Am I heading in the right direction?

Hi All,

I am just starting out from seed (Northern Lights) I am attic growing in a trianguar area(base of triangle approx 3ft x 2ft) then sloping upwards. By time I add my resevior, tray and light i guess I will have around 2.5ft growing height (from top of pots to bottom of light) by around 2ft width and 2ft depth. Again its sloping as it goes up on either side.

I want to know if this light will be strong enough. I plan to use this only as a vegging area to grow to around 12-14" (in 4 weeks) and make a seperate flowering chamber that will flowering for 8 weeks(but i will add veggies and crop bud every 4 weeks)

Is this do-able? I know i won't ever need more than eight weeks for big fat juicy buds. I plan on using 2 x 250watt cfl red (1 above each section in side my open flowering chamber (2ft x 4ft) (essentially 2 x 2x2 areas)

I hope I am explaining this right, I would be very gratefull for advice from an experienced grower. I plan to use ebb and flow 1 in the veggie and 2 in the flowing area.

Thanks for reading!

Sounds like u got the right idea, but what kind lof light are u using for veg? Also, make sure u got ur temps and ventillation right.

Hi Rich,

I am using a 125 watt CFL Blue on a shade, can't believe I forgot to mention that!!! Heat is a problem for me I am double paranoid about cops in my area and being in the Attic I feel safer using CFL's. I know I should really use HPS for flowering but I would rather use more CFL's what do you think ?

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Cfl's are great for veg, and they DO work for flowering. Daylight cfl's for veg, and soft white for flowering. If u wanna use the cfl's for flowering, ur gonna want a shit load of em, all over ur plant, otherwise just get the hps. Why u worried about the pigs? Around here, I got hella cops too, and no worries about lights or nothin.

pigs dont rly care about you growing your own stuff bro. Its a waste of time-energy for them to investigate low riders.

I guess your right, I'm just such a fucked up paranoid sorta guy!! and I suppose cos The heat source is so close to the roof I am worried! I wish I knew how those Thermal imaging cameras really worked. Where I live there is always a god damn police chopper in my area, christ knows why?

well first off police choppers are only a problem if they have a bunch of crap hanging from them
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAyxX5bc_4Q

Most thermal imagine gear if they looked at your house it would look like small to zero heat signature from cfl's 100 watt cfl equvlent gives off less heat thena regular 40 watt bulb so it be kinda hard to tell if u have a grow op or a chick like mine who never turns off the damn lights in the house lol

leeboy007 said:

I guess your right, I'm just such a fucked up paranoid sorta guy!! and I suppose cos The heat source is so close to the roof I am worried! I wish I knew how those Thermal imaging cameras really worked. Where I live there is always a god damn police chopper in my area, christ knows why?

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Cops in the USA (I assume you live in USA) cannot go around imaging everyones home at will, they must first have a warrant. Besides you aren't using anywhere close to what would be picked up on FLIR as an abnormal amount of heat. Maybe if you had 50-100 of those 100 watt CFl then there might be some concern, but your little lights aren't going to garner anyones attention.