Is My Setup Ok? First Time Growing

[LaZzie42o]

Hello peps... I was wondering if my current grow box was good enough to grow Low rider autoflowers with Fox farm OF

3x 24 inch 25 watt fluorescent grow lights(I thought being autoflower and having them on 24/7 would help).
2x 5 inch fans. (mounted on the front of the grow box).
1x Moving tub (About 35 inch wide and 30 inches deep).

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[Billy Piper]

My pal uses Autoflower and says there is no difference between 24/7 and 18/6 except energy costs.
Do you have a picture as its very hard to give advice without one.
Good luck.

 

[tonetone1]

I think everything is fine. Except I think you should place the light cycle at 20/4. I feel like a plant needs a dark period in order to be able to grow a larger root system. Autoflowers should do fine in that box tho. Lemme know how it goes.

 

[hazeforlife]

what are those grow lights?? I would use (if no hid light) mostly 2700 k compact flo's n one 6500 k

 

[Mort Fink]

How many lumens are you getting? Probably around 4500-5000 in total. Could ok for a few plants during veg, but your gonnna need more light output to get nice buds during blooming. 10,000 lumens per square foot is what the sun puts out, so try and at least match that.

 

[lobsterxmanx]

yeah, this will be great for vegging plants, but youre going to need a light with more red spectrum and more lumens for light penetration/dense buds. hps is the standard. how big is this space?

 

[hazeforlife]

lol not many ppl have 10,000 lumens per square foot indoors

How many lumens are you getting? Probably around 4500-5000 in total. Could ok for a few plants during veg, but your gonnna need more light output to get nice buds during blooming. 10,000 lumens per square foot is what the sun puts out, so try and at least match that.

 

[Mort Fink]

lol not many ppl have 10,000 lumens per square foot indoors

Alot of people actually have more. One 400watt hps putting out 50,000 lumens in a 3x3 space is well over 10,000 lumens per square foot.

 

[LaZzie42o]

I've updated my first post with images.... Keep in mind i don't know what i'm doing and this is what i've got so far.

 

[Mort Fink]

Looks like a well designed and consructed grow space. Rock on man!

 

[LaZzie42o]

Thanks i've put about $125 into it and being low riders i thought it would be fine.

 

[Mort Fink]

Actually I believe my math is way off above, but alot people have 10,000 lumens per sq foot

 

[ROBSTERB]

Actually I believe my math is way off above, but alot people have 10,000 lumens per sq foot

lol i was just about to correct you, lol 3x3 is 9 square foot so a 600 would be right,