First Timer: closet growing

Hm, if you're using a 2' by 2' grow room and u plan on growing 4 plants, that's not enough room.... I would suggest keeping the plants vegetated for about 2 weeks inside then move them outside. Flouro's work well. Since it's not that much of a growing room, I suggest about..... 40 watts. 80 would be better but since ur only keep them in for 2 weeks, you don't need to spend more money. The sun's rays will be enough. But.... isn't it a little too early to start growing outdoors? I would suggest to wait atleast till April but June 1st would be best. Hope this helped.

 

Start out with 2, 3, 0r 4 plants but cull back to just 1 female plant after flowering. trim all the big fan leaves off a litle at a time starting at the top and working your way down over 2 or 3 weeks. This way you get good light on the whole plant and yield is increased. Your culls go outside if female and try not to waste. This advice is for hydro, strectch it out if you are a dirt man.

Lights, I would go with a small HPS, 250 watt. You can try bigger, say 400 watt, but you need to watch the heat and how close the plants get to the light or the tips will fry. Fluoros - the more the better. Minimum of 120 watt.

1 foot is fine for scrog, but you only grow tops and your yield will be down for just a 2 by 2 room and 4 plants. You will be better off trimming one plant up in a 2 by 2.

 

Big Poppa! would you do this fan leave removal at flowering or before?

 

At flowering.

In a 2 x 2 closet your light source is directly overhead. very little reflective light making its way around the canopy to the lower branches. Think in terms of an old growth forest. The trees canopy is mature an allows very little penetration to reach the forest floor. Thus vegatative growth there is restricted to shade tolerant species such as mosses, ferns, and such. Very little green biomass on the forest floor as compared to the forest canopy.

Now in the box, trimming the big leaves allows light to penetrate the canopy and the lower branches recieve more light. More light increases growth, flowering, and yield. Wait until flowering has been going for a couple of weeks and start out trimming the bigger leaves at the top. Slowly work your way down the stalks trimming a few leaves at a time and pretty much those leaves that are really blocking light for the lower flowers. If it works out OK you can wind up with a complete stalk of bud.

IMO, trimming makes sense in this case because of light blockage

 

The best light I have found is aquarium flourecent. It has a much wider spectrum and a decent heat level.

 

a 2 x 2 closet will need a fan to vent heat from any light source. You can get away with a $20 bathroom exhaust fan from Home depot and some flexible clothes dryer tubing.

Seeds germinated should be up through the soil by at least 1 week.

 

If you watered the soil before you planted the seeds, they should be fine until they sprout out and grow a few nodes. If they haven't sprouted yet, don't water again. They may be waterlogged, fungus rot, etc. Overwatering is the easiest mistake made when starting out.

If they haven't sprouted after 2 weeks, I would say they are dead and aren't coming up. Try again