Starter Box

I;m going to make a box to start my lowryders in and was wondering if you guys could offer suggestions. Its about a 3x3 space and there will be 4 plants. I will send 25 seeds to whoever offers the best suggestion if they like. lol. seriously. Its my first grow and i need some help. The plants are only going to be in there for 2 weeks and id like to stick to cfl's. thanks

mjr99 said:

I;m going to make a box to start my lowryders in and was wondering if you guys could offer suggestions. Its about a 3x3 space and there will be 4 plants. I will send 25 seeds to whoever offers the best suggestion if they like. lol. seriously. Its my first grow and i need some help. The plants are only going to be in there for 2 weeks and id like to stick to cfl's. thanks

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This is what i did, but it would prolly be better to mount your exhaust fan higher and your fresh air intake lower, remember hot air rises.
I built a Plexi-glass box with thin wood frame and plexi-glass top its about 2x2x3 1/2 I have four two foot T-5's and a 42 watt cfl and one 3 1/2" muffin fan (that i picked up at frys for 15 bucks) blowing in the side of the box at about mid level. the T-5s are I guess 2000 lumens apiece and 24 watts, the cfl is like 2700 watts, I covered two sides with black trash bags. I got one them battery powered humidity/ temperature guages and through it in there around mid-level the temperature and humidity fluctuates from 75-78 F and around 58- 65 H most of the time it stays at 75F and 65H. Just recently I was bitten by the bug so i went out and got a 150 watt HPS. I put the thing on the top of the box and turned it on it started to deform the 1/4" thick plexi-glass. No shit dummy. so i cut a hole in the top and it sits perfectly, very minimal light escapes. Them temperature now rises to 92 degrees constant and 45% humidity, i have one more muffin fan that i will mount on the top to exhaust the heat. every night a couple mins before the lights go out i spray them down with some seltzer water, these muffin fans move about 80 to 100 cfm i think. I posted this in another room but here it is anyway. i mounted the exhaust fan am still waiting to see about temps and stuff

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