new grow set up

Hey guys. This is my second shot at growing. My first one didnt end up so hot, mostly because i vegged them a little to long, used bag seed( which ended up being a sativa which didnt like being in a 3 foot tall enclosure), used flo sticks, had to move the plants in the middle of veging to a new home then got moved back at the end of flowering which fucked up the 12/12. However, now i know better so im going at this one full force!

As far as seeds go, i have a 10 pack of nightshade from barneys farm, a 5 pack of northern lights special from KC Brains, 5 G-13 labs thai S-skunk, and 1 g13 Skunk #1 Fem.
I have all those in my possesion now so that is all set.

for my box i am using a 34 1/4 inch wide by 34 1/4 inch high by 9 inches deep wooden box that is painted all white on the inside. I am (depnding on the price) gonna line most of the inside walls with some mylar to maximize reflection.

What i want to do ( as seen in the beautifully drawn MS paint pic) is having a 1 foot wide section of the box be used for the Skunk #1 fem seed and have that be trained into a mother i can use for clones so i dont have to keep going from seeds. Ill have a Cfl light on her at all times running 18/6. Since i know its gonna be a female i can start it off in a big enough pot and just keep it veging its whole life.

in the other 2 foot section im gonna try to get 3 plants, one of each other type of seed i have growing. I will prob. use 3 high wattage cfls on these 3 plants and will switch over to 3 warm light cfls when they are ready to flower.

in between the 2 sections i want to have 2 pvc elbows so that air from the mother room can flow to the grow room and then exit out the carbon scrubber filter hole i make at the top of the box. ( i might just put a fan and pvc pipe there to begin with and attach the carbon scrubber as they get closer to flowering since they wont really smell at first and i dont want to spend to much money right away)

I will have 2 computer fans, 1 on the grow side and 1 on the mom side that i can attach to a power supply i pilfered from my old computer. Im not sure where to put the power supply tho, its kinda big but i dont want it out of the box where it might attract attention.

I have a Max/min thermo and humidity checker i will keep in the box.

As far as soil goes, at my current disposal i have shultz moisture plus potting mix, miracle grow perlite, and organic topsoil. the last set of plants i used only the shultz and the plants didnt seem to have any problems so i might go with that again, but if you guys think i should use some other combo, i wouldnt be opposed to trying it.

So tell me what you guys think, if you check my first grow album you can see the box in action, but ill link a couple pics now of the inside/outside of box plus the P.supply and my plan.

 

on second thought, there will probobly be room above the mother plant where i can put a power strip and my power supply for the fans. Ill prob just drill holes out of the power area where i can run the wires to the other areas of the box with pvc elbows so light doesnt get infiltrate areas it doesnt belong.

 

Question: What type of fans do you suggest getting. I dont want to spend a good deal of money on fans but i dont want to short change myself either. Id prefer ones that fit directly into my power supply so i dont have to buy adapters. And as far as wiring goes im a COMPLETE noob. thanks

 

Another question: Do you think i should just scrap the power source and hook the fans up to a normal ac dc plug. I heard its not to hard to do that. I do like how there are 2 fans on the power supply though, it might work well as ceiling fan once the plants start growing if i mount it up high in the box.

 

thanks, i went with your suggestion. The power supply was to bulky anyway.