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Hi all. I'm still very new to all of this so I would like to post some pics of my veg room from the beginning so maybe I can avoid some mistakes....so here goes

 

I have just finished painting the inside of the cupboard with enamel white. I'm putting a layer of 50mm high density rubber on the bottom for insulation. I would really like some advice on air intake and outlet before I start cutting. I'm planning to use a passive intake whole 50mm and a 4" gamer fan for extractor. I would like to permanently have two mother plants and a small shelf at the height of the pots for 12 clones max.

 

I just finished my lights today and would like to know opinions on that. I have 4x 12watt led grow lights 2x 25watt cool white cfl and 2x 25watt warm white cfl. Is this enough light for veg/clone cupboard

 

Thanks for the use of your experience....

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Hey Frogman

 

While I don't know much about the led lights you're rocking there, I would advise you to figure a way to consolidate and focus those cfl's. From instrumented measurements, I have seen that cfl's don't "throw" very far at all, while the LEDs might throw further, and thus, adjusting your height to suit the LEDs will negate the effects of the cfl's in your current configuration.

 

I might go so far as to say, forget about the cfl's if you cannot fabricate a suitable reflector.

 

Peace out

Hey coco

I didn't even think about how much light I was losing because of no reflectors until you mentioned it. Thanks for the advice. I'm waiting for a mate to fabricate a concave reflector from aluminium sheet fo me. Until then I used aluminium takeaway containers and just that has increased my light saturation by almost 50%. Any more suggestions to throw my way?

 

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Guest Maxwell

Look FM, I am well aware money doesn't grow on trees (Does it?) but it will really be worth your time to upgrade to a HID set up. Even a 150w MH or HPS will be a major improvement, veg is just as important as flower and you will be doing yourself a favour in the long run. That is a nice space and you shoud use the cfl's for a shelf. If you really want to be smart, you should flip it horizontally and use T5s/CFLs and do epic SoG... :poke:-peace

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