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[soulx]

Ok as you can see this is my cupboard where i plan to grow, i will be using this setup:

1000 Watt HID (should i be using this for this cupboard? )
Light mover - to move light up and down
4 Pot Hydro System (hopefully if i can grow 4 in here)
Mix off feminized sativa strains (hoping they wont branch out)

Few questions:

Do you think 4 plants will fit in here?
Is 1000 WATT ok in there after the shelf has gone in, it will be hanging from the shelf..

Thanks in advance just back to getting a grow set up..after like a year or more :P

[-mu]

You don't give dimensions, so I can't definitely say, but a 1000W looks like way too much light for that space. 400W would probably be more reasonable. If only for heat. Dimensions?

A light mover moves the light sideways, not up and down. It's designed to enable a light to cover a larger area, that's sideways area! You don't need it. Or did you mean roller-hangers?

I don't know what a 4 pot hydro system is, I do soil. But the number of plants matters less than how long you veg them for. One plant could fill that space easily, as could nine plants, depending on the dimensions and veg time.

Research "ScroG" and LST. You'll need one of these techniques to grow Sativas in there.

I'm not gonna comment on the feminized seeds.

More info!

-mu

[soulx]

Hi , ive added the same picture with measurement info , im no good with measurment stuff etc and dimension , but hope it makes sense..

I hope ill be able to get 4 plants in , im also thinking about using SROG to grow in it, as it seems the best way to grow especially in the room ive got..

[-mu]

Okay, 1000W is definitely too much light. At least, one big 1000W lamp is.

That's not such a big space. But there's more than one way to do everything, and at this early stage, you need to make some decisions. It's probably easier to tell you what *I* would do with that space. It will be tight...

The top 18" would be my propagator chamber, for seedlings and clones. The next 24" would be my veg chamber; I'd keep my mother plants and vegging clones in there.

The bottom section would be either one ScroG shelf, with a 400W lamp suspended from below the veg chamber. It doesn't matter how many plants you use, please understand; you could fill the space, and get exactly the same yield, or more, with ONE plant. What matters is how long you veg for.

With ScroG, you control the height, so you simply set the screen where you need it to be. You can use one big plant vegged for say, seven weeks, or lots of smaller plants vegged for a shorter time, say six plants.

Or else I'd split it into two shelves, and do 2xSOG grow, with fluorescent tubes on shelves, using shallow water culture hydroponics, or something like that.

Or else LST.

Do consider LST. Three plants with some LST work (in the veg chamber above) could fill that chamber with buds. This may be your best option for that space. While one crop is flowering (8+ weeks) you can be training three excellent clones into shape above, to slide into your flowering chamber right after harvest, and so on, perpetually.

You'll also need to think about ventilation, and odour control. You need air moving over all the plants at every stage of growth, keeping them strong, and replenishing the CO2. Small PC fans work quite well in a space like that, but you may only be able to use a 250W lamp, unless your fans are powerful.

That isn't a lot of space, and I'd urge you to consider building a bigger one.

-mu

ps. please banish this idea that more plants = more buds, it just doesn't work like that. It's all about lumens per square foot. And if you don't know what a lumen is, get studying!

[The Big C]

1000W is gonna be way to strong. Especially if ur gonna shut the door! It is sure to cause a fire or at the very least..fry ur plants! I would go for a 250W HPS & Lots of Mylar. Obviously the longer they veg the bigger they get.

Good Luck

[soulx]

could i veg for like 1-2 weeks?