Hey guys, I am about to start my first grow and need some help choosing my growbox size and lightning type. I have some limited outdoor growing experience, but I didn't have much contact with the plants - so I'm preety much new. I am living with some flatmates, so I need a stealth solution. I decided to buy a premade growcabinet, a guy will make it for me. Now the only problem i have is providing him with specifications, mainly what size and what lamp I want.
I might be forced to move a lot during next couple of years, so I want the box to be portable. Furthermore, I only want to grow for personal usage, so I plan to go with a small/medium cabinet. 50-60 grams of quality weed per 4-5 months cycle will be more then enough for me. I would rather grow less plants then more - preferably one (local law).
What I'm thiking of now, is getting a 50x50x120 box, with a 150W/200W HPS (150W enough?). Then I could do a scrog grow. I am kind of worried about the height. My calculations go as follows: ~30 cm will be taken by a 18L pot. Then, 15 cm above it, I will place the net. Plants will be able to grow at most 30cm from the top (is it enough place for a HPS, taking into account the possibility of burning the plant?), which would leave me with 45cm usable space above the net. Does that sound reasonable?
Now the thing is I like sativas and I've heard they like to stretch during flower. Do you think I will be able to grow, if not pure sativas, some sativa hybrids like Silver Haze?
What if I decided to use CFLs? From what I've understand, I could bring my plants closer to the top. Theorethicly I would be able to use cheaper/less efficient ventilation, but I need to have a carbon filter going on, so I will still need a fan that can blow through it. Will I be able to get the kind of crop I'm interested in using this type of lighting? How many watts would I require then, would 250W dual spectrum lamp be enough?
Also, should I look for a specific CFL lamp or a specific HPS lamp, or are they all more or less the same?
I don't consider LEDs, I've heard they aren't that good. Am I wrong?
Thank you very much.
I might be forced to move a lot during next couple of years, so I want the box to be portable. Furthermore, I only want to grow for personal usage, so I plan to go with a small/medium cabinet. 50-60 grams of quality weed per 4-5 months cycle will be more then enough for me. I would rather grow less plants then more - preferably one (local law).
What I'm thiking of now, is getting a 50x50x120 box, with a 150W/200W HPS (150W enough?). Then I could do a scrog grow. I am kind of worried about the height. My calculations go as follows: ~30 cm will be taken by a 18L pot. Then, 15 cm above it, I will place the net. Plants will be able to grow at most 30cm from the top (is it enough place for a HPS, taking into account the possibility of burning the plant?), which would leave me with 45cm usable space above the net. Does that sound reasonable?
Now the thing is I like sativas and I've heard they like to stretch during flower. Do you think I will be able to grow, if not pure sativas, some sativa hybrids like Silver Haze?
What if I decided to use CFLs? From what I've understand, I could bring my plants closer to the top. Theorethicly I would be able to use cheaper/less efficient ventilation, but I need to have a carbon filter going on, so I will still need a fan that can blow through it. Will I be able to get the kind of crop I'm interested in using this type of lighting? How many watts would I require then, would 250W dual spectrum lamp be enough?
Also, should I look for a specific CFL lamp or a specific HPS lamp, or are they all more or less the same?
I don't consider LEDs, I've heard they aren't that good. Am I wrong?
Thank you very much.
