, heat... I would recommend CFLs.

i find cfl and hid...using many cfl...isnt that much diff for heat. cfl can get warm to with the ballst right in the bulb base. nice..im running 2x600 in the 4x4 tent right now. cant wait to see how tight the buds get cramming all that light in there

looks cherry i wish i woulda known what i was doing when i was a kid and my apt.. i be lightyears ahead...i have never used cfls... i bought my first setup 1k with a 6 ft rail and never looked back into a diffrent system