Cupboard grow room advice

[greengrower]

Hey everyone,

this is my fist post. Im very keen on homegrowing here are the dimensions of the cupboard


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i was thinking of this lamp

(Red and blue) for £99

http://www.greenshorticulture.co.uk/details.asp?productid=800

can someone make me a list of everything i need to get started.

im on a tight budget. Not looking to spend more than 200 quid.

thanks,
greengrower

[bravo]

Hi there, the drawing looks very much like our veg room, but I am lost with the imperial (star destroyer) measurments.

The 250Watt CFLs does a very good job for me (in both cupboards veg/grow room)
I must say that the prices (on your link) are a bit high as I paid around 39 pounds for the light and 25 pounds for an reflector.

Personally I invested the price of one ounce of street weed (150 pounds) in the hope I get 2 or 3 back.... so far so good!

Good luck! =)

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[greengrower]

awesome.

where did you get your light from?

all the measurements are in inches.

[bravo]

I am not so sure if I can give you links to other shops on this forum....
but I oversaw that you can get both lights with reflectors for 99 pounds which makes it a much better deal!
Look out for fake invirolights as I saw some posts with some unhappy people on this forum, then again greens seems to be a top shop!

[keshman]

The only bits of advice I'll give to you is that you should definitely do the following:

1. Get an oscilating fan for a reasonably good airflow to promote growth, you'll need to draw air in from outside the room somehow too.
2. Make it quiet, or else anyone popping in will ask why they can hear the sound fans, 80mm PC fans work well running off a 12V DC adaptor for ventilation, plus you can vary the speed of them with the adaptor by adjusting the voltage.
3. Make it airtight (smellproof) and lightproof.
4. Use a carbon scrubber or else the smell might get you caught. Have more air flowing OUT of the room than IN, this'll will stop any smells being vented out and ensure ALL of the air goes throgh the scrubber.
5. Think about using child-proof magnetic "key" locks on the doors to stop anyone openiong the door..just say it's jammed if they ask. The keys are just placed onto the door on the outside to open it, no marks or holes at all.
6. Don't tell anyone.....

Welcome to THCtalk btw...it's a brilliant site. Pop into the CHAT facility on here, if there's nobody in just join and wait, others will see you and pop in.

[greengrower]

can someone please explain everything i need in the way of air filters, compost and fertilisers. Would nirvana super skunk or ice be better here? is 12/12 when you have the lights on twelve hours on to skip the veggie stage and to go straight on to flowering?

so it would be

germination, then grow for how long on 18 hours light and then 12/12

[greengrower]

ye 12/12 is to keep the plant shorter right?