Well RIU fam, this is my very first grow.
I have a 3'D x 5'W x 6'D closet which I am using for my growing space. I was lucky enough to acquire 2 pre-started plants from a friend, which are Grape Ape and Chem Dawg strains. They were about 2-3 weeks old when I adopted them. I also germinated a bunch of bag seeds from the last bag I purchased prior to starting this grow project.
I'm started the seedlings using T12 Agrosun bulbs in my 24" shop light for the veg cycle. I started with 31 germinated seedlings from the bag seed to practice with. Currently there are 18 left due to accidents, natural deaths and lack of space. I'm not expecting much yield from the seedlings and transplanted them into party cups to flower them. I saw the party cup contest and was inspired to give it a try, due to room-separation issues. I'm hoping for half a gram from each party cup, and 1 to 2.5 zips from the 2 big plants.
The flowering light is a 250W metal-halide Agrosun Gold putting out 20000 lumens. I have it about 1 1/2 feet away from the top of the plants right now and they seem healthy.
It's wintery cold where I am, so ventilation is simply a small circulation fan for now. If need be, I can cut a hole in the wall and hook up a PC fan to pull air out of the room along w/ in-room circulation. (also for odor control soon
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That's about all I can think of now. Any questions & comments are welcome.