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First cab, a few questions

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Stone Skunk

Ok so I've set up my first cabinet, I guess I'll start by letting everyone know what I have so far.
The whole box is 64" H 22" W and 15" D
The flower area is 36" H
If i have to i can sacrifice veg area for more flowering room. It's not a lot of room and i hope to upgrade but this is what i have for now and what to make it as good as possible, I'll be supplying myself, girlfriend and one roommate plus the occasional friend. We smoke daily, probably a bit more than an eighth a week of good bud.

This is going to be the veg area with the power strip where everything is plugged in 5 26w cfls and 1 42w cfl you can see there in the middle. You see that little runt that i dont know why i've kept this long. That thermometer is usually down in the veg area.
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Here is the flower area with my DIY bubble cloner and my shitty DIY carbon scrubber that will probably be scrapped and redone. I'm thinking of puttin g a 150 hps which i think would put me at 65.5 watts per sq.foot. My temps in the veg area are at 82 with my stanley on high. you can see my ventilation set up, air passes from the veg up through where the power strip is and then up into the flower chamber, then out the stanely. My question is will i need a cool tube or anything.
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This is the intake, there is 4 holes, you can only see 3, all just over 2" in diameter. Should i add more? The stanely is rated at 2181 cfm, at bit out there, if any one knows the real cfm and can help me calculate how much intake i need and whatnot.
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That's it for the cab i think.

I have 3 air stones in that bubble cloner, one 2 channel pump and another single channel. i dipped the clones in rooting powder and added like 2-3 pinches in the water. its been 5 days i think and i have very little development, if any, i cant really tell. Am I doing it right?

I think that's everything, I'll post other questions as i think of them, thanks in advance for your help.
 

howajepayle

New member
looks nice, im only building my first cab at the moment so you might want to check more experienced growers, but i doubt youll need a cool tube. from what ive seen those cfls should be ok without, good luck.

how did you cut those circular holes in the wood? i dont have a special saw, i was going to dry making corner holes with a drill and then using a little skill saw blade. any advice woud be welcome, sorry i couldnt help you more- but it looks good, i doubt you'll need it!
 
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Stone Skunk

I plan on putting a 150 watt hps in the flower area and was wondering if i need to put that in a cool tube or air cooled hood. Those cfls are for veg and haven't been too much of a heat problem.

I used a hole saw to make those holes, its just a drill bit with a circular saw around it, real easy to use.
thanks and good luck on your build
 

howajepayle

New member
whoops missed that bit few to many j's.......

thanks for the info, as for the 150w yep i would use air cooled if you can, just makes temps easier.
 
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Stone Skunk

Does anyone think i should put a humidity dome over that cloner? will that help? I do have one showing a bit of roots.
 
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